78 Skills

[Aesop]

From AmericanMercenary, who got it from somewhere else as well.

Score yourself. I was at 42. Gives me something to shoot for.

1.Drive a stick shift
2.Swim
3.Start a fire without matches or a lighter
4.Build a garden
5.Use herbal remedies
6.Produce beer/wine
7.Build your local community
8.Tan leather
9.Cure/smoke meat
10.Make soap
11.Construct animal/fish traps
12.Make activated charcoal
13.Survive hypothermia
14.Properly load a backpack
15.Conduct basic repairs (home, auto, equipment, etc.)
16.Operate a ham radio
17.Defend yourself without a weapon
18.Identify surveillance
19.Build a rainwater collection system
20.Weld
21.Accurately fire an arrow
22.Dehydrate food
23.Construct snowshoes
24.Build a raft with a tarp
25.Navigate using the stars
26.Right an overturned raft
27.Build with stone/brick (basic masonry)
28.Cut down a tree with an ax
29.Forage for food
30.Sew and/or make clothing
31.Pilot a boat
32.Shoot a firearm accurately
33.Find water
34.Utilize camouflage
35.Construct a pond
36.Can food
37.Ski
38.Dig a latrine
39.Build with wood (basic carpentry)
40.Determine authenticity of gold and silver
41.Rappel
42.Follow a trail/tracking
43.Use less-lethal weapons (baton, stun gun, pepper spray, etc.)
44.Metal working (blacksmith)
45.Lose a tail
46.Operate power tools
47.Construct a splint
48.Open a can without a can opener
49.Drive a motorcycle
50.Construct a net
51.Identify animals by tracks and/or scat
52.Patch a tire
53.Reload ammunition
54.Build a bow and arrow
55.Administer first aid
56.Identify venomous snakes
57.Accurately fire a slingshot
58.Make candles
59.Raise fish (for food)
60.Distill water/alcohol
61.Hot wire a car
62.Cook without a stove
63.Survive heat injuries
64.Raise livestock
65.Find tinder
66.Create fertile soil
67.Make charcloth
68.Properly store food
69.Survive a riot
70.Sharpen a knife
71.Butcher livestock
72.Purify water
73.Make leather products (sheathes, holsters, boots, etc.)
74.Hunt and fish
75.Cast bullets
76.Maintain a bee hive
77.Use hand tools
78.Tie a knot

[Weetabix]

Hm. 45. The fact that you're at 42 makes me wonder if I'm giving myself too much credit. Good list, though.

[rightisright]

5.Use herbal remedies

Does smoking weed in one's youth count?

13.Survive hypothermia

Uhh, how about not putting oneself in a position to get hypothermia?

63.Survive heat injuries
69.Survive a riot

Ditto, ditto

43.Use less-lethal weapons (baton, stun gun, pepper spray, etc.)

Do you have to use it on someone?

[Rich]

I think Heinlein said it better.

[Bullspit]

From AmericanMercenary, who got it from somewhere else as well.

Score yourself. I was at 42. Gives me something to shoot for.

1 1.Drive a stick shift
2 2.Swim
3 3.Start a fire without matches or a lighter
4 4.Build a garden
5.Use herbal remedies
5 6.Produce beer/wine
7.Build your local community
8.Tan leather
6 9.Cure/smoke meat
7 10.Make soap
8 11.Construct animal/fish traps
9 12.Make activated charcoal
10 13.Survive hypothermia
11 14.Properly load a backpack
12 25.Conduct basic repairs (home, auto, equipment, etc.)
13 16.Operate a ham radio
17.Defend yourself without a weapon
18.Identify surveillance
14 19.Build a rainwater collection system
20.Weld
15 21.Accurately fire an arrow
16 22.Dehydrate food
23.Construct snowshoes
24.Build a raft with a tarp
25.Navigate using the stars
26.Right an overturned raft
17 27.Build with stone/brick (basic masonry)
18 28.Cut down a tree with an ax
29.Forage for food
30.Sew and/or make clothing
31.Pilot a boat
19 32.Shoot a firearm accurately
20 33.Find water
34.Utilize camouflage
35.Construct a pond
21 36.Can food
22 37.Ski
23 38.Dig a latrine
24 39.Build with wood (basic carpentry)
40.Determine authenticity of gold and silver
41.Rappel
42.Follow a trail/tracking
43.Use less-lethal weapons (baton, stun gun, pepper spray, etc.)
25 44.Metal working (blacksmith)
45.Lose a tail
26 46.Operate power tools
27 47.Construct a splint
28 48.Open a can without a can opener
29 49.Drive a motorcycle
30 50.Construct a net
51.Identify animals by tracks and/or scat
31 52.Patch a tire
32 53.Reload ammunition
33 54.Build a bow and arrow
34 55.Administer first aid
56.Identify venomous snakes
57.Accurately fire a slingshot
35 58.Make candles
59.Raise fish (for food)
60.Distill water/alcohol
61.Hot wire a car
36 62.Cook without a stove
37 63.Survive heat injuries
38 64.Raise livestock
39 65.Find tinder
40 66.Create fertile soil
41 67.Make charcloth
42 68.Properly store food
69.Survive a riot
43 70.Sharpen a knife
44 71.Butcher livestock
45 72.Purify water
46 73.Make leather products (sheathes, holsters, boots, etc.)
47 74.Hunt and fish
48 75.Cast bullets
76.Maintain a bee hive
49 77.Use hand tools
50 78.Tie a knot

I get 50 by selecting the ones I have done independently and not including the ones I either have never done or have only done with the help of others (rappel for example). There are some items I didn't select that I believe I can do (defend myself without a weapon for example) but haven't ever had to beyond the school yard.

Interesting list, but some of the items are a little redundant - fire starting, find tinder, make char-cloth for example.

[PawPaw]

I have no clue on how to make activated charcoal, and don't see a real need for that skill. I know how to make charcoal.

Lose a tail? Okay. If you know you're being tailed, the guy tailing you isn't any good.

Identify surveillance? Yeah, can anyone say NSA? Good, I thought you could.

Most of the rest of the list, I'd fell pretty good about, as I've done everything else there. Some of the items are very broad. I feel perfectly comfortable piloting a boat in our local waters, but anything past a 20 foot ski rig, and I'd be way out of my comfort zone. So, what kind of boat is he talking about? I'm not a mariner, and don't pretend to be.

[Precision]

I got 46. There are some I am guessing at what he means in my favor and others I am guessing at against my skills. I agree with others, there needs to be some specificity on some of those / redundancy. But it is a good list. I really want the weld one checked off.

[First Shirt]

I came up with 57 that I KNOW I can do (some that I do quite regularly). Some of the others are maybe/maybe not. Not much use for skis or snowshoes in this part of the country, so that's right out.

[PawPaw]

Not much use for skis or snowshoes in this part of the country, so that's right out.

I thought he was talking about water skis. I used to do that a lot. Even spent some time on a slalom ski. Yah, that list should be refined a little bit. Instead of snowshoes, he should talk about hip boots. There's an art/skill to that as well.