Early Retirement Extreme

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Guest Post: Paul Wheaton on using cast iron skillets

Published in January 24th, 2020
Posted by in How to
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This is a guest post from Paul Wheaton from permies.com which is the home of the permaculture forums. (You may have noticed the links I put up on the right recently + in a couple of weeks there’ll be a podcast interview with me on Paul’s site.) Permaculture and ERE has a lot in common […]

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Fixing my bicycle – part II

Published in January 23rd, 2020
Posted by in How to
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Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! I put it together again (see part I, if you don’t know what I’m talking about). I fixed the bottom bracket by putting in loose 1/4″ bearings as per the instructions on Sheldon Brown’s site. At the same time, I cleaned the chain and the rear wheel hub, and I washed the […]

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Upgrade your music collection with quality headphones

Published in January 21st, 2020
Posted by in How to, Philosophy
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I just spent money on a “want” for the first time in over six months(*). Obviously I had a bit of a streak going there, so what caused me to break it? A new pair of headphones that’s what. I just bought a pair of Grado SR60 headphones and compared to the free airline headphones […]

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