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FOLLOWING THE STOCK MARKET
The stock market rarely advances more than 10 or 12 days in a row without a minor setback. On a longer-term basis, it rarely rises more than six or seven weeks without a setback or "correction" that lasts two to four weeks.
Boardroom Reports
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CORRECTING A DOG
If a dog misbehaves, you must correct the behavior within 1 1/2 seconds. Otherwise, the dog won't make the connection between what he did and your correction.
James Erwin, Editor, Des Moines, IA, USA
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DESIGNING STAIRS
The sum of the rise and the run (height and width) of a stair should equal 17, plus or minus one.
MrChowWow, Idea Guy, Austin, TX, USA
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LOWERING YOUR HEATING BILL
Each degree you lower your thermostat over the winter will lower your overall heating bill by three percent.
Jim Colby, Engineer, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
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GUESSING WHAT TRACK YOUR TRAIN DEPARTS
People wait to see what track there train departs on (posted 15 minutes before) and all rush as soon as it becomes public. Use the train's number and you can guess the track by the arrival. Example: Everyone's waiting to see what track the Montrealer will depart out of Penn Station. If the train's number is 1307 then check to see what track 1307 is meant to arrive on first. Generally arrival assignments are known and held before departure assignments are made public. To the public the train is usually identified by it's destination and not route number.
Peter DuCharme
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OUT OF SHAPE
If you can not stand up from a lying without using your hands, you're out of shape.
Ethan B
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ESTIMATING MACHINE SCREW DIAMETERS
The diameter of a machine screw in inches is 13 times its gauge number divided by 1,000, plus 60 thousandths of an inch.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, philotechnic screw virtuoso, inter alia,, Hollywood, California
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THROWING OUT CLOTHING
Sometimes when cleaning out your closet you'll come across a garment that you don't wear because nothing goes with it. If you aren't ready to spend any money to make the item work for you, you probably are ready to give it to Goodwill.
Dalma Heyn, McCall's
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PLANNING FLOOR JOISTS
Divide the span (in feet) by two. The result plus one (in inches) is the depth of the joist.
R.W. Ramage, Cheshire, Great Britain
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TRANSFUSING BLOOD
The transfusion of one unit of packed red blood cells should raise a patient's hemoglobin by about one gram per deciliter and raise the hematocrit by approximately 3 percent.
John H. Bloor M.D., Ph.D., Buffalo, New York
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ASKING DIRECTIONS IN NEW YORK CITY
When asking directions from a pedestrian in New York City, get another opinion before proceeding.
Martin M. Bruce Ph.D, psychologist, Larchmont, New York
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