Men want their special manly places. They understand that they can’t have tree-houses anymore, what with the weight and the aging knees etc, but if they can have a garage, shed or basement to ourselves, they are happy.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, take a look here:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Man-Cave
What to listen to while sawing, drilling, assembling and cursing? Why, a how-to book, of course. And, since someone else is telling you about it, it doesn’t have to be practical. How about a tin canoe?
https://www.audiobooksnow.com/#!p=details&id=103276
“Robb White knows everything there is to know about getting on the water and staying there as long as you possibly can. While still a young boy, he built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an abandoned chicken coop.”
Manly enough?