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The BRO Survival & Preparedness GuideThe printable family manual: a kit and go-bag builder, water and food calculators, the core skills and a family emergency plan.Get ready, calmly

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The running toilet is a fifteen-minute fix, not a plumber call

Two parts cause almost every running toilet. You can tell which one in thirty seconds, and both cost under twenty dollars to replace.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to back a trailer before anyone is watching

Two hours in an empty parking lot with four cones will save you a decade of embarrassment at boat ramps and job sites.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

How to give a toast without dying

Ninety seconds, one story, an index card in your jacket pocket. The order to do it in, and the four ways it goes wrong.

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Build a first aid kit around the injuries you actually get

Most kits are bought as a box and never opened. Build yours in modules, size it to real injuries, and learn to use the three things that matter.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The three contract clauses that bite, and how to find them

You won't read all forty pages. Read these three sections properly and you'll catch most of what actually costs people money.

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

How to bleed a radiator without soaking the carpet

Cold at the top and hot at the bottom means trapped air. The whole fix takes eight minutes, and the mistake people make is doing it in the wrong order.

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GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

Read a tape measure right the first time

The marks, the sliding hook, the diamond at 19.2 and the one habit that stops you cutting a shelf a sixteenth short.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

How to stop a dripping tap in fifteen minutes

Water off, handle off, washer out, washer in. The job is small. The mistakes are the expensive part.

GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

The first ninety seconds decide whether a stain comes out

What to do the moment it happens, which four stain families you're dealing with, and the one mistake that makes a mark permanent.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideDean Shaw22 Sept 20265 min

Iron a dress shirt properly in four minutes

The order matters more than the speed. Collar, cuffs, sleeves, back, fronts — and the shirt should still be slightly damp when you start.

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GuideSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

How to complain so the thing actually gets fixed

The calm, specific, written way to get a refund, a repair or an apology — and the escalation ladder that works when the first person says no.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Negotiating a car price without any of the theater

Most of the work happens by email, days before you ever sit down in the chair with a salesperson.

GuideMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

How to do CPR now, and what changed since your last class

Most of what you were taught a decade ago has been simplified, and the parts people get wrong are the parts that matter most.

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GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The six multimeter checks that solve most problems

A multimeter does forty things. You'll use six of them, and they cover almost every dead battery, dead outlet and dead appliance you'll meet.

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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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Write an email that gets answered before lunch

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How to wire a plug properly, and when to leave it alone

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Jumping a dead mower without frying the battery

A flat mower battery is a twenty-minute fix if you do it in the right order, and an expensive one if you don't.

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Unblock the drain yourself before you pay somebody

Most household blockages are within two feet of the plughole and clear in under an hour with a plunger, a bucket and a bit of patience.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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