I can shoot, pretty decently. I can cook. I'm a good doggy dad and I think a decent overall person. I feel like I'm lacking some man skills at times though. One decent one I have is I can drive stick like nobodies business and drive/operate pretty much any moving machine. Class A license I passed twice, can drive 18-wheelers and forklifts and lots of other large machinery/vehicles.


I've decided that I need more skills though. First up is learning how to weld. After that, I'd like to tackle horticulture, reloading, wooodwork and gain a basic understanding of electicity.


What about you guys?

Welding/fabricating and some 007 grade parkour.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
Welding/fabricating and some 007 grade parkour.

Oh man. I think you might be an old guy, and I'm a fat guy. Not sure how much 007 parkouring we are gonna be doing. LoL

Mechanicing. I'm so weak on taking cars apart and putting them back together.

Carpentry work. I'm always amazed at guys that are good at building stuff.

Just about anything that involves dirtying one's hands. I'm smart but a dolt with tools.

flashguy

Welding and machining.

I wish I was better at writing poems. Really awesome poems.

Wish I could play the guitar as well.

Pressing my thumbs into the eyes of my enemies! I'm a quick study though!

Forging. And parkour.

I have some artistic skills, but excel at machining, welding, fabricating, mechanical work, auto and boat repair, steel sailboat building. Am pretty good at woodwork, can do cabinet work but I am slow.

Wish my handwriting was better, and my spelling is weak as well.

I wish I had a green thumb.

I wish I was better with the internal combustion engine and all things mechanical. My old man didn't teach me shit. I've picked up some knowledge on it being in the equipment business but when it comes to hands on skills I'm the kiss of death.

Carpentry and cooking.

I think Heinlein's "A human being should be able to" list is a pretty good one. I wish I was competent in all of those skills, but alas, I'm deficient in a number, with little hope of ever catching up

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Originally posted by jimb888:
Mechanicing. I'm so weak on taking cars apart and putting them back together.

Join the club; that'd be my wish, too.

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Originally posted by BMR:
Carpentry work. I'm always amazed at guys that are good at building stuff.

+1 on the carpentry. My old man could build a house from scratch, me on the other hand barely cobbled up a deck and that took some doing.

Butcher animals and clean fish.
Done a few deer with someone over my shoulder telling me what to do.
Always done catch and release so never cleaned a fish.

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Originally posted by EmpireState:
I'd like to tackle horticulture

Just remember: You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think.

My dad (deceased) and brothers taught me quite a few "man skills," including working on cars, which became my career. But I didn't pick up everything. I'll say welding (and, related, cutting) and backing up a trailer. I think I have towed maybe three trailers in my life, but in my work occasional welding is needed. I also never really picked up on my #2 brother's love of hunting, fishing and outdoors. I don't even like to go outside to shoot any more.