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    100 Skills Every Man Should Know:

    2008's Ultimate DIY List


    Brains and charm are fine, but a real guy needs to know
    how to do real stuff. After months of debate among
    PM's expert editors, here's our lineup of essential
    skills, broken down in 10 categories for the
    competent man -- plus 20 tools you need to own. Did
    we leave anything out -- or included a skill you don't
    think is worthy? Sound off in our chat, then take
    PM's interactive DIY quiz to see how you measure
    up!
    By The Editors
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    December 18, 2009 3:18 AM

    Automotive

    1. Handle a blowout
    2. Drive in snow
    3. Check trouble codes
    4. Replace fan belt
    5. Wax a car
    6. Conquer an off-road obstacle
    7. Use a stick welder
    8. Hitch up a trailer
    9. Jump start a car

    Handling Emergencies

    10. Perform the Heimlich


    11. Reverse hypothermia
    12. Perform hands-only CPR
    13. Escape a sinking car

    Home

    14. Carve a turkey


    15. Use a sewing machine
    16. Put out a fire
    17. Home brew beer
    18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
    19. Move heavy stuff
    20. Grow food
    21. Read an electric meter
    22. Shovel the right way
    23. Solder wire
    24. Tape drywall
    25. Split firewood
    26. Replace a faucet washer
    27. Mix concrete
    28. Paint a straight line
    29. Use a French knife
    30. Prune bushes and small trees
    31. Iron a shirt
    32. Fix a toilet tank flapper
    33. Change a single-pole switch
    34. Fell a tree
    35. Replace a broken windowpane
    36. Set up a ladder, safely
    37. Fix a faucet cartridge
    38. Sweat copper tubing
    39. Change a diaper
    40. Grill with charcoal
    41. Sew a button on a shirt
    42. Fold a flag

    Medical Myths

    43. Treat frostbite


    44. Treat a burn
    45. Help a seizure victim
    46. Treat a snakebite
    47. Remove a tick

    Military Know-How
    48. Shine shoes
    49. Make a drum-tight bed
    50. Drop and give the perfect pushup

    Outdoors

    51. Run rapids in a canoe


    52. Hang food in the wild
    53. Skipper a boat
    54. Shoot straight
    55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike
    56. Escape a rip current

    Primitive Skills

    57. Build a fire in the wilderness


    58. Build a shelter
    59. Find potable water

    Surviving Extremes

    60. Floods
    61. Tornados
    62. Cold
    63. Heat
    64. Lightning

    Teach Your Kids

    65. Cast a line


    66. Lend a hand
    67. Change a tire
    68. Throw a spiral
    69. Fly a stunt kite
    70. Drive a stick shift
    71. Parallel park
    72. Tie a bowline
    73. Tie a necktie
    74. Whittle
    75. Ride a bike

    Technology

    76. Install a graphics card


    77. Take the perfect portrait
    78. Calibrate HDTV settings
    79. Shoot a home movie
    80. Ditch your hard drive

    Master Key Workshop Tools

    81. Drill driver


    82. Grease gun
    83. Coolant hydrometer
    84. Socket wrench
    85. Test light
    86. Brick trowel
    87. Framing hammer
    88. Wood chisel
    89. Spade bit
    90. Circular saw
    91. Sledge hammer
    92. Hacksaw
    93. Torque wrench
    94. Air wrench
    95. Infrared thermometer
    96. Sand blaster
    97. Crosscut saw
    98. Hand plane
    99. Multimeter
    100. Feeler gauges

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