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« Last post by BPRoberts on Today at 05:21:21 PM »Of the first list:
Tire: Swapped the spare on for my wife last month. I do not know how to put a new tire on a wheel.
Cut: Yes
Hole: As long as it isn't too big.
Light: The whole thing, not just the bulb? I've never thought about it. I've changed a switch, so I think I probably could.
Paddle: Yep, 50 miles "through a hurricane" when I was a teen. Can still make it around the pond now.
Oil: I did it once or twice when I first learned to drive, so I'd have to look up how to do it again, but I think I could manage with basic instructions.
Wiper: Yep. The back ones are always a pain in the ass.
Wood: Sure.
Hard drive: That's like 2 plugs, easiest thing on the list!
Fuse: Yes. Glad I don't have to do it much anymore though.
On the second:
Swim: I think I could manage a slow mile if I had to, though I've never measured a swim. Not a great diver, but I can make it to the bottom. I have never rolled someone on a barrel or pumped their arms.
Drive: Yes. I can check my fluids, which I think is the second part of this, more or less.
Shoot: Yes.
Fight: I have never taken a boxing class, and it's been a long time since I in a fight.
Camping: Severed artery feels out of place here, but I think I'm a proficient camper.
First aid: Mostly yes, although I don't know much about administering antidotes.
Cook: Yep. I love to cook. I think calling onion soup a first class dish is a bit of a stretch, but I can make it.
Tools: Mostly not as well as I'd like, but I'm getting better bit by bit.
Handwriting: My penmanship is passable. Three thousand words an hour is aggressive, but doable if I had to.
Game: I like frisbee.
Bike: I was more of a roller blade kid, but I can bike if need be.
Skating, boating, canoeing: Oh, there's skating. I'm a decent canoer, but I do not know how to sail.
Hike: I like both hiking and walking.
Animals: My cat is still alive.
Horse: Nope
Saddle: Nope I don't even know how these are two different things!
Dance: My wife seems to think I do alright.
Cards: I like cribbage, but I can do blackjack and some pokers.
Tip: Like at a restaurant? I think I'm missing something here.
Alcohol: I know my limits.
Sex: See dancing
Gambling: See cards. I don't really like to gamble much. I'll play darts for a beer, but that's about it.
Music: I was a decent trombone player at one point, and still a fair singer. I'd like to learn a small instrument like a harmonica or something, there's not a big call to whip out the trombone at camp or whatever.
Read: I try to read every night before bed, if nothing else. Right now I'm working through the Harvard Classics with a side of old sci-fi when I need something light.
Language: I can avoid completely embarrassing myself in Spanish, and am slowly improving.
Travel: I love to pack light, and prefer trains to airplanes.
Public speaking: Everyday
Toast: I don't think I've ever had to, but I think I think I could manage. The others I have a bit more experience with.
Write: I hope so, otherwise I wasted a lot of money on my Masters.
Banks: Put your money there instead of your mattress. Buy low, sell high. Keep revenue above expenses. I am not a business owner, and I think I prefer it that way.
Wages: I didn't starve to death or have to sleep on a bench for the 10 years or so it took to get married after I moved out of my parents.
22: I got paid to comment a video game tournament, thus proving my mother wrong when she said I'd never make money on video games, at about this age. It was fun for a day, but I wouldn't want to do it full time.
Property: I am working on not being that person that fills his new house with tons of useless smurf.
35: I'm unique, just like everyone else.
Tire: Swapped the spare on for my wife last month. I do not know how to put a new tire on a wheel.
Cut: Yes
Hole: As long as it isn't too big.
Light: The whole thing, not just the bulb? I've never thought about it. I've changed a switch, so I think I probably could.
Paddle: Yep, 50 miles "through a hurricane" when I was a teen. Can still make it around the pond now.
Oil: I did it once or twice when I first learned to drive, so I'd have to look up how to do it again, but I think I could manage with basic instructions.
Wiper: Yep. The back ones are always a pain in the ass.
Wood: Sure.
Hard drive: That's like 2 plugs, easiest thing on the list!
Fuse: Yes. Glad I don't have to do it much anymore though.
On the second:
Swim: I think I could manage a slow mile if I had to, though I've never measured a swim. Not a great diver, but I can make it to the bottom. I have never rolled someone on a barrel or pumped their arms.
Drive: Yes. I can check my fluids, which I think is the second part of this, more or less.
Shoot: Yes.
Fight: I have never taken a boxing class, and it's been a long time since I in a fight.
Camping: Severed artery feels out of place here, but I think I'm a proficient camper.
First aid: Mostly yes, although I don't know much about administering antidotes.
Cook: Yep. I love to cook. I think calling onion soup a first class dish is a bit of a stretch, but I can make it.
Tools: Mostly not as well as I'd like, but I'm getting better bit by bit.
Handwriting: My penmanship is passable. Three thousand words an hour is aggressive, but doable if I had to.
Game: I like frisbee.
Bike: I was more of a roller blade kid, but I can bike if need be.
Skating, boating, canoeing: Oh, there's skating. I'm a decent canoer, but I do not know how to sail.
Hike: I like both hiking and walking.
Animals: My cat is still alive.
Horse: Nope
Saddle: Nope I don't even know how these are two different things!
Dance: My wife seems to think I do alright.
Cards: I like cribbage, but I can do blackjack and some pokers.
Tip: Like at a restaurant? I think I'm missing something here.
Alcohol: I know my limits.
Sex: See dancing
Gambling: See cards. I don't really like to gamble much. I'll play darts for a beer, but that's about it.
Music: I was a decent trombone player at one point, and still a fair singer. I'd like to learn a small instrument like a harmonica or something, there's not a big call to whip out the trombone at camp or whatever.
Read: I try to read every night before bed, if nothing else. Right now I'm working through the Harvard Classics with a side of old sci-fi when I need something light.
Language: I can avoid completely embarrassing myself in Spanish, and am slowly improving.
Travel: I love to pack light, and prefer trains to airplanes.
Public speaking: Everyday
Toast: I don't think I've ever had to, but I think I think I could manage. The others I have a bit more experience with.
Write: I hope so, otherwise I wasted a lot of money on my Masters.
Banks: Put your money there instead of your mattress. Buy low, sell high. Keep revenue above expenses. I am not a business owner, and I think I prefer it that way.
Wages: I didn't starve to death or have to sleep on a bench for the 10 years or so it took to get married after I moved out of my parents.
22: I got paid to comment a video game tournament, thus proving my mother wrong when she said I'd never make money on video games, at about this age. It was fun for a day, but I wouldn't want to do it full time.
Property: I am working on not being that person that fills his new house with tons of useless smurf.
35: I'm unique, just like everyone else.
it, Antti 
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