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3189 Bicycles thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
NOT GETTING DOORED
Allow about 4 feet between your bicycle and the parked car on your right to keep from running into a door or person getting out of it.
Charles Shapiro, programmer, Atlanta, GA, USA
(7) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-10)
Current Rating: 7.7 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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3445 Cats thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE FIRST RULE OF KITTY BOXES
Kittys hate to eat where they "go" and hate to "go" where they eat. If your kitty is urinating other places than the litter box, check where you have their food. Is it next to the litter box? Kitty would rather risk "going" somewhere else than risk contaminating her food. You wouldn't like to eat on the floor next to your toilet. Neither does she. Move the food and water to the other side of the room - or, better yet, to a different room than the litter box.
Diane, Business Person, Othello, WA, USA
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-27)
Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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3701 Finding Things thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DROPPED SCREWS AND OTHER SMALL THINGS
If you drop a small screw or other small item onto the floor and can't find it, place another screw onto the floor focus on it and then take another look. Keep relocating the focus screw until you find the lost one, chances are you will.
Roy Hartnell, Computer Tech/Teacher, Grover Beach, Ca, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-02-10)
Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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4213 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FLIPPING YOUR FLAPJACKS
It's time to flip your pancakes when the edges look dry.
Joy Veronneau, Programmer, Ithaca, NY, USA
(40) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-03-30)
Current Rating: 8.0 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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4725 Containers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RIGHTY TIGHTY - LEFTY LOUSEY
Homemakers and Plumbers alike use the rule of thumb, "Righty tighty - Lefty Lousey in determining the direction to turn a container cap or a pipe fitting.
Dave Agresti, Prof Criminology (retired), Tampa, Florida, United States
(90) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-04-15)
Current Rating: 7.4 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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118 Chess thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WINNING AT CHESS
For a child, an Elo rating of 300 plus 100 times the child's age is excellent.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 26 reviews
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374 Books thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LIGHTING A BOOKSTORE
One continuous strip of fluorescent tube eight feet high above the center of the aisle is enough light for a bookstore.
Dave Ewan, Wind Chimes Book Exchange, Millville, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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630 Cattle thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CASTRATING CALVES
Castrate a calf when his testicles are the size of a squirrel's head.
Jim Crissman, veterinary pathologist, Midland, Michigan
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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886 Crime thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SOLVING A CRIME
To solve a crime, remember two things: The most obvious solution is probably the correct one; and if you've eliminated all the other possibilities, whatever is left, however improbable, is what happened.
Stephen G. Michaud, quoting F.B.I. agent Howard D. Teten quoting Sherlock Holmes in The New York Times
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1142 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
KNOWING WHEN TO QUIT RESEARCHING #2
You've done almost enough research when those you interview tell you what you already know. You've done too much when you know what your interview subject is going to say before he says it.
Robert Kanigel, writer and editor, Baltimore, Maryland
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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1398 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WATERING YOUR GARDEN
Don't water your garden unless the soil is dry past the depth of your index finger.
Cally Arthur, managing editor, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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