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KEEPING YOUR CUSTOMERS
The average customer who has had a problem with a company tells nine or ten people about it.
Technical Assistance Research Programs, in Microservice Management
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Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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FUELING A HOT AIR BALLOON
You get about half an hour of flight in a hot air balloon per 20-pound tank of propane gas.
Barbara Frederking, balloonist
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AGING GRACEFULLY
If you want to know what your girlfriend will look like in 20 years, take a good look at her mother.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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ATTENDING A MEETING
A meeting is not worth the trip if it will take you longer to get there than the meeting itself will last.
David Liddle, pastor, Columbus, Indiana
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WINNING AT TENNIS
You can break your tennis opponent's concentration by smiling while you serve.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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CHANGING YOUR SEX
A male who changes his sex to female will look like a woman who is five years older because men's faces look more rugged than women's. On the other hand, female to male sex-change patients will look 10 to 12 years younger. A 30-year-old woman will look and sound like a boy of 18 or 20. We call it the "Peter Pan" effect.
Marge Willes, counselor, Gateway Gender Alliance,
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CONSULTING
A consultant should charge at least three times the rate he or she would expect to receive for comparable full-time work with fringe benefits.
John Schubert, senior editor, Bicycling magazine
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PLAYING GOLF
If you're hitting an approach shot with an iron to the green and you don't know which iron to use, always use the longer one.
Andy Cruickshank, Aiea, Hawaii
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ILLUSTRATION TIP
To check an illustration for "errors" in a computer illustration program use the reflect tool. For example: I frequently draw "big hair' on the right side of a subject, flipping the drawing exposes this nicely! (If you're drawing on paper, flip it around and hold it up to the light.)
Susan Haug, Product Developer, Henderson, MN, USA
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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ESTIMATING CAR DAMAGE
Auto damage the size of your hand equals about on hour's work.
Chris, caller to WTAE talk radio, Mentor, OH, USA
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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DETERMINING WIND DIRECTION
If you are flying over a rural area and need to know the wind direction at ground level, simply see which direction a majority of cows are facing. Cows normally stand so their back end is up-wind, and their heads face downwind.
Elaine Gibbons, Communications Manager, SAN JOSE, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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