Search the Main Collection
Main Collection Browser
Sort Result by
NUMBER
/
RATING
money
time
driving
travel
safety
health
dating
animals
relationships
cars
children
food
car
cost
water
automobiles
rules
weather
shopping
home
marriage
writing
music
love
quality
sleep
weight
pets
life
cooking
design
photography
...
VIEW
TAG
CLOUD
The Main Rules Collection (5130)
Traditional Categories (155)
ALL
Ages and Stages (18)
Animals (47)
Antiques (28)
Appliances (21)
Architecture (28)
Art (13)
Astronomy (23)
Automobiles (60)
Beaches (10)
Bicycles (26)
Birds (21)
Boats (25)
Body Language (19)
Body Rules (57)
Books (29)
Building (57)
Business (94)
Camping (6)
Carpentry (21)
Cats (17)
Cattle (30)
Certain Places (21)
Chess (18)
Childbirth (11)
Children (68)
Climbing (12)
Clothing (42)
College (30)
Color (13)
Computers (84)
Containers (8)
Conversations (50)
Cooking (104)
Crafts (20)
Crime (46)
Death (15)
Design (19)
Dieting (40)
Doctors (20)
Dogs (32)
Drinking (22)
Driving (100)
Durability (15)
Editing (12)
Education (42)
Eggs (12)
Electricity (19)
Emotions (19)
Energy (20)
Entertaining (29)
Entertainment (10)
Environment (5)
Equivalents (8)
Exercise (34)
Exploration (17)
Eyes (17)
Farming (39)
Fasteners (10)
Finding Things (16)
Fish (27)
Flying (63)
Fruit (24)
Fuel (22)
Gambling (33)
Games (12)
Gardening (44)
Green Living (4)
Grooming (20)
Groups (16)
Habits (22)
Handwriting (7)
Health (68)
Hiking (20)
Hitchhiking (6)
Holidays (6)
Horses (26)
House and Home (72)
Illness (16)
Injuries (21)
Insects (13)
Insurance (10)
Jobs (39)
Joker (112)
Landscaping (5)
Language (29)
Lawyers (26)
Listening (12)
Logging (13)
Magazines (12)
Mail (15)
Mail-order (9)
Management (35)
Maple Syrup (7)
Marriage (29)
Mathematics (20)
Measuring (26)
Mechanics (16)
Military (33)
Miscellaneous (82)
Money (57)
Movies and Film (44)
Music (46)
Negotiating (20)
Neighborhoods (9)
Parachutes (6)
Parenting (7)
Personalities (18)
Photography (33)
Politics (41)
Precipitation (37)
Proportions (9)
Quality (14)
Radio (8)
Real Estate (48)
Relationships (67)
Religion (12)
Restaurants (53)
Romance (22)
Running (18)
Safety (27)
Sales (31)
Science (21)
Scuba Diving (11)
Shellfish (9)
Shopping (31)
Sleep (17)
Speaking (28)
Sports (58)
Stock (30)
Storage (12)
Survival (25)
Talking to girls (7)
Talking to guys (0)
Telephones (20)
Television (2)
Temperature (24)
Tests (11)
Texture (8)
The Mind (2)
Theater (8)
Time (18)
Tools (16)
Trains (9)
Travel (69)
Trees (19)
Uncategorized (96)
Video (14)
Wastes (9)
Water (13)
Weapons (23)
Weather (62)
Wind (16)
Wine (24)
Writing (59)
4735
Money
PRO ATHLETE BANKRUPTCIES
• 78% of former National Football League players go bankrupt within 24 months after they stop playing. • Some 60% of former National Basketball Association players go bankrupt within 5 years of retirement.
Scott Parker
(160)
Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-30)
Current Rating:
5.6
out of
10
based on
11
reviews
Comments (1)
You must login to Rate.
4991
Miscellaneous
THINGS
When all you know about a thing is that it isn't yours, leave it alone.
Ann, CA
(29)
Contributions from this contributor since (2009-12-16)
Current Rating:
6.7
out of
10
based on
12
reviews
Comments (1)
You must login to Rate.
128
Exploration
PLANNING A TREK
Plan on 1 reindeer for every 75 pounds of supplies.
Brendon Rehm, military historian, Fairfax, Virginia
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5.5
out of
10
based on
25
reviews
Comments (0)
You must login to Rate.
384
Doctors
SPOTTING A DELAY
If a physical therapist offers you a hot pack, he's running behind schedule.
Richard Farnham, physical therapist, Ithaca, New York
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5
out of
10
based on
19
reviews
Comments (0)
You must login to Rate.
640
Drinking
DRINKING PROBLEMS
The farther north you go, the more drinking is a problem.
Harry Reasoner, CBS News report on alcohol use in Greenland
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
4.7
out of
10
based on
25
reviews
Comments (1)
You must login to Rate.
896
Climbing
AVOIDING AVALANCHES
A snowfall of one inch or more per hour indicates a very high avalanche potential.
Scott M. Kruse, biogeographer, Fresno, California
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5.8
out of
10
based on
16
reviews
Comments (2)
You must login to Rate.
1152
Groups
ORGANIZING PEOPLE
A cooperative effort loses effectiveness when it includes more than 12 to 15 people.
Peter Reimuller, Point Arena, California
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5.0
out of
10
based on
14
reviews
Comments (0)
You must login to Rate.
1408
Jobs
WRITING A RESUME
The longer your job title and job description, the less important you are.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5.3
out of
10
based on
19
reviews
Comments (0)
You must login to Rate.
1664
Travel
HOW TO BEAT THE CROWDS
Ninety percent of visitors see only 10 percent of a national park.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5.6
out of
10
based on
19
reviews
Comments (1)
You must login to Rate.
1920
Lawyers
AVOIDING JURY DUTY
To avoid being picked for jury duty, read a book. Many lawyers won't select jurors who are reading books because they might be too independent.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
5.1
out of
10
based on
17
reviews
Comments (2)
You must login to Rate.
2176
Maple Syrup
TAPPING MAPLE TREES FOR SAP
Wind north to west, the flow is best; wind south to east, the flow is least.
Karen Spaulding, Concord, New Hampshire
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating:
4.6
out of
10
based on
14
reviews
Comments (0)
You must login to Rate.
<
Previous
|
191
|
192
|
193
|
194
| 195 |
196
|
197
|
198
|
199
|
200
|
Next
>
Page
195
of
384