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FAUX PAS
Don't assume a woman is pregnant unless you actually see a floor paint emerging from her vagina.
Bender Bernder Rodriguez, Proffessional Bender, Chicago, IL, USA
(31) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-09-28)
Current Rating: 7.4 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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DRIVING LONG DISTANCES
The number of days to drive somewhere is roughly the same as the number of hours to fly there.
Matthew Butterick, writer
(71) Contributions from this contributor since (2011-01-08)
Current Rating: 7 out of 10 based on 10 reviews
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WORKING WITH RIVETS
Before it is hammered, the end of a rivet should stick out slightly more than its own diameter. This will give you enough metal to form a solid head.
Mike Bauer, sheet metal worker
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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CHOOSING A TIE
A 3 1/2" wide tie will never go out of style.
John Green, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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HALLUCINATING
If someone is experiencing auditory hallucinations, the diagnosis usually is mental illness. If someone is experiencing hallucinations involving sight, smell, or touch, the diagnosis usually is a physical illness.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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GARDENING TIPS FOR NEW YORK CITY
In the New York City area, the Peruvian daffodil (Ismene calathina) blooms around St. Anthony's Day, June 13.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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ADDING STRAW TO ADOBE
Straw is used as a binder to hold adobe bricks together as they dry. You can add up to a handful of very short pieces to a standard 4-by-10-by-14-inch brick. It will take slightly more than one large bale of straw to mix a thousand bricks.
Marcia Southwick, writer and builder
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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CHARCOALING CHICKEN
If you're going to barbecue chickens for a large group of people, you'll need one pound of charcoal per whole chicken.
John Van Der Mark, city fireman, Ithaca, New York
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FINDING A GOOD RESTAURANT
If a restaurant displays favorable newspaper reviews in the window, then it is neither really bad (no reviews available) nor really exclusive (too snobby to display reviews).
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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THROWING A POT
One pound of clay thrown with reasonable competence on a potter's wheel will make a vessel large enough to hold one average serving of most kinds of food.
Jim Dunn, potter, Belews Creek, North Carolina
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SPOTTING A GOOD RESTAURANT
Don't go to a restaurant that has a sign in the window advertising for waiters. It's hard enough to get waited on in a restaurant that thinks it has plenty of help.
Andy Rooney, television commentator
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