100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

What a stent fixes, what a bypass fixes, and what neither does

One opens a pipe. One builds a detour around it. Neither one touches the disease that made the blockage, and that's the part nobody explains in the hallway.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to get a fire going when every stick is soaked

Wet wood isn't wet all the way through. Here's the order of operations that turns a soggy woodpile into a fire that stays lit.

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pay yourself the payment for three months before you borrow

A $12,000 loan at 12.9 percent hands the lender $3,424. Saving the same monthly amount gets you there in 36 months instead of 48, and the math is yours to check.

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Fitness6 min read

The stroke recovery work that happens between appointments

Rehab is a dose, not an appointment. What to do at home, how speech therapy actually works, and the fatigue nobody warns you about.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Finding north with a stick, a watch and the Big Dipper

The sun gives you west in twenty minutes, Polaris gives you north in ten seconds, and neither one needs a battery or a signal.

GuideOld SchoolCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What Old Men Wish Somebody Had Told Them at Twenty-Five

Ask a man in his eighties what he'd change and he almost never says the job. He says the ears, the friends, and the questions he never asked his dad.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your cholesterol panel has five numbers. Read them in this order.

The red flag in your patient portal is probably the least useful line on the page. Start with triglycerides and work down.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideSkillsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Burns, Sprains And Deep Cuts, Handled In The Right Order

Cool water for twenty minutes, pressure you don't peek at, and a short list of things that mean you stop treating it at home and get in the truck.

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your first bowl on a lathe and what goes wrong

Pick the right chunk of wood, mount it so it stays put, and cut in the one direction that doesn't tear the grain.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What a statin actually does and what it doesn't

One liver enzyme, a lot of rumors about sore legs, and the questions worth bringing to your next appointment.

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The Axe Work That Drops a Small Tree Where You Want It

Read the lean, cut the notch wide, leave the hinge alone, and be twenty feet away before it lands. Then limb it without burying the bit in your boot.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideOld SchoolNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The four-sentence thank-you note that still does the job

My grandmother wrote three notes every Sunday after dinner, and she was never the person anyone forgot. The method takes about four minutes.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

When chest pain is the bench press and when to call 911

Most chest pain in a healthy 40-year-old is muscle, cartilage or acid. The exceptions kill people who decided to wait it out.

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pay for the wedding in cash or move the date

The guest list is the budget. Everything else is decoration, and most of it's negotiable if you run the numbers first.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Skills7 min

Unclog a toilet the right way, plunger first

Fitness5 min

How to take your blood pressure at home and get it right

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Read your home insurance policy on a Tuesday, not after a fire

Six numbers in your policy decide what you actually get paid. Most people meet them for the first time standing in a wet hallway.

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Skills7 min read

Fix the rocking toilet before it eats your subfloor

A wobbling bowl has already broken its seal. Reseating it takes an afternoon, a few dollars of parts, and one bolt you must not overtighten.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

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