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P: 2/20/2009 12:47:54 PM
Definitely, Maybe Ideal Rock Total Posts: 581 Last Post: 5/6/2009 Member Since: 1/12/2009	Last night, while I was trying to fall asleep, I was thinking about the fire extinguisher in the kitchen of my apartment. I don't know what made me think of it, but I realized I have no idea how to use it. I have a mental picture in my mind of the thing, but that's about it. So, while thinking of that it made me think of other things I know how to do that friends of mine can't and some other stuff I should probably learn. What are some things you know how to do/ need to learn? For me, it's not big things, just simple things in life... Can do: 1. Check my oil/ put oil in my car--- I have many friends who don't know what to do. 2. Change a tire-- never needed to, but I could Need to learn: 1. How to use the fire extinguisher! 2. Percentages- For ex: % off something. I find myself having to really think about it, unlike BF who instantly knows.
Posted: 2/20/2009 12:47:54 PM

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P: 2/20/2009 2:51:50 PM
Tuckins1 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,389 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/13/2008	Things I never thought I would know how to do: 1. Repair/patch plaster walls and dry wall. 2. Strip/sand/refinish wood pieces. 3. Pretty much anything else that goes along with renovating a house with NO CONTRACTORS! "If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!"
Posted: 2/20/2009 2:51:50 PM

P: 2/20/2009 3:01:39 PM
niccia Cut Rock Total Posts: 292 Last Post: 11/11/2009 Member Since: 2/18/2008	Can do: my own taxes even though I don't fix a lot of things around the house run an excavator/loader semi-properly Can't do: change a tire add oil (this is embarrassing to admit but I don't know how to open the hood of my car. I always get my dad/fiance/mechanic to do it, because I can never find the latch and don't really care to learn) chop wood change a fuse read a map (I always get off course somehow, thank goodness for GPS)
Posted: 2/20/2009 3:01:39 PM

P: 2/20/2009 3:12:17 PM
MC Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,821 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 2/8/2003	I no idea how to use the fire extinguisher, either. In fact, about a month back, I told my husband we need to get one and he informed me we already have one under the kitchen sink! Can't do: Change a flat. Can do: Walk long-distances to a bus stop after my car breaks down.
Posted: 2/20/2009 3:12:17 PM

P: 2/20/2009 3:13:29 PM
Clairitek Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,835 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/21/2008	I am really handy with tools and doing home repairs. I won't touch plumbing or the electrical stuff but when it comes to carpentry and such I think I do well. I hate it when I go to Home Depot and all the crusty old men who work there are hovering as if I don't what I am looking at! If I need help, I'll ask for it!!! Ok.. vent over. I too know how to change my own tire. I learned recently that FI didn't know! I had to teach him. I'm with you on the checking oil and such too. I also can change my own air filter. I am a pro at neatly folding fitted bed sheets. You'd think that they had just come out of the package! *----** C-tek
Posted: 2/20/2009 3:13:29 PM

P: 2/20/2009 3:37:18 PM
Steel Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,982 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/8/2006	Date: 2/20/2009 3:13:29 PM Author: Clairitek I am really handy with tools and doing home repairs. I won't touch plumbing or the electrical stuff but when it comes to carpentry and such I think I do well. I hate it when I go to Home Depot and all the crusty old men who work there are hovering as if I don't what I am looking at! If I need help, I'll ask for it!!! Ok.. vent over. I too know how to change my own tire. I learned recently that FI didn't know! I had to teach him. I'm with you on the checking oil and such too. I also can change my own air filter. I am a pro at neatly folding fitted bed sheets. You'd think that they had just come out of the package! How do you do that! Mine end up in a big ball .
Posted: 2/20/2009 3:37:18 PM

P: 2/20/2009 3:43:14 PM
Definitely, Maybe Ideal Rock Total Posts: 581 Last Post: 5/6/2009 Member Since: 1/12/2009	Tuckins- I think its great you know how to do house renovation stuff! I have a dream of doing my own house renovations one day. I bet its a lot harder than it looks! Niccia- No worries about not knowing much about cars. The only reason I know how is because I have a VW Beetle and the oil has to be checked constantly. Also, I dont even think I could pick up an axe to chop wood even if I wanted. Ha MC- Loved your response. It made me giggle. BFs dad is obsessive compulsive about us knowing how to change a tire and all things car related well he likes to teach us how to fix/handle most things. Claritek- I agree about the Home Depot thing. It is quite annoying when they do that. Today at the grocery store it took 3 guys in the deli to get my ham, turkey, and cheese. I am jealous about being able to fold sheets! I am awful at it. They end up in a giant wad shoved in the closet.
Posted: 2/20/2009 3:43:14 PM

