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Old 04-26-2010, 07:52 AM   #39 (permalink)
Terrell
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Location: Orlando, Florida
Automotive
1. Handle a blowout (check)
2. Drive in snow (I'm a FL boy, what's snow again?)
3. Check trouble codes (do you mean know what the idiot lights mean?)
4. Replace fan belt (been there, done that, a serpentine belt on an 87 Firebird when I was 20)
5. Wax a car (check)
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle (Why? I don't drive off road)
7. Use a stick welder (no)
8. Hitch up a trailer (no)
9. Jump start a car (check)

Handling Emergencies
10. Perform the Heimlich (never tried)
11. Reverse hypothermia (never had to try)
12. Perform hands-only CPR (had training in AF)
13. Escape a sinking car (never tried, have an idea how)

Home
14. Carve a turkey (no)
15. Use a sewing machine (check, can also use needle & thread)
16. Put out a fire (check)
17. Home brew beer (Why? I don't drink alcohol)
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric (check)
19. Move heavy stuff (check, but I hate doing it)
20. Grow food (haven't tried)
21. Read an electric meter (haven't tried)
22. Shovel the right way (no)
23. Solder wire (check)
24. Tape drywall (no)
25. Split firewood (Why? I don't have a fireplace)
26. Replace a faucet washer (check)
27. Mix concrete (no)
28. Paint a straight line (terrible at paining)
29. Use a French knife (perfer smaller knives)
30. Prune bushes and small trees (wasps, can't stand them)
31. Iron a shirt (check, just don't like doing it)
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper (check)
33. Change a single-pole switch (probably)
34. Fell a tree (no)
35. Replace a broken windowpane (no, but I could probably learn this one)
36. Set up a ladder, safely (check)
37. Fix a faucet cartridge (haven't needed to, but could learn)
38. Sweat copper tubing (See #37)
39. Change a diaper (HELL NO)
40. Grill with charcoal (check)
41. Sew a button on a shirt (check)
42. Fold a flag (done it before, not sure if I remember exactly how)

Medical Myths
43. Treat frostbite (no)
44. Treat a burn (check)
45. Help a seizure victim (no)
46. Treat a snakebite (no)
47. Remove a tick (no)

Military Know-How
48. Shine shoes (check, but why, I'm not in AF anymore)
49. Make a drum-tight bed (See #48)
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup (See #48)

Outdoors
51. Run rapids in a canoe (no)
52. Hang food in the wild (no)
53. Skipper a boat (does this mean operate the boat, if so yes)
54. Shoot straight (somewhat)
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike (no)
56. Escape a rip current (haven't needed to, but have an idea how)

Primitive Skills
57. Build a fire in the wilderness ( depends on what I have on hand)
58. Build a shelter (don't know, never tried)
59. Find potable water (don't know)

Surviving Extremes
60. Floods (haven't had to)
61. Tornados (haven't had to, would take cover)
62. Cold (check, but not Arctic/Antartic levels of cold)
63. Heat (check)
64. Lightning (take cover)

Teach Your Kids (If I had, or were inclined to have them)
65. Cast a line (check)
66. Lend a hand (be more specific)
67. Change a tire (Check, but full size spares went out a long time ago)
68. Throw a spiral (check)
69. Fly a stunt kite (can fly a regular kite, what makes a kite a stunt kite?)
70. Drive a stick shift (yes, learned at 23)
71. Parallel park (yeah, learned on a big honking 77 Buick.)
72. Tie a bowline (no)
73. Tie a necktie (Check)
74. Whittle (no)
75. Ride a bike (Check)

Technology
76. Install a graphics card (check, can also install sound cards, disk drives, etc)
77. Take the perfect portrait (never tried)
78. Calibrate HDTV settings (check)
79. Shoot a home movie (check)
80. Ditch your hard drive (check)

Master Key Workshop Tools
81. Drill driver (screwdriver on a drill? if so Check)
82. Grease gun (no, never needed one)
83. Coolant hydrometer (no, never needed one)
84. Socket wrench (check)
85. Test light (not sure, depends on what that is)
86. Brick trowel (no)
87. Framing hammer (no, never had to use one, but can use a regular one)
88. Wood chisel (check)
89. Spade bit (check)
90. Circular saw (no)
91. Sledge hammer (check)
92. Hacksaw (check)
93. Torque wrench (no, but could figure it out)
94. Air wrench (no, but could probably figure it out)
95. Infrared thermometer (haven't needed to, but could figure it out)
96. Sand blaster (no)
97. Crosscut saw (no, but could figure it out)
98. Hand plane (no, but could figure it out)
99. Multimeter (check)
100. Feeler gauges (no)

Last edited by Terrell; 04-26-2010 at 07:58 AM..
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