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Ninety days on the app, then off it

Treat a dating app like a tool with a job and a deadline, and it stops being the thing that quietly eats your twenties.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Sharpen a knife, an axe and a mower blade the same way

Three tools, three angles, one test. Do them in this order and you'll stop guessing whether the edge is actually finished.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Cutting up your own deer without wasting half of it

What home butchering actually takes — the cold space, the tools, the legal checks, and the mistakes that cost you meat.

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Country Bro6 min read

Running a chainsaw without ending up in the emergency room

Kickback and falling wood cause most of the damage. Both are predictable, and both are avoidable if you change how you stand and how you cut.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

A four-by-eight raised bed, built in one afternoon

Four feet wide, nine inches deep, three boards and a box of screws. The build takes 90 minutes. Hauling the soil is the real work.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Ten tools that cover ninety percent of household repairs

Most jobs around a house fail for want of the right tool, not the right skill. This is the short list that handles nearly all of them.

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GuideCountry BroWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

The corner posts decide whether your fence lasts twenty years

Most paddock fences fail at the ends, not in the middle. Build the assemblies right and the rest is just wire and patience.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Re-caulking a bath and shower without it peeling in a year

Most new caulk fails because of what happened before the tube was even opened. The order matters more than the technique.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Basic Welding: A First Weekend With a MIG

Buy the helmet before the welder, burn a dozen practice beads on scrap, and learn to hear a good weld before you try to see one.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Why Fences Lean, and How to Set Posts That Don't

A fence never fails at the pickets. It fails in the first eight inches of dirt below grade, and that part is decided on day one.

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

The order to do it in, the two mistakes that dump five quarts on your driveway, and the parts nobody tells you to buy.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

How to hang a door so it closes with one push

Most doors that stick were hung to a crooked frame. Set the hinge side plumb first and everything downstream gets easier.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The running toilet is a fifteen-minute fix, not a plumber call

Two parts cause almost every running toilet. You can tell which one in thirty seconds, and both cost under twenty dollars to replace.

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

Read a tape measure right the first time

The marks, the sliding hook, the diamond at 19.2 and the one habit that stops you cutting a shelf a sixteenth short.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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How to stop a dripping tap in fifteen minutes

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The six multimeter checks that solve most problems

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

How to wire a plug properly, and when to leave it alone

Brown right, blue left, earth on top, and a fuse that matches the appliance. The rest is knowing which jobs aren't yours.

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Jumping a dead mower without frying the battery

A flat mower battery is a twenty-minute fix if you do it in the right order, and an expensive one if you don't.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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