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I know these, though I'm not sure how some of them qualify as "skills":
1. Handle a blowout
2. Drive in snow
5. Wax a car
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle
8. Hitch up a trailer
9. Jump start a car
10. Perform the Heimlich
11. Reverse hypothermia
12. Perform hands-only CPR
13. Escape a sinking car
14. Carve a turkey
15. Use a sewing machine
16. Put out a fire
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
19. Move heavy stuff
20. Grow food
22. Shovel the right way
24. Tape drywall
25. Split firewood
28. Paint a straight line
29. Use a French knife
30. Prune bushes and small trees
31. Iron a shirt
34. Fell a tree
36. Set up a ladder, safely
39. Change a diaper
40. Grill with charcoal
41. Sew a button on a shirt
42. Fold a flag
44. Treat a burn
47. Remove a tick
48. Shine shoes
49. Make a drum-tight bed
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup
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
Primitive Skills
57. Build a fire in the wilderness
58. Build a shelter
59. Find potable water
60. Floods
61. Tornados
62. Cold
63. Heat
64. Lightning
65. Cast a line
66. Lend a hand
67. Change a tire
69. Fly a stunt kite
71. Parallel park
73. Tie a necktie
74. Whittle
75. Ride a bike
76. Install a graphics card
77. Take the perfect portrait
78. Calibrate HDTV settings
79. Shoot a home movie (Um, WTF is this here for?)
80. Ditch your hard drive
84. Socket wrench
85. Test light
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
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