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SAVING GAS
If you drive like you are running out of gas. You will save 10-15% of your fuel consumption.
Tom Jewell
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WHEN YOU SHOULD TOSS A CARD
You can toss out a card once you have kept it for 3 weeks. At 2 weeks is too soon because the person who gave you the card will think you didn't appreciate their thought. At 4 weeks it looks as though you forgot to do something with it and it is clutter and just hanging around.
Danica
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PRODUCING CHAMPAGNE
The amount of champagne a winery sells in three years is the amount it should have in its cellars to be properly stocked.
Barry Bassin, wine merchant, New York, New York
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USING CONDOMS
My daddy told me to always take condoms on camping trips. They are great for protecting wrist watches, safeguarding money and other things. One time he didn't.
Denis Smith, high school counselor, Camarillo, California
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FUELING A TRUCK
The average tractor-trailer gets four to five miles per gallon on the highway.
L. M. Boyd, The San Francisco Chronicle
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QUITTING SMOKING
To quit smoking, it takes the average smoker three or four serious attempts over seven to ten years.
Janice M. Prochaska, professor, University of Rhode Island,
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FINDING DIRECTIONS
The bark on a dead tree holds moisture on the northern side. For this reason, the tree is usually wet under the bark on the north side, while the other side is dry. This damp side is the first to rot. The center of the damp or rotten area is usually slightly east of north.
Alwyn T. Perrin, editor, Explorers Ltd. Source Book
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WATCHING HORSES LOOK
You can get an idea of what horses are looking at by watching the position of their heads. Horses lower their heads to see objects in the distance. They raise their heads to see objects up close.
George Huebner, Houston Chronicle
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FINDING A JOB
It takes 15 interviews to get one job offer.
Paul Shaker
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CHOOSING A FOREIGN RESTAURANT
When traveling in a foreign country, avoid restaurants with menus printed in more than two languages--they are for tourists.
Michael Rider, art director, American Demographics
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JOHN'S RULE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL
The softer the currency, the harder the toilet paper.
John Fountain, Riverside, Connecticut
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