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VOLUNTEERING IN A SMALL TOWN
If you volunteer with three different groups in a small town at least one of the groups will have two volunteers you have met in another group.
Clarke Green
(7) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-05-26)
Current Rating: 7.6 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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PREDICTING BEHAVIOR
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
Dr. Angelo Valenti, consulting psychologist, Nashville, Tennessee
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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NEGOTIATING
If a man talks about his honor, make him pay cash.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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DOING SOMETHING FOR MONEY
If someone says, "It's not the money, it's the principle," it's the money.
Dr. Angelo Valenti, consulting psychologist, Nashville, Tennessee
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Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 30 reviews
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DIETING
Most overeating happens at night. If you can't diet all the time, diet after dark.
Arthur Phillips, Fort Myers, Florida
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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USING A PUBLIC TOILET
In a public restroom, the middle toilet stalls are used the most.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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FORECASTING THE WEATHER
If the day is even slightly windy and the wind suddenly dies, expect a wind shift.
Kim Murphy, columnist, Portland, Maine
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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MAKING CHAMPAGNE
It takes 3.25 tons of grapes to make 1 case of champagne.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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FINDING A PLACE TO PITCH YOUR TENT
Farmers are three times more likely than rural nonfarmers and 10 times more likely than suburban people to let you pitch your tent on their land. And you should know better than to ask city people.
Geanne Toma, massage therapist, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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BURNING SOLID FUELS
When you are burning solid fuels, a 40 degree Fahrenheit rise in stack temperature indicates a 1 percent reduction in combustion efficiency.
Scott Adams, central heating plant operator, Cornell University
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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SMOKING CIGARETTES
You need three books of matches for every two packs of cigarettes you smoke.
Bob Horton, statistics consultant, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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