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Splitting a cord by hand without wrecking your back

The block height, the swing, the rounds that will never split, and how to stack so the bottom row isn't rotten by spring.

GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

How to Spot a Fake Photo Before You Send It to the Group Chat

A reverse image search takes eleven seconds. Sharing a fake and deleting it later takes a lot longer than that.

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GuideTradesRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Price the Job So You Actually Keep the Money

Busy and broke is a pricing problem, not a work problem. Do the overhead math, use the divisor, and stop bidding against the cheapest guy in town.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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The tape hook is supposed to wiggle

Sixteenths, crow's feet, kerf, and the ten-second test that tells you whether your level has been lying to you.

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GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Read the School Budget Before You Speak at the Meeting

Three numbers, twenty minutes, and one well-aimed question will do more than an angry speech ever has.

GuideTradesWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Which Kind of Carpenter to Be and What Each One Pays

Framing, finish and cabinetry share a name and almost nothing else. Pick the lane before you spend a dollar on tools.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why patios sink, and how to build one that doesn't

The flat patio and the wavy one get built the same way above ground. The difference is what happened in the first afternoon.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The Ballot Nobody Reads Is the One That Sets Your Taxes

Ninety thousand governments in America, and almost all of them meet on a weeknight in a room with eleven people in it. One of them should be you.

GuideTradesAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

What It Actually Takes to Become a Plumber

Four or five years of logged hours, a state exam, and work nobody can ship overseas. The honest version, including the parts that stink.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Sharpen a knife, an axe and a mower blade the same way

Three tools, three angles, one test. Do them in this order and you'll stop guessing whether the edge is actually finished.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

What the trades shortage numbers actually say

The headline figures come from trade associations with an interest in the answer. The government data tells a slower, more useful story.

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GuideTradesDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to Become a Diesel Mechanic and What It Really Pays

The licensing, the apprenticeship routes, the tools worth buying first, and the hazards that put techs in the hospital.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

A four-by-eight raised bed, built in one afternoon

Four feet wide, nine inches deep, three boards and a box of screws. The build takes 90 minutes. Hauling the soil is the real work.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

Why small towns are growing again, and which ones aren't

The rural population decline of the 2010s reversed after 2020. The reasons are mostly boring, and they tell you exactly which towns to bet on.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Trades6 min

HVAC Work Doesn't Stop When the Economy Does

Skills6 min

Re-caulking a bath and shower without it peeling in a year

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StoryNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The birth rate numbers, and what they change in your house

The US fertility rate is sitting near 1.6. Most of what that means for your family shows up in elder care, not in a headline about population collapse.

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Welding Pays Well If You Chase the Right Certifications

The test that separates a $22-an-hour shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours and most guys fail it the first time.</title> <dek>The test that separates a shop job from traveling pipe work takes about six hours, and most guys fail it the first time.

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