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Remember back when you were a kid and you’d watch your father fixing the pipes under the sink, or changing the insulation? And you just kinda assumed one day when you were a dad, you’d suddenly wake up knowing how to do all that too?

–Well . . . you don’t. And most other guys don’t either.

–In a new survey, 72% of men said they could handle VERY basic home repair or improvement stuff, but for anything that requires even SLIGHT skill . . . like replacing a broken tile . . . they’d call in a professional.

–40% of men say they either CAN’T do ANYTHING around the home or they probably could, but they’d choose to call a handyman anyway.

–14% of men say that their pride won’t let them call a repairman . . . no matter how unqualified they are to make the repairs themselves.

–Changing a fuse is the task that the most men believe they can do, at 70%. Stripping wallpaper and painting the house tied for second, at 61% . . . fitting a curtain rod is fourth, at 53% . . . and unclogging a toilet is fifth, at 51%.

–Installing a brand new kitchen is the skill the fewest men believe they have, at 14% . . . laying new carpet or putting up a deck tied for second-fewest, at 22% . . . installing a sink, laying vinyl floor, and removing a radiator tied for fourth, at 24%.