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An Open Garage Door Won't Save You From a Generator

Cracking the door a foot feels like ventilation. It isn't. What actually keeps carbon monoxide out of your garage, your shop and your house.

GuideOld SchoolDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The Garden That Fed a Family Was Smaller Than You Think

Six rows behind the garage, a sharp hoe and ten minutes after supper. What the old gardeners actually did, and how to copy it this season.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideHobbiesDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Start Welding in Your Garage With a Flux-Core Machine

For about the price of a decent grill, you can join two pieces of steel forever and start fixing things instead of replacing them.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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Walking to your car alone, and the ten seconds that matter

Parking garages, late flights and hotel corridors don't require paranoia. They require about six habits you run without thinking.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideCity BroMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Getting home at 1 a.m. without making it interesting

The last four blocks are where city nights go wrong. A practical routine for the walk, the ride, the garage and the front door.

GuidePlayMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Back on a bicycle at forty, without the first week wrecking it

The bike in your garage needs eleven dollars and an hour. Everything after that's saddle soreness, seat height, and picking a road that won't kill you.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Ask for a different room and other travel safety habits

Hotel doors, rental car lots, and staying switched on without turning into the guy who sees a threat in every parking garage.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideSkillsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

An oil change in order, with a checklist you can print

Crack the fill cap before you touch the drain plug, and eleven other things that go in a specific sequence for a reason.

GuideCan You Fix ItDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Fix a Flat and Dial In the Brakes on Every Bike in the Garage

Four bikes, one Saturday morning, about sixty dollars of tools. Diagnose the flat before you patch it, and never skip the brake check.

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GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

How Much Water to Store for an Outage and How to Keep It Safe

One gallon per person per day is the official number. Here's what that actually looks like stacked in your garage, and how to keep it drinkable.

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

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GuideDogs & PetsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

What Heat and Cold Actually Do to Dogs, Cats and Horses

The seven-second pavement test, the truth about blanketing horses, and the winter poison sitting in half the garages in America.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why Your Garage Door Stops Halfway and What to Fix First

Five minutes of diagnosis tells you whether this is an eight-dollar can of lubricant or a call to a spring guy.

GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

Why your garage filled up, and how to get it back

Garages don't fill up because you ran out of space. They fill up because nothing ever leaves, and nothing has an address.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar20 Sept 20263 min

The first aid kit in your house is probably useless

Shop-bought kits are built to a price and to a picture. Strip half of it out and add the things that actually get used.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

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