What's the one "manly" thing you don't know how to do?
- Thread starter Kenno
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OK--I'll admit to welding. When I was on sea duty, one of the HTs gave me a basic lesson in welding while he was fixing something in my office. It was very cool and I wanted to learn more but I never got around to it.
There are a helluva lot more than one manly thing I don't know how to do. 
Tim
Tim
I don't know how to weld, hang drywall, or roof a house, but want to learn all of the above.
Never learned how to play guitar but am in a very slow learning proccess now of learning it.
Welding, roofing a house, and drywall ain't so hard to learn. Now sports...that's a bear of another color. I can't play 'em for the life of me. I'll shoot skeet all day long and whine the next of a fetched up shoulder, but I can't throw a dang ball.
Make small talk about sports and sound remotely convincing that I really give a hoot.
I cannot fix most things and I do not know anything about tools.
I'm still thinking. 
I had to look that up.
Well, if you can shoot it with a shot gun, you probably are not going to have to hit it with a rock, so you are further along the manliness scale.
I seem to be able to shoot pool adequately lately for some reason. Used to utterly have the yips for that.
Get myself through a forest with a compass and map. Their are many more. This one happened to enter my brain first.
Wear clothing that comes out of a case of beer.
Properly sharpen a knife. This is also the reason I only use safety razors.
Pete
Pete
Car engines are a mystery, though we have a genius/mental mechanic that explains every little thing.
Hypergolic engines for use in space are a snap. Just don't get the fuel on your hands.
AA
Hypergolic engines for use in space are a snap. Just don't get the fuel on your hands.
AA
I always wanted to learn how to weld. My dad and my granddad could both weld without even thinking about it.
I do not know how to weld. I apparently cannot lay brick or stone. I really do not know why I can't!
I can roof to some extent. I can hang dry wall, but I cannot tape it once hung.
I can roof to some extent. I can hang dry wall, but I cannot tape it once hung.
Drywall is labor, mudding is art!
FWIW, it takes me three times the compound and four times the sanding to get a good joint.
< mudding is art >
Exactly!
Exactly!
simon1
Self Ignored by Vista
I can't list just one thing...there are too many.
Drive a nail with a hammer without hitting my thumb.
Solder a brass plumbing fixture.
Thread a worm on a fishing hook without hooking my finger.
Use a stick burner smoker or a charcoal BBQ grill.
Use a screwdriver.
Operate a shotgun.
Pour concrete.
Skin a rabbit.
Scale a fish.
Replace a toilet seat.
Hunt, fish, and drive a truck.
Thank goodness we have women around here that can help.
Drive a nail with a hammer without hitting my thumb.
Solder a brass plumbing fixture.
Thread a worm on a fishing hook without hooking my finger.
Use a stick burner smoker or a charcoal BBQ grill.
Use a screwdriver.
Operate a shotgun.
Pour concrete.
Skin a rabbit.
Scale a fish.
Replace a toilet seat.
Hunt, fish, and drive a truck.
Thank goodness we have women around here that can help.
