Real men don’t follow lists.
I have no reason to forgive my parents. They is what they is, and made me what I am....
I am comfortable with that and them.
Face the possibility of a situation where you have to kill another person, or they will kill you, and that no other alternative exists.
To keep your equanimity in the face of abundance, taking only what you need.
To safely capture a dangerous wild animal without harm to either it or yourself.
Risk your safety to protect someone else.
To honor someone who truly deserves being honored.
To foul up so gloriously that it will never be forgotten.
(Example, February 4th is the celebrated “Day of the Fart of Abu Hasan”.)
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/fart.html#historicfart
To step on one footprint’s worth of land that likely no person has ever set foot on before.
Re; #1 Forgive your parents...
I never forgave them. Instead, I wrote my dad a letter before he died telling him all the things I learned from him. I didn’t consider I had a right to judge, but I did have the right to realize the legacy he gave me, from his wit to his wisdom, to his general knowledge of how to make the universe work in an acceptable fashion.
It was very therapeutic for me - to reflect on how much he had taught me.
And, according to my mother, it was a treasured keepsake for him.
And if anyone is wondering - YES, I am crying as I type this. I miss you, Dad.
A real man stands among equals, carries those who are weaker, and kneels before God.
Everything else is just details.
A man needs to know how to thrive if civilization continues on defying all rational thought.
A man needs to know how to survive if civilization continues on, but without an economy.
A man needs to know how to survive if there is no civilization tomorrow. All it takes is one large sunspot to erupt 1 AU away, and in 41 hours there won’t be much left here on Earth.
With the above understood, you need to know basic economics and investments. Bonds and CDs, Puts and Calls, interest owed, dividend income due.
You need to know how to both read and *write* a legal contract.
Basic math. Basic reading.
You need to have basic goods stored at home.
You need a bugout bag.
You need to be prepared for lawlessness at various levels, from politicians and reporters abusing civilized society, to carrying a dummy wallet to flip to a mugger so that you have the option of reaching for your CCW after he begins to turn his back to you, down to armoring your vehicles with surplus body armor and 3M security film on the windows in case of widespread anarchy.
Know how to sail. Know how to fly. Know how to drift a car and how to not high-center a 4x4 truck.
Know how to sharpen a knife and clean a firearm.
Know how to shop. Priceshop on-line to verify that any price someone gives you is in the ballpark.
Know how to pay your bills. Know how to hustle if you have to have income off the grid.
Know how to travel internationally and how to recognize those who are intent on fleecing you.
Know how to fight and how to avoid fights.
Know loyalty to your friends and family.
Know how to train a dog and ride a horse.
Know how to maintain your car and your house.
Know how to use good manners and how to defuse a bully.
Know how to enjoy an evening out with your wife without embarrasing her over a mistake by a $3/hr+tips waiter or cook.
Know how to slow-dance, build a fire, and cook a fish.
Know how to throw a football, catch a baseball, and shoot a basketball.
Know how to sew, burp a baby, and educate your children.
Know how to do the math; is a business deal really a “deal” or not?
Know how to listen to your boss and to your employees.
Pray.
I fail 17, 23 & 30.
11. Navigate your way around an unfamiliar city without getting completely and utterly lost.
But this is how you find the best dinning establishments. The real skill it finding it again the next time.
There aren't any extant.
I’m a woman but i have a husband and two teenage sons but here’s the way my list would go:
1. Be able to protect and defend the women in your life.
2. Change the oil in a car
3. change a flate tire.
4. know how to fix things...pretty much anything:)
5. don’t get caught crying by your women....unless someone died!
6.Be kind to children, animals and the elderly.
7. Back up your woman.
8. Family first.
9. know how to hunt, clean and cook game.
10. Work hard and get dirty doing it...
anyone care to add more?
Everything else is optional.
CPR is best performed at the beach. People who are stretched out on the sand and are very still tend to jump right up after the first few tries. Amazing!
The Heimlich maneuver can be performed in any restaurant but be prepared for some angry diners unless they are actually choking since all of them tend to spit up up their food if squeezed hard enough.
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after all this, you may get an opportunity to get a spot in a Progressive Insurance commercial with Flo...
#51 Know how to use jumper cables
Innocently flirt with a woman at least twice your age—Without causing offense or being disrespectful, of course.
.....unless I visit a cemetery.
#51. Pimp a blog.
Don’t assume everyone has mass transportation within 100 miles of their home. Many of us do not.
You should be able to endure a prostate exam without smiling, too.
I used to push-start my car with an automatic transmission on a regular basis. Just dropped it into 2nd gear. Worked best going downhill.
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