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4185 Restaurants
ORDERING AT A FANCY RESTAURANT
If a rich person you want to impress is treating you to a fancy restaurant meal and you don't understand the fancy menu: order the second most expensive dish. It will be good and your host will be impressed with your decisiveness.
Dave Spathaky, Pagan Master
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4184 Childbirth
SPEECH AND THE PROGRESSION OF LABOR
If a laboring mother can talk about how painful the contractions are, she's in early labor. When she loses the ability to form sentences during contractions, she's in active labor.
darin
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4183 Music
THE TITLE TRACK RULE FOR DJS
A title track is most likely to be the best song on a recording.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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4182 Music
THE FIRST TRACK RULE FOR DJS
The track most likely to be the best song on a recording is the first track.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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4181 Business
WHAT VENTURE CAPITALISTS WANT
Inventors need to remember that venture capitalism is all about the Investor and a return that can allow him to exit with twice his original investment in two or three years.
Scott Parker
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4180 Electricity
SIZING CONDUIT FOR PULLING CABLES
The inside diameter of the conduit should be at least twice the diameter of the cable you are pulling through it.
Joseph Bauer, Master Carpenter, Indian Hills, Ohio, USA
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4179 Beaches
WAVE TYPE FOR LONG AND SHORT SURF BOARDS
In surfing, hollow, plunging waves are better for shortboards, while spilling waves are better for longboards.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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4176 Bicycles
BIKE STOPPING DISTANCE AND WEIGHT LOAD
Stopping distance for a bike is independent of the weight carried by the bike.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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4174 Bicycles
AIR FRICTION AND CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA
Air friction is roughly proportional to your cross-sectional area.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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4173 Bicycles
TIRE FRICTION VERSUS AIR FRICTION
Tire and axle friction increase linearly with speed while air friction increases as a square of your speed.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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4172 Bicycles
TIRE SIZE AND ROLLING FRICTION
The bigger the tire the more friction is caused by the tread.
Max Vidrine, KDVS DJ, Davis, CA, USA
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