Why would anyone have a detergent dispenser like that when tide pods are so much more convenient, and so much more delicious?

Michael! Buddy! Right away buy one of these

Definitely no excuse not to have built in code reading when every car has a multifunction screen tied to some sort of microprocessor. They could very easily provide a nice text-base readout.

Another option would be a number next to it to indicate the number of faults detected. It would also be nice if they didn’t force you to get a code reader and instead just always had a “faults detected” menu.

I use a spreadsheet. I check it against my online bank account every payday, to make sure everything has cleared when it should have and that there are no strange charges.

My mother will be 87 in June. She has had two minor strokes in the past few years that have rendered her hand and finger dexterity limited. She can’t type and write like she used to do. This is on top of the common things we all deal with at her age, like eyesight, memory issues, and learning new technologies. Amazon…

That version is stand-alone. I use it on my work computer without PortableApps installed...just have the WinnDirStat folder on my desktop.

There is a portable version of WinDirStat as part of the PortableApps suite. I couldn’t find a standalone portable version, though.

How does my job contribute or inhibit my financial goals (short and long-term)?

I’m surprised I haven’t seen more comments on the need for a good reciprocating saw, ie. Sawz-All. If you live in an old house like we do and are doing any kind of remodeling, you NEED a Sawz-All.

All three houses I’ve owned the first thing I’ve done is build a pegboard wall in the garage. Each of the three has gotten considerably larger; I assume the next house’s garage will be entirely covered in pegboard.

I love my ryobi tools. And I use the money I save by buying ryobi over dewalt, to buy more tools and material.

Lots of great beginner advice here, but I’m compelled to find the “use corded tools all the time, cordless are junk” opinion to be a rather outdated old man take...

Dont be scared off by cordless tools just buy from the same manufacturer and make sure you have 4-6 batteries to pop in (they can’t all be dead, right?) Currently I have a drill, 1/2" impact driver, grinder, circular saw, inflator, light, and sawzall.

Oooh, and another thing to add: Pegboards! I got a 4x8 pegboard to put hand tools on in my basement and a bunch of variously shaped hooks, and now I want to put pegboards all over my house for pretty much everything.

Not only that, but you can also save money in the long run because once you have a sufficient arsenal of batteries, you can just buy the tools separately. I drank the Ryobi One+ Koolaid early and have 4 batteries and two charging stations and I can run cordless all day long without waiting for batteries to charge.

Purchase a Dremel tool and one of the 1,468,349 piece kits that they sell for $7 on black friday. Once you have a Dremel, you’ll never run out of things to Dremel. I’ve used mine removing the exhaust from a car, cutting drywall for outlets, and all manners of precision sanding, cutting. and polishing.

My tips, in no particular order, for someone a lot like you when you started, would be this:

This is great. Well done.

Halleluyah on the first sentiment you expressed. Enough political junk, we get that everywhere else we look whether we like it or not.