What are your missing man skills?

kwerk

kwerk

kwerk

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What are the things you should probly be able to do as a competent adult man, but cant?

Here is a comprehensive list of my missing man skills or knowledge.

  • Don't know how to weld or do metal working in general.
  • Only have a basic knowledge of wood working.
  • Never used a lathe.
  • Don't know anything at all about photography.
  • Can't play any musical instruments.
  • Never brewed my own beer or wine.
  • Barely know how to cook.
  • Never been in a proper street fight.
  • Don't know anything about cars beyond simple fluid/filter changes.
  • Don't really know how electricity works.
  • Don't know how exactly radio and light works, VHF, HAM, RFID, IR and all that stuff.
  • Don't know about electronics, relays, capacitors, no idea. Wasn't paying attention in school.
  • Not a very strong swimmer.
  • Don't know how to do fishing.
  • Never worn a suit or smoked a cigar ever.
  • Don't understand how weather works, the different clouds, systems, cells, pressures and all that boring crap.
  • Don't know anything about astronomy or constellations.
  • Don't know anything about sailing or boats.
  • Can't SCUBA dive.
  • Only used a big proper chainsaw once.
  • Never gutted a big animal, I pay a game processor to do it :(
  • Never gutted a fish (see fishing).
  • Can't fly a plane or helicopter.
  • Don't know how to drive a fork lift, tractor or any sort of heavy machinery.
  • Still have a bit of trouble reversing trailers, especially short ones.
  • Dont know how to ski.
  • Don't know how to play poker
 
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I don't think lacking car knowledge really counts as a missing man skill these days, really I don't think anyone knows much beyond the basic oil and tyre change. Wouldn't worry about it.
 
kwerk said:
  • Don't know anything at all about photography.
  • Can't play any musical instruments.
  • Never brewed my own beer or wine.
  • Barely know how to cook.
  • Never been in a proper street fight.
  • Don't know anything about astronomy or constellations.
  • Don't know anything about sailing or boats.
  • Can't SCUBA dive.
  • Dont know how to ski.
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These are not strictly man-skills. You are partially forgiven.
 
Wb Kwerk :-)

Wasn't there a thread a while back asking of 4 or 5 basic household skills?

- Can you sew on a trouser/shirt button?
- Can you operate the washing machine?
- Do you know how to change a car tyre?
- Can you iron?

One or two other questions that I can't remember but it was really trivial stuff like that.
 
kwerk said:
What are the things you should probly be able to do as a competent adult man, but cant?

Here is a comprehensive list of my missing man skills or knowledge.

  • Don't know how to weld or do metal working in general.
  • Only have a basic knowledge of wood working.
  • Never used a lathe.
  • Don't know anything at all about photography.
  • Can't play any musical instruments.
  • Never brewed my own beer or wine.
  • Barely know how to cook.
  • Never been in a proper street fight.
  • Don't know anything about cars beyond simple fluid/filter changes.
  • Don't really know how electricity works.
  • Don't know how exactly radio and light works, VHF, HAM, RFID, IR and all that stuff.
  • Don't know about electronics, relays, capacitors, no idea. Wasn't paying attention in school.
  • Not a very strong swimmer.
  • Don't know how to do fishing.
  • Never worn a suit or smoked a cigar ever.
  • Don't understand how weather works, the different clouds, systems, cells, pressures and all that boring crap.
  • Don't know anything about astronomy or constellations.
  • Don't know anything about sailing or boats.
  • Can't SCUBA dive.
  • Only used a big proper chainsaw once.
  • Never gutted a big animal, I pay a game processor to do it :(
  • Never gutted a fish (see fishing).
  • Can't fly a plane or helicopter.
  • Don't know how to drive a fork lift, tractor or any sort of heavy machinery.
  • Still have a bit of trouble reversing trailers, especially short ones.
  • Dont know how to ski.
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Kwerk you have some missing skills if you were a artisan, some missing skills if you were james bond, some missing skills if you were a tree surgeon, some missing skills if you were a meteorologist and some missing skills if you were a warehouse worker.

The only skill I see thats all encompassing is the fishing one, every man should know how to fish imo. Its a basic skill.

The rest are not all encompassing.
 
Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the french I took

But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me too
What a wonderful world this would be

Don't know much about geography
Don't know much trigonometry
Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for

But I do know that one and one is two
And if this one could be with you
What a wonderful world this would be
 
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