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Automobiles
CHOOSING A CAR
You'll get more money at resale time if you buy a red car.
Paul Lampe, writer and poet, St. Louis, Missouri
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322
Boats
LEANING A KAYAK
In a kayak, when in doubt, lean downstream.
Martha Betcher, medical technician, Incline Village, Nevada
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Birds
SHOOTING AT DUCKS
It is usually safe to assume that if you are missing shots at crossing birds you are shooting behind them.
Nelson Bryant, The New York Times
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Architecture
BODY HEAT
A resting human gives off as much heat as a 150-watt light bulb. You can use this fact to keep the temperature in a greenhouse constant, even as you come and go. Just turn the light out whenever you go in.
John Schubert, senior editor, Bicycling magazine
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Antiques
TESTING YOUR SCRIMSHAW
Test your scrimshaw by touching the surface of the tooth with a red hot needle. If it smokes, it's plastic. If it doesn't smoke, make sure the tooth is hollow from the base to the tip; fake scrimshaw is hollow only partway up.
Susan J. Macovsky, writer, Money magazine
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326
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STOCKING A BOOKSTORE
A bookstore needs to stock a minimum of 10,000 books to have any hope of having what people ask for.
Dave Ewan, Wind Chimes Book Exchange, Millville, New Jersey
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RAISING CHILDREN
Thick hair and thick skulls go together.
Anonymous
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Wine
MAKING WINE
One ton of grapes will make 170 gallons of wine.
L. Wagner, vintner
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Entertaining
PLANNING A PARTY FOR CHILDREN
Have a party on even numbered years.
Suzanne Leddy, director, Purdue Child Care Program, Lafayette, Indiana
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CRASHING AN AIRPLANE
Three acts of poor judgment equal one airplane accident.
Jim Corey, airport administrator
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Electricity
ESTIMATING THE COST OF ELECTRICAL WORK
To increase your electrical service entrance capacity, figure on $10 per amp.
Greg from Cincinnati Gas & Electric
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