You can’t consider yourself a man unless you can start a campfire, clean a rifle, and … retouch digital photos?
Popular Mechanics provides a list of 25 skills every man should know, and I’m proud to say that aside from framing a wall, bleeding brakes, filleting a fish, and changing my own oil, I already know how to do almost all of these things, and I know that I could do all of the others if I gave it a shot.
Guess that makes me a pretty damn good man.
It’s actually interesting to look at the kinds of things Popular Mechanics thinks you should know in order to call yourself a man today. I’m not sure how important retouching digital photos is to manhood in general, but I guess it’s good to know how to back up your data and secure your computer; that’s basically protecting your livelihood and family in today’s world.
The list provides you with a quick explanation of each skill, so if you don’t have any idea how to fillet a fish, you will now. Some are probably more practical than others (it would be good to know how to rescue a capsized boater, but I think knowing how to fix a bike flat would be more appropriate given that I don’t usually find myself out on the open water). For example:
Back Up a Trailer.
If you’re doing this without a spotter, put your left hand at six o’clock on the steering wheel, and drape your right hand over the seatback. As you back up, move your steering hand in the direction you want the trailer to go.
Be a man (or manly woman), and go check it out.
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