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DEFINING WEALTH
Wealth is any income that is $100 more a year than the income of your wife's sister's husband.
H. L. Mencken
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DIVING RULE OF TWO
The height of a cliff usually looks much greater than it really is when you are about to dive off it. To estimate the actual distance to the water, divide the apparent height by two.
John Lilly, mechanical engineer and cliff diver
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2674 Negotiating thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
NEGOTIATING
If you are negotiating for money, pay careful attention to the increments of change in your opponent's demands. When the increments begin to decrease in size, your opponent is reaching his or her bargaining limit.
Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, business consultant
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2930 Computers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
INSTALLING HARDWARE IS A SNAP!
If you are installing a new computer part, remember that you should never have to force equipment into the desired slot. If you find a part hard to insert into a slot on the motherboard, chances are you need to rotate the card or chip to face the opposite direction. Computers motherboards are designed to be put together with Zero Insertion Force (ZIF). A proper installation will quickly *snap* into the socket and feel solid.
Rob Walker, Small Business Owner, Eureka, CA, USA
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4978 Crime thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COPY THE CONTENTS OF YOUR WALLET/PURSE
A good rule is to annually go through everything in your wallet, put them on a copier, make a copy, then turn them over and copy the back as well. If you ever lose it, you now know exactly what was there (If the copy was saved in a safe place that you can find it - you may want to put a date on the copy. . ..)
Dick Gehring, Consultant, NY
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5234 Finding Things thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WHERE TO STORE SPARE PARTS
Store spare parts for an item as close as possible to the item.
Matthew Butterick, writer
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115 Astronomy thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MEASURING THE NIGHT SKY
The moon covers half a degree of sky.
Tom Robinson, computer programmer, Berkeley, California
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371 Birds thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SETTING UP A CHICKEN COOP
Provide at least three square feet of floor space for each chicken.
Terry Hayward, medical technician
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627 Gambling thumb thumb thumb thumb
LOSING YOUR MONEY
You should drop out of a poker game when you have lost more than 20 times the maximum bet allowed in the game.
Edwin Silberstang, games expert
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883 Movies and Film thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING A GOOD MOVIE
Never waste your money on any movie that has a simian for a co-star.
Dan Wagner, San Jose, California
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1139 Insects thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COUNTING ROACHES
Set a roach trap and check it after 24 hours. For every roach you've caught in your trap, you've got 800 more in your kitchen. If you find more than 1 or 2 in your trap, you have a serious roach problem.
Richard S. Patterson, entomologist, The Washington Post Weekly
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