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Skill of the Week: Pick Up the 7-10 Split in Bowling
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Podcast #960: A Guide to Protecting Yourself Against Unexpected Violence
When Sam Rosenberg was 20 years old and working as a bouncer in a bar, a disgruntled patron pointed a gun ...
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Skill of the Week: How to Build a Quinzee Snow Shelter
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Skill of the Week: Wrap a Gift
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How to De-Ice Your Windshield Easily and Effectively
If you have to park your car outside during the winter, there's a good chance you'll have to deal with the ...
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Skill of the Week: Build a Cozy Fireplace Fire (That Won’t Make Your House Smoky)
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How to Adjust Your Car Mirrors to Eliminate Blind Spots
A blind spot in terms of driving refers to an area where the traffic outside your vehicle cannot be seen ...
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Skill of the Week: Paint a Room
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Skill of the Week: Throw a Perfect Football Spiral
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Skill of the Week: Store and Stack Firewood
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Skill of the Week: Survive an Earthquake
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Two Things You Should Be Doing to Take Better Care of Your Camping Gear
You should try to take good care of all of your things so that they last longer and keep functioning as ...
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Skill of the Week: Skip a Stone
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Skill of the Week: Milk a Cow
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What’s the Difference Between Gas Octanes?
I've been driving for 25 years. I've likely filled up a car's gas tank some 1,300 times during that ...
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Skill of the Week: How to Emergency Rappel
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Skill of the Week: Dig a Cathole
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Skill of the Week: Survive Inside a Plummeting Elevator
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Skill of the Week: Make a Bed
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Skill of the Week: Remove a Leech
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