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A trunk kit is four jobs, not a hundred pieces

Skip the giant boxed kit with the flimsy cables. Build around a jump starter, an inflator, a light and a way to be seen.

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarOct 11, 20265 min

Bleach can make water safe. The label decides if it will.

Eight drops per gallon is the number to know, but most failures happen before the first drop. Here's what the EPA says and where people go wrong.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseCal BrennanOct 10, 20265 min

Panic isn't what gets people killed. The next bad move is.

Fear is normal and you can't switch it off. What you can do is slow your next decision down, and that's a skill you can practice before you need it.

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Home5 min read

One good kitchen knife beats the block of twelve

You reach for the same blade every night. Spend your money on that one and let the other eleven go.

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GuidePreparednessSam OrtizOct 11, 20266 min

Two ways out of every room, and a drill the kids will ask for

A fire escape plan takes one evening to build and ten minutes twice a year to practice. Turn it into a race and your kids will want to run it.

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarOct 10, 20265 min

Search and rescue starts looking at your kitchen table

The search for a missing hiker begins with a piece of paper, a phone call and a time. Here's how teams find people, and what you can do before you leave.

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StoryFamilySam OrtizOct 8, 20265 min

One number, one schedule, and nobody touches the thermostat

He sets it to 66. She sets it to 72. The furnace is exhausted. Grandma has run a house for fifty years and she's had enough of this.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuidePreparednessWes DunbarOct 11, 20266 min

Get under the table, then bolt the bookcase to the wall

Drop, Cover, Hold On takes ten seconds to learn. The bookcase behind you takes one Saturday to fix, and it's the part most people skip.

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarOct 10, 20266 min

The note on your fridge is the real rescue plan

A trip plan only works if someone else holds it and knows exactly when to call. Write one that does.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 8, 20266 min

The Turkey's Still Frozen and Everyone Arrives at Two

Your first Thanksgiving bird, told twice: once the way it actually goes, once the way the woman who's done thirty of them does it.

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GuideWoodworkingDean ShawOct 8, 20266 min

The cut takes nine seconds and the setup takes twenty minutes

One pine board, one rip cut, two very different Saturdays. The difference has nothing to do with the cut.

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GuideDadsSam OrtizOct 8, 20265 min

Nobody needs the bathroom until you pass the last exit

Nine hundred miles, two kids, one cooler buried under everything. How the first-timer does the family road trip, and how the veteran does it.

GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarOct 8, 20266 min

Pitching a Tent in the Rain Without Soaking Everything You Own

The rookie builds a swimming pool with a door. The veteran builds a roof first and is drinking coffee in twenty minutes. Be the veteran.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarOct 8, 20265 min

The brisket that was supposed to be ready by six

Fifteen pounds of beef, one promise to the family and a thermometer that wouldn't move. How the rookie does it, and how the veteran eats on time.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Home6 min

Your first lawn mow, and the bald stripe the whole street can see

Sports6 min

Nobody Remembers the Score, but They Remember Who Brought Ice

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarOct 8, 20265 min

Your Campground Neighbors Can Hear Everything You Say

Forty feet of grass and a nylon wall. The etiquette that keeps a full campground friendly, safe and quiet after ten.

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BRO for Her6 min read

He Closed the Lid and Handed Me Back the Tongs

Twelve burgers, one flare-up and an eight-year-old narrator. What my husband knows about the grill, and what I learned the hard way.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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