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This is a whole new look for my Special Ed Mechanic feature.  I figured that if I'm ever going to make it as a real writer, I need to go on humiliating myself by telling the world what a klutz I am.  And chances are that I'll never run out of material seeing as how that I am male and will continue to be thrust into mechanical situations (by my wife most likely) for that simple fact.  I've tried to tell her that simple ownership of a penis has nothing to do with mechanical prowess, but she counters me by saying that having breasts does not give one exclusive rights to the laundry or the cooking either, so I should just get over it and change that light bulb in the kitchen already.

Anywho-- stick around and read some of the stories, send in a comment or a story of your own.  You know... I've been doing this "Special Ed Mechanic" thing for over a year, and I have YET to hear from any of my brothers suffering from mechanical dyslexia.  C'mon-- I know you guys are out there, let's hear from you.  If I can suffer the embarrassment, so can you.

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A few words from Special Ed on tool usage:

Some of you may wonder why I have pictures of chimpanzees eating sticks on this page.  These chimps are not eating sticks at all, they are in fact licking them.  You see, for some reason, chimps just love to chow down on ants.  They strip the leaves off branches and stick them inside anthills to procure a light snack that wriggles and jiggles and tickles inside them.  Nummy!  I need a few chimps in my back yard right now.  Anyway, the point I am making is that these monkeys are using tools, just like we more advanced primates do.  Or... at like least most of us more advanced primates.  I, being The Special Ed Mechanic, would most likely starve to death if I were a chimpanzee, although I might get more dates that way.  Instead of jamming the stick in an anthill, I would probably try to stab individual ants and eat them one at a time.  Or I would try to eat flathead ants with a Phillips head stick.  Or I would foolishly try to eat out of a fire ant hill.  Either way, I would just die.  Go ahead and laugh now. 

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