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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.

GuideHow ToDean ShawSep 23, 20267 min

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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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes DunbarSep 23, 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.

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Can You Fix It6 min read

Unclog a Drain With a Plunger, a Snake and Ten Minutes

Skip the caustic bottle. Diagnose the clog first, then work through the stopper, the plunger and the trap in that order.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideHow ToDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

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.

GuideGuides & ChecklistsDean ShawSep 23, 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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GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your Mower Won't Start. Check Spark, Fuel, Air In That Order

Most no-start mowers come down to five dollars of parts and forty minutes. Work the order and you'll find it before lunch.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideHow ToMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

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.

GuideGuides & ChecklistsDean ShawSep 23, 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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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarSep 23, 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.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

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 & ChecklistsRay OkonkwoSep 23, 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.

GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarSep 23, 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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GuideHow ToDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How to sell a car privately without getting scammed

Meet at the buyer's bank, watch the money land, then sign the title. The rest is paperwork, and the paperwork is where people get burned.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Guides & Checklists6 min

The Home Maintenance Checklist That Actually Gets Done

Can You Fix It6 min

Why Your Garage Door Stops Halfway and What to Fix First

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideHow ToWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to Shut Off the Water Main When a Pipe Bursts

Find the valve, turn it clockwise, kill the water heater. Do it in under two minutes and you save a floor instead of replacing one.

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

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Marriage5 min read

Romance in the Middle Years Is Built at 9 P.M. on a Tuesday

Anniversary trips don't save a marriage. The forty minutes after the dishwasher starts does. Small habits, done badly, done anyway.

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