num_pages: 336
description: Competence. Now in convenient book format30 must-have life skills every capable adult should perfect before turning 30.You’re old enough to own property and have a family, but can you safely open a bottle of champagne? Or change a flat tire? 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 provides idiot-proof instructions for mastering these and other essential, face-saving, and possibly life-saving skills.You’ll learn how to...1. wrap a present2. start a successful fire in a fireplace, at a campsite, and in a barbecue3. finish a piece of furniture4. get a raise5. order wine at a restaurant without getting stiffed6. parallel park in three breathtakingly beautiful movements7. dance a “slow dance” without looking like an idiot8. use a full place setting properly, including chopsticks and Asian soup spoons9. clean your place in under 45 minutes, when friends, relatives, or prospective lovers are coming by unexpectedly, and soon10. hold your liquor11. cure a hangover12. do the Heimlich Maneuver13. use a compass14. change a flat15. jump start a car16. open a champagne bottle17. send a drink to someone’s table18. cook one “signature meal”19. whistle with your fingers20. take good pictures21. fold a fitted sheet22. remove common stains23. sew a button24. carve turkey, lasagna, and birthday cake25. hold a baby26. change a diaper27. keep a plant alive for more than a year28. make dogs and cats love you29. help someone (an older or ill person, a woman you’re trying to impress, your mother) out of a car30. write superior thank you notes
language: English
title: 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30
titlecomplete: 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30
genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Humor, Self Help
ratings_count: 57
publisher: Broadway