Can you DIY it? How skilled are you...

Can you DIY it? How skilled are you...

8 November 2016

Life throws up lots of tests, and often things that should be simple aren’t as easy as you think. So which of these 15 old and new life-skills can you do?

Please tick ALL you feel competent to do with ease:




Results

I'm male aged under 35 (1573 people)
Wire a plug 1195 votes (76%)
Back up a computer 1434 votes (91%)
Put up a shelf straight 1244 votes (79%)
Fill out a tax return 806 votes (51%)
Change a car wheel 1117 votes (71%)
Use chopsticks 954 votes (61%)
Change a nappy 778 votes (49%)
Build a camp fire 1038 votes (66%)
Parallel park a car 1367 votes (87%)
Sew a button on a shirt 941 votes (60%)
Boil an egg (so the middle’s runny) 1255 votes (80%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road) 1017 votes (65%)
Read your energy meter 1466 votes (93%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat) 559 votes (36%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe 1457 votes (93%)
I'm female aged under 35 (1216 people)
Wire a plug 553 votes (45%)
Back up a computer 879 votes (72%)
Put up a shelf straight 684 votes (56%)
Fill out a tax return 581 votes (48%)
Change a car wheel 332 votes (27%)
Use chopsticks 760 votes (63%)
Change a nappy 861 votes (71%)
Build a camp fire 592 votes (49%)
Parallel park a car 911 votes (75%)
Sew a button on a shirt 1089 votes (90%)
Boil an egg (so the middle’s runny) 1022 votes (84%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road) 415 votes (34%)
Read your energy meter 1060 votes (87%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat) 348 votes (29%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe 1019 votes (84%)
I'm male aged 35-55 (2716 people)
Wire a plug 2604 votes (96%)
Back up a computer 2436 votes (90%)
Put up a shelf straight 2422 votes (89%)
Fill out a tax return 1889 votes (70%)
Change a car wheel 2418 votes (89%)
Use chopsticks 1770 votes (65%)
Change a nappy 2114 votes (78%)
Build a camp fire 2160 votes (80%)
Parallel park a car 2526 votes (93%)
Sew a button on a shirt 2253 votes (83%)
Boil an egg (so the middle’s runny) 2429 votes (89%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road) 2145 votes (79%)
Read your energy meter 2666 votes (98%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat) 1585 votes (58%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe 2609 votes (96%)
I'm female aged 35-55 (2930 people)
Wire a plug 2379 votes (81%)
Back up a computer 1935 votes (66%)
Put up a shelf straight 1654 votes (56%)
Fill out a tax return 1935 votes (66%)
Change a car wheel 1241 votes (42%)
Use chopsticks 1920 votes (66%)
Change a nappy 2530 votes (86%)
Build a camp fire 1751 votes (60%)
Parallel park a car 2406 votes (82%)
Sew a button on a shirt 2871 votes (98%)
Boil an egg (so the middle’s runny) 2732 votes (93%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road) 1439 votes (49%)
Read your energy meter 2786 votes (95%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat) 1421 votes (48%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe 2387 votes (81%)
I'm male aged 55+ (2178 people)
Wire a plug 2160 votes (99%)
Back up a computer 1745 votes (80%)
Put up a shelf straight 2039 votes (94%)
Fill out a tax return 1911 votes (88%)
Change a car wheel 2069 votes (95%)
Use chopsticks 1108 votes (51%)
Change a nappy 1645 votes (76%)
Build a camp fire 1760 votes (81%)
Parallel park a car 2052 votes (94%)
Sew a button on a shirt 1899 votes (87%)
Boil an egg (so the middle’s runny) 2028 votes (93%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road) 1756 votes (81%)
Read your energy meter 2119 votes (97%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat) 1704 votes (78%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe 2048 votes (94%)
I'm female aged 55+ (1920 people)
Wire a plug 1675 votes (87%)
Back up a computer 1197 votes (62%)
Put up a shelf straight 1020 votes (53%)
Fill out a tax return 1550 votes (81%)
Change a car wheel 739 votes (38%)
Use chopsticks 991 votes (52%)
Change a nappy 1720 votes (90%)
Build a camp fire 1094 votes (57%)
Parallel park a car 1439 votes (75%)
Sew a button on a shirt 1895 votes (99%)
Boil an egg (so the middle’s runny) 1858 votes (97%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road) 883 votes (46%)
Read your energy meter 1830 votes (95%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat) 1226 votes (64%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe 1372 votes (71%)

           12,529 people have voted.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.

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