Thread: Things every man should know how to do.

Originally Posted by JLStorm

Hmm...well lets see.

My wife can drive a stick better than me since I tend to burn out clutches.
I can chage my tires, oil, and an alternator or starter...but my wife can replace brakes and brake pads, change oil, and tires.

I dont break my promises and I can shoot pretty well....I could hunt a wild animal, but I dont think Im tough enough to kill an animal I raised, unless I was starving. I think that is something you have to be raised doing....or at least I would have had too. Now anything I raise is part of the family.

I also think that every man shold have gone through at least part of his life with rough hands from manual labor. I also think that every man should know how to hold a crying woman and make her believe everything is ok, even if it isnt.

I never learned to tell that particular lie!

O.k I suppose we can start getting more specialized and ridiculous :

Know the difference between a single action and double action revolver (pistol I suppose too).

Know the difference between a MIG and TIG welding machines (knowing how to lay down a nice bead wouldn't hurt either).

Justin

Originally Posted by WireBeard

A lot of good ones here...when I was in Basic Training in 1981 (eeek!) I was the only person in my platoon who could:

iron a shirt
tie a necktie
shine shoes
fold anything so it didn't look like it had been driven over by a truck
sew on a button/fix a tear in material
sharpen a knife

Sad.

I actually know someone who was sent to "pinch shoot" for a couple of guys recently in Army basic so they could graduate.
Try as they might they couldn't qualify on the rifle.

I'm talkin about couldn't hit the deck with their cover if you gave them three tries.

That's right, there are at least two guys who absolutely, positively, cannot fire a rifle with any degree of accuracy somewhere in Iraq. (can't say where )

Makes the whole sharp knife thing seem trivial doesn't it?

(please don't misunderstand me to be saying that a sharp knife isn't important)

Good lord guess what no one said yet???





















HONE A RAZOR !!!!!!!!!!!








wait, is that OT enough to go in this thread??

GW <---- self flag--- not OT in OT

How about "change a diaper"?

Anyone......?

Originally Posted by zepplin

How about "change a diaper"?

Anyone......?

A man knows how to let his wife change a diaper!

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

O.k I suppose we can start getting more specialized and ridiculous :

Know the difference between a single action and double action revolver (pistol I suppose too).

Know the difference between a MIG and TIG welding machines (knowing how to lay down a nice bead wouldn't hurt either).

Justin

And just plain old stick welding too!!

Originally Posted by JMS

A man knows how to let his wife change a diaper!

hehehe

Quite an enjoyable thread gentlemen.

I've only one to add (and am amazed that this has not been mentioned yet)...every man should know how to brew beer.

Cheers,
Ed

Originally Posted by fccexpert

And just plain old stick welding too!!

Yeah maybe that should be the starting point --- can't beat a good stick welding setup on ferrous material)


Justin