equipment
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Why You Should Check Your Luggage As Late As Possible
As a rule of thumb, I try to never check luggage when I fly, but there are times when it is simply unavoidable. Also unavoidable is the subsequent required trip to the luggage carousel. You know the scene: The area is littered with your fellow exhausted travellers who are eager to get their bags so…
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Weird but Surprisingly Practical Uses for Scotch Tape
We all know the virtues of Scotch tape when wrapping gifts, connecting errant pieces of paper, and mending torn book pages. But it turns out we may be sleeping on some of this adhesive strip’s lesser-known, but no less useful applications. Here are a handful of creative ways to use it, beyond the basics.
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How to Make Folding Laundry Way Less Annoying
Oh, laundry. Dreaded fucking laundry. While looking at a basket full of freshly folded threads for the whole family is an enormously satisfying — if mundane — accomplishment, getting there is often a slog through procrastination, days of using the basket as a closet, and lots of heavy sighing.
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The First Aid Supplies Every Dog Owner Needs
Like human children, your canine kids are not immune to cuts, burns, sprains, and other injuries, ranging from very minor to life-threatening. Because dogs can’t actually tell us what hurts and how much, it’s up to us to be on the lookout for issues and know how to manage them. This includes having first aid…