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What Your Car Needs at Every Mileage, Oil to Timing Belt

Your odometer is a maintenance calendar. Learn to read it, and you'll spend money on parts instead of tow trucks.

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Replace Your Birth Certificate and Social Security Card

Order the birth certificate from the state you were born in, not the one you live in, and never pay a dime for a new Social Security card.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your Garbage Disposal Hums But Won't Spin

The hum means the motor is fine and something is jammed against the impeller. Fix it in twenty minutes with a $3 wrench, in this order.

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Guides & Checklists7 min read

A Six Lesson Course In Money, From Budget To Retirement

Six sittings, one skill each, and a printable checklist at the end. No jargon, no get-rich nonsense, no shame about where you're starting.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20267 min

How to Read a Paycheck Stub and Check It's Right

Three pieces of arithmetic will tell you in about four minutes whether your employer paid you correctly. Most men never do a single one of them.

GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Why Your Garage Door Stops Halfway and What to Fix First

Five minutes of diagnosis tells you whether this is an eight-dollar can of lubricant or a call to a spring guy.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The Home Maintenance Checklist That Actually Gets Done

Twelve minutes a month, two half-days a year, and one honest walk-around. That's the whole system, and it beats a spreadsheet nobody opens.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Write a Will Without Paying a Fortune

You can get a valid will, a guardian named for your kids and your accounts pointed the right way in one evening, for less than dinner out.

GuideCan You Fix ItWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Fix a Sticking Door Before You Reach for the Plane

Nine times out of ten it's a loose hinge screw, not a swollen door. Find the rub, then fix it in the right order.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideScience & SpaceDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How the Power Grid Works and Why It Goes Dark

Electricity is made the instant you use it, which explains almost everything about why the lights stay on and why they sometimes don't.

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GuideHow ToRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

How to Get a Passport Fast When You're Out of Time

Three tracks, three price tags, and the one document that gets more people turned away at the counter than anything else.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideCan You Fix ItDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your Dishwasher Won't Drain. Do This Before You Call Anyone

Four inches of gray water in the tub is almost never a dead machine. Work the blockage points in order and most of these fix themselves in an hour.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Find the Roof Leak Before It Takes the Ceiling With It

Water enters high and shows up low, which is why most people fix the wrong spot twice. Start in the attic, not on the roof.

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GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Classic Adventure Novels That Survive Being Read Out Loud

Which ones hold a nine-year-old at bedtime, which ones quietly kill the habit, and where you'll want to skip a paragraph.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Can You Fix It6 min

Fix a Dryer That Runs But Never Gets Hot

Science & Space6 min

The Women Who Changed Science and the Work That Did It

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideBooksSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

The Fatherhood Books New Dads Should Actually Read

Ten books that survive the newborn year, what each one is good for, and the two you should finish before the hospital bag is packed.

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Can You Fix It5 min read

A Dead Outlet, Diagnosed in the Right Order

Before you buy a receptacle or call anybody, work the circuit from the cheapest cause to the most expensive. Most dead outlets die from three things.

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