But back to the point, I will say if you are able to do those things I'm very impressed. But I also have to disagree that its something most men today can do. Through working with habitat for humanity, heading a disaster relief response team, city redevelopment board, CERT team and other things where we take well meaning average people off the street to do small projects I have seen first hand the lack of skill. Now don't get me wrong, if its a project in most of Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, etc... I can usually find people who have some skills. But go into the urban areas where most of the population in this country resides that isn't the case at all. Cities like Houston, Dallas and Atlanta for example where I've worked directly with the people are full of men that can't drive a nail. That's the grown men, who more than likely grew up in what you might call old city life. Old city life was where the kids came home and played outside, built club houses, played sand lit ball and stuff like that. The ones that grew up in the video game era where kids come home from school and stay inside the rest of the day. Most have never been given a house or yard chore to do. Heck, a lot of them have never even seen their dad do a yard chore. I'm the only person on my street that mows my own yard.
It isn't new, when I was in school at BAMA I did all kinds of automobile maintenance for the kids in my condo unit. Most were from Vestavia, Hoover, etc... and didn't know how to put oil in their truck, change a burned out headlight, change spark plugs and other things I have been doing since I was a kid. Much of rural America may still have some knowledge and skull, but I've seen first hand the lack of it in the urban areas.
You are the exception my friend, not the rule.