Skills

The practical things a capable man can do. Short guides, no filler, no life story first.

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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Don't make the big decision in the first year

Order fifteen death certificates, put the ambush days on the calendar, and keep three things fixed. What the first year after a loss actually asks of you.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Dice an onion right and the rest of the board gets easy

Three cuts, two hands, one sharp knife. Get the onion right and carrots, garlic and chicken all stop being a fight.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Count the breaths before you call it just a bad cold

Pneumonia in adults rarely looks dramatic until it's late. What to watch for, the numbers that mean go now, and which shots to actually ask about.

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The letter you keep meaning to write takes eleven minutes

A stamp costs under a dollar and a half-page note outlives every text you'll ever send. Here's the shape, and the seven people who've earned one.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your pizza dough needs two days and a hotter oven

Home ovens top out at 550 degrees and Neapolitan pizza bakes at 900. Everything you do to the dough is closing that gap.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Crohn's and colitis in plain language, and how to keep lifting

What these two diseases actually are, how they're found, and how to train around them when you've got a job, kids and a bad week.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Swim First, Then The Rod, Then The Canoe

Five skills decide whether your kid is safe on the water. Everything else — bluegill, barbs, paddle strokes — comes after.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Charcoal, gas or pellet and which one you'll actually use

The honest trade-offs nobody puts on the box, plus the failures that kill each type and how to avoid them.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Adult asthma gets caught late and the inhaler gets used wrong

The cough that lingers after every workout isn't always deconditioning, and the thirty-dollar plastic tube at the pharmacy is the fix nobody offers grown men.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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