Intersectandu-ma zilnic cu domeniul tehnic, chiar mai mult decat mi-as dori(dar ce sa faci, trebuie sa mai si munceasca cineva pe Pamantul asta…) am discutat cu un coleg despre o lista care prezenta 100 de abilitati si indemanari necesare pentru a fii barbat.

Inteligenta, sarmul, spiritualitatea/umorul sunt la mare cautare, dar un tip adevarat trebuie sa stie sa rezolve si sa manuiasca kestii dure, reale. Grupul de editori ai unei reviste de tehnica popularizata au tras linia si au incheiat lista lor cu 100 de abilitati necesare oricarui barbat. Lista a fost impartita in 10 sectiuni in care gasesti peste 20 de unelete la care trebuie sa-ti dovedesti indemanarea de a le utiliza.

Cum te simti citind lista…esti barbat competent, sau…?(intrebarea se adreseaza cititorilor si nu cititoarelor…acestea pot printa lista si sa o puna sub perna barbatului; sau si mai interesant… inainte de casatorie vezi daca alesul trece toata lista…)

Mecanizate

1. Handle a blowout
2. Drive in snow
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

Prim ajutor

10. Perform the Heimlich
11. Reverse hypothermia
12. Perform hands-only CPR
13. Escape a sinking car

Casa

14. Carve a turkey
15. Use a sewing machine
16. Put out a fire
17. Home brew beer
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
19. Move heavy stuff
20. Grow food
21. Read an electric meter
22. Shovel the right way
23. Solder wire
24. Tape drywall
25. Split firewood
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
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper
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
40. Grill with charcoal
41. Sew a button on a shirt
42. Fold a flag

Kestii medicale

43. Treat frostbite
44. Treat a burn
45. Help a seizure victim
46. Treat a snakebite
47. Remove a tick

Batalioniul de instructie

48. Shine shoes
49. Make a drum-tight bed
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup

Pe apa, fara sa fii marinar

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

Cercetasi si pionieri

57. Build a fire in the wilderness
58. Build a shelter
59. Find potable water

Supravietuire extrema

60. Floods
61. Tornados
62. Cold
63. Heat
64. Lightning

Invata-ti copii

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

Tehnologie

76. Install a graphics card
77. Take the perfect portrait
78. Calibrate HDTV settings
79. Shoot a home movie
80. Ditch your hard drive

Atelierul de mecanica

81. Drill driver
82. Grease gun
83. Coolant hydrometer
84. Socket wrench
85. Test light
86. Brick trowel
87. Framing hammer
88. Wood chisel
89. Spade bit
90. Circular saw
91. Sledge hammer
92. Hacksaw
93. Torque wrench
94. Air wrench
95. Infrared thermometer
96. Sand blaster
97. Crosscut saw
98. Hand plane
99. Multimeter
100. Feeler gauges