25 things a man should be able to do - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Usually Lurkin · 09-19-2007, 10:28 AM

From Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog...s/4221635.html

1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass
10. Use a torque wrench
11. Sharpen a knife
12. Perform CPR
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data
17. Paint a room
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network

ty · 09-19-2007, 10:33 AM

lol

Usually Lurkin · 09-19-2007, 10:36 AM

Well, I've done 14 or so, maybe I could do a few more if the situation demanded it of me.

Call me mushy, but to the list, I might add write a love letter or propose marriage.

I don't know if "clean a bolt-action rifle" is necessary, but if you can do it, you should get a couple of "manly points" I figure.

It's a popular mechanics list, and not a Sports Illustrated list, but you'd like to see something along the lines of play a sport, or at least monday morning quarterback some sport.

And maybe it's indicative of our dwindling manliness as a culture, but "fix a flat" might be good in place of "change the oil"

Flacolaco · 09-19-2007, 10:53 AM

Other things men should be able to do...

apologize
be a loving father
open a door for a woman
mix concrete

What? They already had mix concrete? sorry...

ty · 09-19-2007, 10:53 AM

26. Shave.

SaltwaterChaffy · 09-19-2007, 11:10 AM

According to this list, I'm less than half of a man.

I didn't need Popular Mechanics to tell me that.

EricaLubarsky · 09-19-2007, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by SaltwaterChaffy

According to this list, I'm less than half of a man.

I didn't need Popular Mechanics to tell me that.

+12 points for liking the Mavs after the Warriors series. It takes a real man to still be a fan.

rmacomic · 09-19-2007, 11:45 AM

How about new #1: Find the clitoris!!!

Flacolaco · 09-19-2007, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by rmacomic

How about new #1: Find the clitoris!!!

I had a clitoral GPS system installed.

rmacomic · 09-19-2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

I had a clitoral GPS system installed.

According to this list, that makes you more of a man than finding it on your own.

Silk Smoov · 09-19-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

From Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog...s/4221635.html

1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass
10. Use a torque wrench
11. Sharpen a knife
12. Perform CPR
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data
17. Paint a room
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network

26. Get a girl pregnant (And take care of the child)
27. Move out of your parents house by 21

Silk Smoov · 09-19-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

I had a clitoral GPS system installed.

Mines came with me when I was born. I have to thank my dad for it, because as we all know as a man. Your dad dictates how deep your GPS system goes.

u2sarajevo · 09-19-2007, 12:47 PM

I contest #5. I can do that, but why should a man be able to do that?

Flacolaco · 09-19-2007, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Silk Smoov

27. Move out of your parents house by 21

/agree

No offense to anyone here, but I know quite a few people that have problems with this one, and all I can say is.....MOVE ON ALREADY

Kirobaito · 09-19-2007, 04:12 PM

To be fair, I'm 19, but perhaps I'm just a weeny man. I could only feel confident in doing 4 of those.

It's probably that I'm just a weeny man.

Dirkadirkastan · 09-19-2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

/agree

No offense to anyone here, but I know quite a few people that have problems with this one, and all I can say is.....MOVE ON ALREADY

Eh, I guess I'm just too financially minded to throw money away just out of principle of "moving on". Then again I go to college 1300 miles away from home so what am I talking about.

Nemesis · 09-19-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

Other things men should be able to do...

apologize
be a loving father
open a door for a woman
mix concrete

What? They already had mix concrete? sorry...

nice and funny post...

Evilmav2 · 09-19-2007, 06:54 PM

Unless you are dealing with just a bag or two of sackcrete, mixing concrete is a dirty, nasty task, that can leave your back and shoulders burning after raking and stamping it coming out of a mixing truck, and that more like than not will leave your eyes burning and give you a nosebleed from all of the lime dust that permeates the air and covers your person (and thusly, is easily wiped on your eyes and nose) whenever you pour a slab. I guess messing with concrete isn't a bad thing to know how to do, but I wouldn't be too unhappy if any future progeny of mine never found himself having to muck around with the process...

Flacolaco · 09-19-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirkadirkastan

Eh, I guess I'm just too financially minded to throw money away just out of principle of "moving on". Then again I go to college 1300 miles away from home so what am I talking about.

There's nothing wrong with going home for the summer from college.

MavsX · 09-19-2007, 08:45 PM

i am just a boy.

ocelot_ark · 09-19-2007, 10:28 PM

I can do maybe 16 of those.

EricaLubarsky · 09-19-2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Usually Lurkin

1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer *
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos *
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire *
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass *
10. Use a torque wrench *
11. Sharpen a knife *
12. Perform CPR *
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid *
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data *
17. Paint a room *
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter *
21. Hook up an HDTV *
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe *
24. Fix a bike flat *
25. Extend your wireless network *

Im more of a man than many people here

chumdawg · 09-19-2007, 11:42 PM

Isn't bleeding brakes a two-man job?

Flacolaco · 09-19-2007, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

Isn't bleeding brakes a two-man job?

In this day and age....One person to pay for it, the other guy to do it.

