I have pots and pans and I can cook for you after you fix my faucet

I'm a farm boy. We can fix most anything... except computers.

I know how to write checks to the people who know how to do stuff!

Been single for a long time. It was out of necessity ?

I know enough not to dig the latrine next to the water supply...if that counts?

I have many tools, kits, weapons, food and water. I'm not a prepper, but I am a volunteer for a group that does disaster relief. I've seen "unprepared" and have vowed to be as ready as I can.

I grew up on a farm so I learned how to both construct and deconstruct. Farming, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, hunt, fish and process the results. Skills that have come in handy when needed.

Do a lot myself. These days for DIY, google and youtube are your friends.

I was poor. Repairmen cost money.

I usually draw blood when I use tools or work on anything. Is that good?

I've been told I'm a real tool.

Go to helper for neighbor, have done plumbing and minor electrical for her. Have tools. ALL KINDS of tools. A bit compulsive. Lots of power stuff but just to be on the safe side, have many manual replacements, saws, drills, planes, miter saw, and all the regular stuff. In case of a massive EMP taking down the entire electrical grid ending in a collapse of society, or a zombie apocalypse, I am ready.

No, I don't really believe a zombie apocalypse is coming.

The army has taught me there is always a way to cobble some solution together

My ex was a frontiersman who could do anything with his hands, plumber by trade. When my builder went to jail, we fired him and my ex stepped in to help me finish the build but died after he got the rough plumbing in. He wouldn't let me touch the saws/didn't want me hurt/it was a man's job and sticking to our roles is (I speculate) probably what killed him. I picked up his tools and learned how to use them all. I'm not great at it but I know what it takes to build a house. You're right, they're skills. And, often I pay to have things done because I want that finished look. But I understand what I'm paying for, too.
So, I don't judge anyone who doesn't have these skills. They can be learned at any age. But, I def appreciate my ex much more now that I've had to learn what he knew. He was skilled.

I took a "survival test" once that asked you different questions about what you'd do in different scenarios. I was rated as someone who could "grow old in the jungle without a single tool."

I yam what I yam!

I an mow legally blind and so I find i am not as "handy" as i once was. I call someone more and more often to get things done.

My go to tool...duct tape. Duct tape for everything. Half of my car is duct taped.
I an still recovering from rotator cuff surgery. So many home repairs I am unable to accomplish.
Handyman are unreliable at best. Been a real challenge

I'm a feminist. But I was also raised by a father who was a proper man, which to me means, if something is broke, he will fix it. If he doesn't know how, he'll figure it out. So I have lived this way, and since I've never been interested in marriage, I have always been interested in being good friends with the neighbors so if something is too difficult, I can ask one of them to do it. I can do some basic stuff, but mainly prefer to let the guy do it. Because, sadly, my dad died 3 years ago.

I grew up poor, and had to learn to do everything myself. I can afford to hire a lot of the work done now, but I don't trust people to do it right, so I still do it myself.

I live in a rural setting on an island. I moved here to be self-sufficient and am. The problem is one must always be able to do maintenance at any time. I am the proverbial Jack of all trades and master of some.

you'll never guess my favourite tool ?

I know my way around small maintenance/repair/etc tasks, but I don't think I'd trust my clumsy hands and/or shitty eyesight to anything bigger or more delicate.

Youtube has all the how to videos

Tools, yes.
Survival tools, some.
Ability, yup.