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What a tailor can fix, and what no tailor can

Hems and waist seams are cheap and change everything. Shoulders, rise and armholes are where your money goes to die.

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What to ask on the ward when you're the family advocate

Somebody has to run the room when your mother gets admitted. These are the questions that actually change what happens to her.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Wash Less, Shape It Wet, Then Stop Touching It

Curly and coily hair dries exactly the way you left it, which is why most men's curl problems start in the four seconds after the shower.

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Undershirts, underwear and socks do most of the work

The layer nobody sees is the one that decides whether you're comfortable at 4 p.m. Fix it for less than the price of one good shirt.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Cracking a window isn't ventilation when you're spraying

Solvent vapor sinks, pools at the floor and finds the pilot light. Here's how to move air properly, and which respirator cartridge actually does something.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Your Nose And Your Cheeks Don't Want The Same Thing

If your forehead shines by noon while your cheeks flake, you don't need two routines. You need one routine applied two different ways.

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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for two thousand dollars in twelve months

Take the tailoring money off the top, buy coats in February, and stop shopping for clothes you already own.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideCountry BroCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Cold Takes Your Judgment Before It Takes Your Fingers

The morning that gets you isn't the coldest one. It's the one where you sweat through a shirt at nine and stand still at eleven.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Fine Hair Looks Fuller With A Blunter Cut And Less Product

Most thin-hair advice sells you a shampoo. The actual fix is three inches of length, a blunt line and ninety seconds with a dryer.

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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The rise is why your pants keep sliding under your belly

Fix the waistband first, then the shirt hem, and a midsection stops running the whole outfit.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

If Your House Predates 1978, Test Before You Sand

Lead paint sitting on a wall isn't the danger. The danger starts the second you put a sander to it and the dust lands where a toddler crawls.

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buy The Motor, Not The Attachment Count

A 22-piece kit and a bare clipper both cut hair. Only one of them is still cutting hair in year four.

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Your trouser hem is probably an inch off, and it shows

Break isn't a style opinion, it's a measurement. Get the back hem and the leg opening right and the front takes care of itself.

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

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GuideCountry BroCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Spot On Your Ear That Won't Heal Isn't A Razor Nick

Tradesmen get skin cancer on the ear rim, the back of the neck and the lower lip. What to watch for, and what actually blocks sun on a jobsite.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Grooming5 min

Beard oil, balm and wash, and which one you can skip

Style5 min

Build a whole wardrobe for five hundred dollars, line by line

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How to get your medical records and fix what's wrong in them

Your chart follows you into every exam room, and it probably has at least one error in it. Getting a copy takes about twenty minutes.

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The Beard Itch Peaks Around Day Ten, Then It Quits

Ninety seconds a morning and three cheap things fix the worst month of growing a beard. Most men quit right before it ends.

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