Richard Nakamura Secrets
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My name is Richard Nakamura. I grew up in a Japanese house in Ohio, and I spent thirty years fixing the machines people were about to throw away. My grandmother had a word for it: mottainai — nothing good should ever be wasted. This is where I share the Japanese way of running a home: how to cool it, clean it, fix it, and make everything in it last — for a few dollars, with what you already have, the way it was done long before anyone bought a machine to do it for them. Real methods, plain talk, no waste. Walk your own house, try it, and tell me where you live in the comments. I read every single one.
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