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How to Freeze Your Credit After a Data Breach

Three bureaus, about twenty minutes, zero dollars. Federal law made freezes free in 2018, and it's still the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy.

GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build a family emergency binder in one weekend

Three short sessions, one binder, and the end of ever hunting for your insurance policy number at 1 a.m.

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Reglue a Wobbly Chair So It Outlasts the Rest of the Set

Squirting glue into a loose joint buys you about four months. Taking the chair apart and cleaning it properly buys you thirty years.

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How to Change a Car Battery Without Frying Your Electronics

Negative comes off first, goes on last. That one rule prevents most of what goes wrong, and the rest of the job takes twenty minutes.

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What a newborn actually needs in the first 90 days

The real list is about fifteen items long. Everything else is a shower gift, a storage problem, or something you can buy on a Tuesday in March.

GuideCan You Fix ItWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your Garbage Disposal Hums But Won't Spin

The hum means the motor is fine and something is jammed against the impeller. Fix it in twenty minutes with a $3 wrench, in this order.

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How to Back Up Family Photos So a Dead Phone Can't Take Them

Three copies, two kinds of storage, one off-site. One evening of work and about a hundred bucks a year keeps twelve years of your kids safe.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Four Weeks to a Sunday Roast

One knife, one pan, four Sundays. A plain-language cooking course that ends with you carrying a roast to the table.

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.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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How to Register to Vote or Change Your Address on the Roll

It takes about ten minutes and costs nothing, but the step almost everybody skips is the one that gets you a provisional ballot.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How to Teach Your Teen to Drive, Parking Lot to Highway

A ten-session plan that starts with four milk jugs in an empty lot and ends with your kid merging at 65 while you sit still and say nothing.

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Fix a Sticking Door Before You Reach for the Plane

Nine times out of ten it's a loose hinge screw, not a swollen door. Find the rub, then fix it in the right order.

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How to Dispute a Mistake on Your Credit Report

It's free, the law gives the bureaus 30 days, and most people lose on a technicality they never see coming.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What Your Car Needs at Every Mileage, Oil to Timing Belt

Your odometer is a maintenance calendar. Learn to read it, and you'll spend money on parts instead of tow trucks.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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Your Dishwasher Won't Drain. Do This Before You Call Anyone

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How to sell a car privately without getting scammed

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20267 min

A Six Lesson Course In Money, From Budget To Retirement

Six sittings, one skill each, and a printable checklist at the end. No jargon, no get-rich nonsense, no shame about where you're starting.

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Fix a Dryer That Runs But Never Gets Hot

Three parts cause almost every no-heat dryer, and one of them costs twelve bucks. Diagnose in the right order and you'll be dry by dinner.

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