I’m quite sure many people would look at this as stupidly obvious. This is where the “for Guys” part of the title comes in because I can’t be the only guy who considers a new shirt to be a clean shirt. And new towels to be clean towels. Hell, the towels will probably never be as clean as they are straight from the store, right?
Well, I just picked up some new towels at my local Linens-n-Things (it’s a store where you buy towels when Target doesn’t have the right color). I’ve had them a few days and I realized that my bathroom now has little pieces of lint all over it. Seems the new towels shed. Looks like I should have washed them before using. Who knew?
Apparently, you’re not supposed to use fabric softener on towels either because it makes them less absorbent.
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The wonderful laser printer
OK, here’s one of those quick tips on products that will make your life better. Buy a laser printer! I know you think that laser printers are for the office and your crappy inkjet is fine for home use. You probably think they are too expensive and that the ink/toner is too expensive. You also worry that you won’t be able to print in color like on your inkjet.
You’re wrong. You can pick up a good laser printer for under $100. Ink will run you about $80, which sounds expensive until you think about the fact that they last 3,000 pages and you probably print a couple of hundred pages a year. Plus, the inkjet refills are $30 a piece and half the time they end up drying out before you can use it all. As for the need for color prints, ask yourself how often you really need to print in color. I’m guessing it’s probably rare.
Lasers are faster than inkjets, print cleaner, and you never have to worry about the ink cartridges drying out. No more cleaning the heads! You click “print” and it just prints.
Believe me, this is one of those products that you’ll wonder how you did without for so long.
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About this site
Do you ever sit and think about all of the useful information that we DIDN’T learn in school? Why didn’t they tell us stuff like, if you apply for a bunch of credit cards or let every car salesman run your credit your credit score takes a hit. No, instead they taught us how to write checks. Yeah, there’s a skill that is still paying dividends.
Stop and think about all the times when you’ve said to yourself, “how come nobody told me ____.” Well, it happens to me all the time and I think it’s that way for a lot of guys. And women too, but you ladies seem to pick up on some of this stuff better than us. Maybe you’re smarter or maybe you just have more room in your brain without all of the sports stats and stupid movie quotes taking up space.
For example, I have a dishwasher with a knob that you have to turn to choose the wash cycle. Up until recently, I would put soap in the machine, close the door, and turn the knob to “normal wash.” As I went past the “pots and pans” and “heavy” settings the machine would clunk and hiss trying to start each cycle. Then one day I watched a female friend put soap into her dishwasher, turn the knob BEFORE closing the door, and then when she closed the door the machine just started without a whimper. Huh. I stared for a second and said “you know, I bet it’s better for the washer to not turn the knob past all of those setting while it’s on.” Her reply: “duh.”
So I decided that I would write down all of these stupid things. Many will likely be obvious to anyone who has made similar mistakes. Some things, maybe not. I’ll include recommendations such as what to look for when you buy a certain product if I realize some need-to-knows after making a purchase. I may make suggestions for products or services that for some reason the majority of folks haven’t picked up on.
Like most advice, I expect it will fall mostly on deaf ears. But if I can save one guy from muttering “huh, didn’t see that coming” then maybe I’ve accomplished something.
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