Well, you may be right, but I am 52, so the women I want to attract are old
enough to have experience with everything around them breaking, with having
to deal with rip-off servicemen, and with being patronized by jerks at the
hardware or big box stores. I think there is also a huge difference in
appreciation once they own their own homes, cars, and appliances. Twenty to
thirty-five year olds don't yet know enough or own enough to be
appreciative.

I also make a big distinction between 'being handy' and having a nerdy
hobby. I once thought about getting into ham radio, and my wife (now
ex-wife) asked me "Is this one of those hobbies where you go into your
office and close the door? We don't need any more of those..."

I have recently been responding to the postings on Craigslist where people
are looking for someone to cut some wood, weld up a chair, or sandblast a
motorcycle part. I charge them a large roast beef sub, and I've been
meeting a bunch of great people.

"Kristian Ukkonen" wrote in message
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Emmo wrote:
I would mention that those men who can do even the most basic of work,
whether on the home or car, are richly rewarded by all the women who love
being with someone who is 'handy'.

It depends a lot. Many women regard those kinds of
technical skills as "nerdy" and stay away from such
men. Understanding how things work, and being interested
in such things, has become a wierdness/freakyness, and
an alarming thing for many women. Stuff like that is
only something one does for a job, and not something to
be interested in during free time. Really. Having a
machine shop, or even lots of electronics/RF equipment,
is a social suicide with women. I'm talking about the
age group 20-35 years. The "acceptable" hobbies include
sports and culture, but definitely not technology/science.

Just today I noticed that my internet access didn't work.
Checked stuff, and found out that ADSL modem had stopped
working. I switched power off and back on, and only the
power light was lit, but no life otherwise. I opened it,
measured the SMPS voltages with oscilloscope, noticed
that 5V had huge ripple, and replaced the electrolytic
capasitor with a similar low-ESR cap I had. Started working
again. Yeah, there's advange - did get internet access
working still during sunday, and it cost me practically
nothing. A normal person would have waited until monday,
and bought a new ADSL modem, and propably paid someone
to get it configured/installed.