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A man needs to be able to tell a woman he loves her....

If he is successful at that endeavor she will surely feed him....

Agree.
I can weld, have decent carpentry and mechanical skills, used to work on cars some. But I don’t look down on guys that are not skilled in those areas. The need for lots of skills that use older guys picked up back in the day, has decreased quite a bit.

Separate out "can do", versus "best use of my time." I "can do" most of my own automotive work. However, better use of my time to hire out the automotive work and make $$$'s on my day job... As noted above, if it was Depression Era, and I had all the time in the world to do the job, yeah, I would be doing it myself. However, at the moment, better to hire it done...

Went to my uncle’s house yesterday to eyeball some trees he wants to drop.

Got to talking, about the smokehouse. He said the same day he and my aunt got married, him, the old man and another uncle butchered 8 hogs, salted 16 hams and 16 shoulders

Told that womern to get busy with the cracklins

When I was a kid my dad couldn't keep me out of his tools.

I can plant crops, I can't fly a jet.

Those of us who grew up before computers take for granted a lot of basic mechanical skills. Who DIDN'T know how to change a tire, change the oil, set the timing, bleed the brakes, adjust the clutch, change the plugs, fix simple plumbing and electrical problems around the house etc etc That a lot of people still do these things is evident at your local Home Depot or AutoZone store.

But, since the rise of the internet, and computers, and software, and computer games, a lot of younger guys are helpless as girls out there when it comes to hands-on fixing stuff, or as noted even change a tire.

When I was a kid my dad couldn't keep me out of his tools.

Half the guys on here can't even pick out their own:
Truck
Rifle (or caliber)
Rifle scope
ATV
Generator
Bicycle


No surprise their kids can't change a tire or vehicle battery.

Someone's gotten pretty liberal with handing out the man cards

That's not it at all. Before you assume, maybe know your audience. I'm college educated; I work in healthcare in and I'm still interested in things that aren't my specialty. The point of this thread isn't about trades and blue collar vs. white collar. It's about having the interest to learn something outside of your normal skill set and having the gumption to try something new. I'm not recommending someone become a GI specialist as Wabigoon mentioned but to use tools are their disposal to make attempts at learning something new. I see it as those that have a can do attitude and others that are just plain lazy. Oh yeah, I don't always change my own oil in the car. However, I've done it in the past and have the knowledge based on past experience....Some have never attempted it as one example.

More like his women will bend over and take it up the ass in admiration.

How many have someone else mount their scopes? Should've started with that question.

How about the blue collar guy who becomes a self-taught historian?

Does he also get points for learning something outside his skill set?

Paul

Absolutely!

Some have others" zero" their rig for em too.
And pay people to clean their guns for em also.
Their "Smithy"....


Pitiful mutha fugga,s.............

I like a doc who can turn a wrench.

The surgeon who did my gall bladder, appendix, and hernia repair grew up on a dairy farm. And IIRC, cut logs for a sawmill. At one point, had business cards printed on cherry veneer. Down to earth. I like him. I trust him.

Really aren't men are they?

Thats to bad, I admire a man that can play the Pan Flute.

I can do a lot more than I want to do. That’s where money comes in. Anything electrical, however, and I reach for the phone.

As a drug rep, I used to be permitted to take doctors fishing. Drift boat down the river for trout, ocean boat for bottom fish, salmon, crab, etc. In the clinic I was in their kingdom, and was treated accordingly. Often, not so well. On the water, mo-fo, you’re in my world. You want to catch fish or just go for a boat ride? Great, then do what I tell you and we’ll load the boat. Going for a ride is fine, too, if you want to do it your way. Up to you.

I took one doc down my favorite river, fishing dry flies for trout, main fly and a dropper, some fish up to 16”, which is pretty respectable. He was great to row for, knew how to cast and follow directions. He caught close to 75 fish on that trip, with several doubles.

I always enjoyed the first sales call post-fishing trip. The level of respect changed dramatically.





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