So, yeah.

alby · 09-19-2007, 11:56 PM

27. eat. and eat alot.

chumdawg · 09-20-2007, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

In this day and age....One person to pay for it, the other guy to do it.

So, yeah.

I hear you, but I still seem to recall that the "other guy" uses two people to do it. After all, you can't be under the hood and in the driver's seat at the same time.

I may be wrong...I seem to recall bleeding the brakes on my good ol' MGB about ten years ago...and it's possible I did it back and forth by myself, but if memory serves I had a young, sweet thing pumping that pedal on the inside while I was busy working under the hood.

dalmations202 · 09-20-2007, 08:02 AM

Damn I am old. I have done all 25 plus Silks 2, and feel confident I could do any of them today easily.

I personally think change a flat tire, sew a tear in jeans, fix a leaky toilet, read a map and an owners manual, raise a garden, and use a shovel should be on the list, but hey these skills have come in handy in my life.

And as far as bleeding brakes, it is a two man job unless you have the little suction tool that makes it a one man job.

Nemesis · 09-20-2007, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

I hear you, but I still seem to recall that the "other guy" uses two people to do it. After all, you can't be under the hood and in the driver's seat at the same time.

I may be wrong...I seem to recall bleeding the brakes on my good ol' MGB about ten years ago...and it's possible I did it back and forth by myself, but if memory serves I had a young, sweet thing pumping that pedal on the inside while I was busy working under the hood.

haha...

Usually Lurkin · 09-20-2007, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

Isn't bleeding brakes a two-man job?

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Originally Posted by chumdawg

if memory serves I had a young, sweet thing pumping that pedal on the inside while I was busy working under the hood.

oh. I had no idea.

DubOverdose · 09-20-2007, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

There's nothing wrong with going home for the summer from college.

Damn skippy there ain't. Now if I'm living at home after graduating this spring, then that'd be LAME (of course my parents are kicking me out anyway).

Evilmav2 · 09-20-2007, 01:08 PM

28. Drive a pickup truck through the front wall of the City of Houston Impound lot building to maim and bring to physical ruin at least a few of the money-farming, corrupt MutherF****** who towed your car for being parked in the same street parking spot you always park in, because the cruising tow driver claimed it had been parked for more than 24 hours (it hadn't). Cities and municipalities that predate upon their own citizenry with illicit and immoral tax/fine-farming measures are low, vile, and contemptible, and deserve to be scoured by fire, drowned by hurricane, or overrun by killer bees and pestilence...

Someday...

Flacolaco · 09-20-2007, 01:22 PM

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13. Fillet a fish

Seems like you'd be more manly if you knew how to actually catch the fish first....

rmacomic · 09-20-2007, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Evilmav2

28. Drive a pickup truck through the front wall of the City of Houston Impound lot building to maim and bring to physical ruin at least a few of the money-farming, corrupt MutherF****** who towed your car for being parked in the same street parking spot you always park in, because the cruising tow driver claimed it had been parked for more than 24 hours (it hadn't). Cities and municipalities that predate upon their own citizenry with illicit and immoral tax/fine-farming measures are low, vile, and contemptible, and deserve to be scoured by fire, drowned by hurricane, or overrun by killer bees and pestilence...

Someday...

Tell us how you really feel.

DOMINATOR · 09-20-2007, 02:38 PM

i can do em all except ive never cleaned a rifle... unless you count cleaning a paintball gun.

bobatundi · 09-20-2007, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DOMINATOR

i can do em all except ive never cleaned a rifle... unless you count cleaning a paintball gun.

Interesting that it has to be a bolt-action rifle. So I guess my ability to break down & clean a variety of shotguns doesn't count either...

My list, which supersedes Popular Mechanics:

1. Not care what others think you should do--even if they publish it in a list somewhere
2. Do what you like to do and/or are able to do; pay someone else to do the rest

Flacolaco · 09-20-2007, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DOMINATOR

i can do em all except ive never cleaned a rifle... unless you count cleaning a paintball gun.

I'll bet you clean your rifle all the time....with your yao ming photo.

ty · 09-20-2007, 04:56 PM

29. Don't use instructions and don't use a map =P

alby · 09-20-2007, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ty

29. Don't use instructions and don't use a map =P

you know thats how i do it ty

alby · 09-20-2007, 05:04 PM

when i drove to TX to visit u. no map =\

Smiles · 09-21-2007, 01:29 PM

1. Patch a radiator hose * (if duct tape counts)
2. Protect your computer *
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized
4. Frame a wall *
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer *
7. Build a campfire *
8. Fix a dead outlet *
9. Navigate with a map and compass *
10. Use a torque wrench (Could I substitute a blow torch?)
11. Sharpen a knife *
12. Perform CPR *
13. Fillet a fish * (*gag*)
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid * (only during intentional skids)
15. Get a car unstuck * (had help tho)
16. Back up data *
17. Paint a room *
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe *
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network
I don't plan to do half of these items ever again!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm suddenly glad Evilmav isn't God right now.

'Course I wouldn't steal his car either.