This is originally from http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4281414.html

 

I'm going to attempt to learn each item on this list, and mark it off on the date that I complete it (or if I already know it).

 

Automotive

1. Handle a blowout

2. Drive in snow (already know, 10/3/08)

3. Check trouble codes

4. Replace fan belt

5. Wax a car

6. Conquer an off-road obstacle

7. Use a stick welder

8. Hitch up a trailer

9. Jump start a car (already know, 10/3/08)

 

Handling Emergencies

10. Perform the Heimlich

11. Reverse hypothermia

12. Perform hands-only CPR

13. Escape a sinking car

 

Home

14. Carve a turkey (I can carve a chicken, wonder if a Turkey is very different? 10/3/08)

15. Use a sewing machine

16. Put out a fire (already know, 10/3/08)

17. Home brew beer (already know, 10/3/08)

18. Remove bloodstains from fabric

19. Move heavy stuff

20. Grow food (I can grow tomatoes, but need to try other things)

21. Read an electric meter

22. Shovel the right way

23. Solder wire (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

24. Tape drywall

25. Split firewood (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

26. Replace a faucet washer

27. Mix concrete

28. Paint a straight line

29. Use a French knife

30. Prune bushes and small trees

31. Iron a shirt (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

32. Fix a toilet tank flapper (already know, 10/3/08)

33. Change a single-pole switch

34. Fell a tree

35. Replace a broken windowpane

36. Set up a ladder, safely

37. Fix a faucet cartridge

38. Sweat copper tubing

39. Change a diaper (already know, 10/3/08)

40. Grill with charcoal (already know, 10/3/08)

41. Sew a button on a shirt (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

42. Fold a flag (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

 

Medical Myths

43. Treat frostbite

44. Treat a burn

45. Help a seizure victim

46. Treat a snakebite

47. Remove a tick

 

Military Know-How

48. Shine shoes

49. Make a drum-tight bed

50. Drop and give the perfect pushup

 

Outdoors

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

56. Escape a rip current

 

Primitive Skills

57. Build a fire in the wilderness (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

58. Build a shelter (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

59. Find potable water (already know, I think, 10/3/08)

 

Surviving Extremes

60. Floods

61. Tornados

62. Cold

63. Heat

64. Lightning

 

Teach Your Kids

65. Cast a line

66. Lend a hand

67. Change a tire

68. Throw a spiral

69. Fly a stunt kite

70. Drive a stick shift

71. Parallel park

72. Tie a bowline

73. Tie a necktie

74. Whittle

75. Ride a bike

 

Technology

76. Install a graphics card (already know, 10/3/08)

77. Take the perfect portrait

78. Calibrate HDTV settings

79. Shoot a home movie (already know, 10/3/08)

80. Ditch your hard drive (already know, 10/3/08)

 

Master Key Workshop Tools

81. Drill driver (already know, 10/3/08)

82. Grease gun

83. Coolant hydrometer

84. Socket wrench (already know, 10/3/08)

85. Test light

86. Brick trowel

87. Framing hammer

88. Wood chisel

89. Spade bit

90. Circular saw

91. Sledge hammer

92. Hacksaw (already know, 10/3/08)

93. Torque wrench

94. Air wrench

95. Infrared thermometer

96. Sand blaster

97. Crosscut saw (already know, 10/3/08)

98. Hand plane

99. Multimeter

100. Feeler gauges