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How to help your grown kids without gutting your retirement

Generosity is good. Unbudgeted generosity is how people end up seventy-eight years old and dependent on the children they were trying to protect.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 22, 20266 min

What eight hours at a screen does to your neck, eyes and sleep

You can't quit the desk job. You can stop letting it quietly wreck three things you need working properly.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideGearDean ShawSep 22, 20265 min

Buying rain gear that still works in hour three

Most jackets keep rain out for twenty minutes. What matters is what happens after that, and it's usually not the waterproofing that fails.

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BRO Seniors6 min read

What to do with the pension you stopped thinking about

Four questions, one afternoon and a folder will tell you whether that old workplace account is worth real money or quietly leaking it.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20266 min

Buy the strap right and the buckle takes care of itself

A belt is the easiest piece of Western wear to get right and the easiest one to overdo. The difference is mostly restraint.

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

Buy the cheap pry bar. Never buy the cheap ladder.

A working rule for which tools you can buy off the bottom shelf, and which ones cost far more than the money you saved.

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GuideBRO SeniorsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Your will and power of attorney, done in one afternoon

Most people put this off for years. The actual work is about three hours at a kitchen table, and here's what to bring to it.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20265 min

Leather fails from neglect long before it wears out

Most leather that gets thrown away was never worn out. It was dried out, cooked by a radiator, or drowned in oil by someone trying to help.

GuideGearDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

The Pocket Knife You'll Still Be Carrying In Ten Years

Steel gets all the attention. Weight, pocket manners and whether you can take it apart are what decide if a knife survives a decade.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBRO SeniorsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Downsize the house, keep the equity

Most of the money lost in a downsize doesn't disappear at the closing table. It leaks out in the gap between the house you sold and the one you bought.

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

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GuideCountry StyleWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Why Your Flannel Shirt Isn't Keeping You Warm

Flannel is a finish, not a fabric. What actually holds heat is dry air, and most of us dress in a way that guarantees we lose it.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideGearDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

Boots worth resoling, and how to tell before you buy

Flip the boot over and look at the edge. Thirty seconds there tells you whether you're buying five years of wear or fifteen.

GuideBRO SeniorsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

The order you spend your savings changes the tax bill

Same portfolio, same spending, two very different lifetime tax bills. What separates them is which account you touch first.

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GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20266 min

What to wear to a wedding when you live in workwear

Six weeks, one jacket, one pair of boots that aren't your work boots, and a tailor who knows what to do with shoulders like yours.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Be a Man5 min

The quietest man in the room is usually the one in charge

BRO Seniors6 min

How to draw down your savings without running out

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

The home maintenance calendar that prevents the big repairs

Most catastrophic home failures announce themselves months in advance. A few hours a year, spread out properly, is what catches them.

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

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Be a Man5 min read

Protecting people without needing to be seen doing it

Almost all of it happens before anything happens, and nobody notices. That's the whole point.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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