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How to stop a dripping tap in fifteen minutes
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The first ninety seconds decide whether a stain comes out
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Iron a dress shirt properly in four minutes
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How to complain so the thing actually gets fixed
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Negotiating a car price without any of the theater
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How to do CPR now, and what changed since your last class
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The six multimeter checks that solve most problems
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Write an email that gets answered before lunch
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How to wire a plug properly, and when to leave it alone
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Jumping a dead mower without frying the battery
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Unblock the drain yourself before you pay somebody
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Patching Drywall So Nobody Can Tell Where the Hole Was
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Sharpen a knife properly with what's already in your house
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How To Get Into A Trade Nobody Else Is Entering
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What to do in the ten minutes before the ambulance arrives
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How to negotiate hard and stay easy to deal with
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How To Speak In Front Of People Without Falling Apart
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Six knots, and the order to learn them in
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The wiring jobs worth doing yourself and the ones that aren't
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Changing a tire in the dark and the rain
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How to answer the first interview question in ninety seconds
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How to Read the Money in a Job Posting
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Write a resume that survives the first thirty seconds