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211
Astronomy
MAKING A TELESCOPE
For a first-time telescope maker, it is faster to make a four-inch mirror, and then a six-inch mirror, than to make a six-inch mirror.
Bill McKeeman, Wang Institute, Communications of the ACM
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Clothing
BUYING CLOTHES THAT FIT
A suit coat fits well if you can stick four fingers in the sleeve in front of your shoulder.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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Appliances
USING A MICROWAVE OVEN
With your microwave oven at its most powerful setting, figure one and a half to two minutes per cup of casserole.
Irma Dalton, artist, Westminster, California
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Chess
WINNING AT CHESS
Move your knight to square K5, well supported, and your game will play itself.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Body Rules
ESTIMATING DISTANCES
Hold your thumb at arm's length against a distant background. Estimate how far your thumb jumps on the background when you look at it with one eye and then the other. The background is ten times that distance from you.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Doctors
SIZING UP A PATIENT
If a patient is proud of claiming that no physician has been able to diagnose what is wrong with him, don't plan on being the first doctor to break his record.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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Uncategorized
DONATING SPACE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS
People looking for free newspaper space for announcements typically want them to run more than once. The old newspaper rule: one announcement is news, two announcements is advertising.
Ben Hansen, editor, The Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont, Texas
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Business
SELLING A BUSINESS
A grocery store will sell for 0.25 to 0.33 times its gross income, plus inventory.
Terri Thompson, New York, New York
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Gambling
BETTING ON A HORSE
If you don't know any of the horses in a race, bet on the one with the thinnest waist.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and coroner's investigator, Fairfield, Ohio
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House and Home
ESTIMATING YOUR MORTGAGE RATE
Your mortgage rate drops by 1/4 to 1/6 of a percent for every additional 1 percent you pay at the closing.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Exercise
MAINTAINING YOUR BODY FLUIDS
You can maintain your fluid levels by drinking at least 4 gulps of water every 20 minutes during prolonged exercise.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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