P: 2/20/2009 3:44:33 PM
Definitely, Maybe Ideal Rock Total Posts: 581 Last Post: 5/6/2009 Member Since: 1/12/2009	Date: 2/20/2009 3:37:18 PM Author: Steel Date: 2/20/2009 3:13:29 PM Author: Clairitek I am really handy with tools and doing home repairs. I won't touch plumbing or the electrical stuff but when it comes to carpentry and such I think I do well. I hate it when I go to Home Depot and all the crusty old men who work there are hovering as if I don't what I am looking at! If I need help, I'll ask for it!!! Ok.. vent over. I too know how to change my own tire. I learned recently that FI didn't know! I had to teach him. I'm with you on the checking oil and such too. I also can change my own air filter. I am a pro at neatly folding fitted bed sheets. You'd think that they had just come out of the package! How do you do that! Mine end up in a big ball . I'd like to know too. Can you make a how-to video?
Posted: 2/20/2009 3:44:33 PM

P: 2/20/2009 4:05:48 PM
Porridge Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,612 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 10/27/2008	I have NO IDEA how to use a pressure cooker. There's loads more, but none that I need right now!
Posted: 2/20/2009 4:05:48 PM

P: 2/20/2009 5:08:07 PM
Definitely, Maybe Ideal Rock Total Posts: 581 Last Post: 5/6/2009 Member Since: 1/12/2009	Date: 2/20/2009 4:05:48 PM Author: Porridge I have NO IDEA how to use a pressure cooker. There's loads more, but none that I need right now! If it is any consolation I don't even know what a pressure cooker is!
Posted: 2/20/2009 5:08:07 PM

P: 2/20/2009 7:25:11 PM
Clairitek Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,835 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/21/2008	I seriously don't know how I honed my ability to fold fitted sheets well but every time a friend sees them they marvel at how neatly they are folded. I'll have to take a picture next time. Date: 2/20/2009 5:08:07 PM Author: Definitely, Maybe Date: 2/20/2009 4:05:48 PM Author: Porridge I have NO IDEA how to use a pressure cooker. There's loads more, but none that I need right now! If it is any consolation I don't even know what a pressure cooker is! My mother used to use them a lot when I was little to make beef stew without taking so many hours to stew it all. (I prefer the old fashioned way of waiting it out). I have a pressure cooker. It was a yard sale find. I must admimt I am afraid I don't know how to use it properly and that I will do something to injure myself! I wonder how much pressure can be contained on those things? *----** C-tek
Posted: 2/20/2009 7:25:11 PM

P: 2/20/2009 7:38:30 PM
LostSapphire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,060 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 11/4/2007	FOLDING A FITTED SHEET VIDEOS!!! Somebody's already done them! Dozens of sites online. woohoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTyH2nuFAw
Posted: 2/20/2009 7:38:30 PM

P: 2/20/2009 7:41:01 PM
jcarlylew Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,812 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/27/2008	Can Do Read a map - seriously. my mom got us stuck in a VERY bad area and like heck i was going to go inside the ampm and ask where i was!! give directions - you'd be surprised on how many people cannot give directions to their house with street names fix/install a toilet - yes. that was my dad's idea Change a tire - but i've never had too Check/put in oil Read a mass transit map and get anywhere using the bus Travel alone in a foreign country Can't do Drive a stick shift. _____________________________ i look at white bread like a young lover
Posted: 2/20/2009 7:41:01 PM

P: 2/20/2009 8:02:40 PM
Definitely, Maybe Ideal Rock Total Posts: 581 Last Post: 5/6/2009 Member Since: 1/12/2009	LS- Thanks for the video. Makes me want to go refold my sheets so they look perfect!... I can be a bit OCD about things. It's amazing the things people post on youtube. :) Jcarly- Those are really great things to know how to do especially the mass transit. It really is something to get used to if you are bad with directions and/or don't have it where you are from. I was surprised when I lived in Paris how comfortable I was traveling around by myself. Also, I can't drive a stick shift either. I can in my head (really weird, I know) but I can't do it when I try.
Posted: 2/20/2009 8:02:40 PM

P: 2/20/2009 8:45:26 PM
LostSapphire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,060 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 11/4/2007	Date: 2/20/2009 8:02:40 PM Author: Definitely, Maybe LS- Thanks for the video. Makes me want to go refold my sheets so they look perfect!... I can be a bit OCD about things. It's amazing the things people post on youtube. :) D,M: Look over on the right side when you load the video: there are 3 pages of "how to" things on there, some very interesting!! I'm 52 years old and FINALLY know how to fold fitted sheets! I've just refolded all of them in my linen closet. WOW that feels good. (there's even one on there called "how to fold underwear"....) Now, MY OCD isn't that bad...yet! LS
Posted: 2/20/2009 8:45:26 PM

P: 2/21/2009 7:54:30 AM
ksinger Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,202 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/30/2008	Know: how to field strip a Browning High Power. Need to learn: how to fold that pesky fitted sheet!
Posted: 2/21/2009 7:54:30 AM

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