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RUNNING A PRODUCTIVE MEETING
At a meeting, productivity is inversely proportional to the number of people attending above four 40mm Rolex Yachtmaster II réplique.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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GETTING GOOD ADVICE
Avoid career counselors. If they knew how to get a good job, they'd have one.
Pierre F. Angier, Jersey City, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 26 reviews
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STORING WATER
A bomb shelter needs a gallon of water per day per person for drinking and washing.
D. Riley, maintenance crew supervisor
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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THE CAVALRYMAN'S RULE
Up the hill gallop me not. Down the hill trot me not. On the plain spare me not. In the stable forget me not.
The Very Rev. Emmet C. Smith, Largo, Florida
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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LOGGING
For some reason, most serious sawing accidents happen to beginners or to professionals in their eighth year of logging.
Ned Bounds, sawyer, Salmon, Idaho
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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TRAVELING IN EUROPE
Count each kilometer as a mile when planning a trip by car. It will take as long to drive 300 kilometers in Europe as it takes to drive 300 miles in the United States.
Robert Cumberford, Austin, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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USING A COMPOSTING OUTHOUSE
When using a 55-gallon drum as a receptacle in a composting outhouse where you add a good scoop of hay or woodshavings after each use, six people will fill one drum in about six weeks.
Pierce Butler, Natchez, Mississippi
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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TREE ROOTS
The diameter of a tree trunk in inches is the radius of the root system in feet.
J. T. Schaefer, pilot
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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DRIVING IN FREEZING RAIN
When driving in freezing rain crack your window slightly to listen for the sound of water splashing from the tires. When the splashing ceases the road conditions have changed to ice.
james b, engine er, loveland, colorado, usa
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-08)
Current Rating: 7.1 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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FINDING MR. RIGHT REQUIRES TALKING
Love at first sight? Only with a lot of luck. You can't really know whether you even like someone until you've had 30 hours of productive conversation. Be wary of the one who only invites you to places where you can't chat, like movies, plays and concerts.
bbell2000, Software Engineer, Henniker, New Hampshire
(4) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-12)
Current Rating: 8.2 out of 10 based on 30 reviews
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BRINGING CAKE TO THE OFFICE
Within a group of female office workers, a white or yellow cake brought in to celebrate an occassion will have at least one quarter to one half left over. If, on the other hand, the cake is chocolate, it will be devoured, diets not withstanding.
Wendy Ksiow, Senior Legal Processing Bank Clerk, Photographer and Seamstress, Garden Grove, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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