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Mar 2024
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A Butler's Guide to Managing Your Househ...

THE ART OF MANLINESS
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It's a tough job to manage a household. Things need to be regularly fixed, maintained, and cleaned. How do you stay on top of these tasks in order to keep your home in tip-top shape? My guest knows his way all around this issue and has some field-tested, insider advice to offer. Charles MacPherson spent two decades as the major-domo or chief butler of a gra ... Show More
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A Butler’s Guide to Managing Your Household
<p><em>Note: This is a rebroadcast. </em></p><p>It’s a tough job to manage a household. Things need to be regularly fixed, maintained, and cleaned. How do you stay on top of these tasks in order to keep your home in tip-top shape?</p><p>My guest knows his way all around this issu ... Show More
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