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

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Buy the GMRS license before you buy the radio

The blister pack says 36 miles. You'll get about one. What the license actually buys you, and when the cheap pair is genuinely enough.

GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Make a good pair of shoes last ten years

Cedar trees, twenty minutes of polish and one honest look at the welt will get more out of your shoes than buying new ones ever will.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What heals after your last cigarette, and roughly when

The timeline nobody tapes to the clinic wall, including the part where the cough gets worse before it gets better.

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

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The axe you need and the hatchet you probably don't

Most guys buy the small one first and swing it the fewest times. Here's how to pick the right length, and what a cheap head really costs you.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideStyleTobias Reed23 Sept 20266 min

Four jackets that cover the whole year

One for rain, one for fall, one for real cold, and one that makes a plain T-shirt look deliberate, plus the fit checks and fixes that keep them alive.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The salt shaker isn't your blood pressure problem

A teaspoon holds 2,300 mg of sodium, but most of yours came from bread, deli meat and a jar of pasta sauce. Fix that instead.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The cheap earplugs beat the expensive muffs you didn't wear

Foam plugs cost pennies and outperform most muffs if you roll them right. Everything else in the hearing and eye protection aisle is about whether you'll actually use it.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build your first forge from a brake drum and a hair dryer

You don't need an anvil, a chimney or a shop. You need fire, air, a hammer and a chunk of steel to hit against.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What a stent fixes, what a bypass fixes, and what neither does

One opens a pipe. One builds a detour around it. Neither one touches the disease that made the blockage, and that's the part nobody explains in the hallway.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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