Old School: Wisdom From Grandma & Grandpa

Common sense, hard-won lessons and the way our grandparents did it, from the people who lived it. Still works.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

The colonoscopy nobody warns you about is the night before

The scope takes about half an hour and you sleep through it. The prep is the part you have to plan around your job and your kids.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Cheap clothes give themselves away in four places

Fix the shoulder, the shine, the hem and the buttons, and nobody can tell what you paid. Everything else is just marketing.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Size the generator for the fridge, not the whole house

Most people buy twice the generator they need and still wire it up in the one way that can kill somebody. Do the math first.

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Autoimmune disease in plain language and how to keep training

What it means when your immune system misreads your own tissue, which tests actually tell you something, and how to lift and sleep around a flare.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Cracked winter hands, and the two minutes that fix them

Splits at the thumb knuckle aren't bad luck. They're a water problem, and the repair happens at night while you sleep.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

How to dress well when you're built big

Buy for the widest part, pay a tailor for the rest, and stop letting a low rise ruin every pair of pants you own.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Surveillance, surgery or radiation and how men actually choose

Your pathology report has three numbers that drive the whole decision. Learn to read them, then take the weeks you're allowed to take.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Nose, Ears And Brows Take Four Minutes Every Other Week

The three spots your razor never touches, the tools that actually work, and the mistakes that leave you looking permanently startled.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

How to shop the thrift rack without bringing home junk

The shoulder seam decides it, elastane is already dead, and a $6 jacket with a $60 tailoring bill is still a bargain.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The outer thigh, three seconds, and then you call 911

An epinephrine auto-injector is the easiest emergency device you'll ever use, and almost everybody hesitates too long with it.

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GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Which glue holds what, and how hard to clamp it

Most failed joints aren't a glue problem. They're a fit problem, a timing problem, or a clamp doing a job it was never meant to do.

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The three sweaters worth owning and how to make them last

Buy the crewneck, the heavy one and the cardigan, in that order, and stop replacing knitwear every winter.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The Parkinson's signs that show up years before the tremor

Smell, sleep, handwriting and one arm that stopped swinging. The tremor is the late arrival, and the early stuff is easy to miss.

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GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Build a birdhouse and a bird feeder with your kids

One cedar fence picket, a drill, and an afternoon. The dimensions that matter, the jobs a four-year-old can actually do, and the part everybody gets wrong.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Style6 min

Make a good pair of shoes last ten years

Fitness6 min

Your migraine plan and the headache that means call 911

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideGearDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Buy the GMRS license before you buy the radio

The blister pack says 36 miles. You'll get about one. What the license actually buys you, and when the cheap pair is genuinely enough.

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Four jackets that cover the whole year

One for rain, one for fall, one for real cold, and one that makes a plain T-shirt look deliberate, plus the fit checks and fixes that keep them alive.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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