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FINDING A MISSING PERSON
One trained dog equals 60 search-and-rescue workers.
Charles Stoehr, robotics technician, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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BUYING A HORSE
As far as price is concerned, the best time of year to buy a horse is fall.
Jeanne K. Posey, horse show judge
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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SETTING YOUR HOURS
If a person's job ends at 5, it's a job. If it goes beyond that time, it's a career.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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GETTING SOMEWHERE ON TIME
To make sure you get somewhere on time, double the estimated travel time for a trip of 10 minutes or less; add 15 minutes to a trip of 30 minutes or less; add 50 percent to a trip of 30 minutes to 2 hours; and add 25 to 30 percent to a trip of more than 2 hours.
Gail Smith, parts unknown
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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TESTING THE TEXTURE OF DIRT
You can decide whether to disk harrow a field or not by balling up some dirt, holding it with both hands at arm's length, and dropping it. If the dirtball doesn't break, it is too wet to disk.
Peter van Berkum, Kittery Point, Maine
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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DETERMINING THE AGE OF A SPRUCE TREE
You can determine the approximate age of a spruce tree by counting the layers of limbs on its trunk. A tree that has ten layers of limbs is roughly ten years old.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and amateur naturalist, Fairfield, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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ODD NUMBERS ARE MORE BELIEVABLE
Odd numbers are more believable than even, even more believable than those divisible by 5.
Tom McNamee, Programmer, Tucson, AZ, USA
(5) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-08)
Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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WHO STARTS FISTFIGHTS
Any cop will tell you, in a bar fight, the shorter of the two probably started the fight.
Douglas H. Hanbury, retired, East Peoria, IL, USA
(30) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-18)
Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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HOW MANY BATHROOMS?
When buying a new home, the way to determine how many bathrooms you will need is to add one to the number of females that will be living there.
Mike, Marginal Know-It-All
(11) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-27)
Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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PRIORITIES WHEN LOST
When lost, most people worry about what they are going to eat. You can last a long time without eating and for most people in typical "lost" situations, they will be found fairly quickly. First priority is shelter, then water.
Kevin Williams, Austin, TX, USA
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Current Rating: 7.3 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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ALWAYS CHECK YOUR FUSES
If you are having some sort of random electrical problem, CHECK YOUR FUSES. It's quick and easy to do, and it'll save you from paying some mechanic for half an hour of labor for doing something you could have done yourself. This is the problem more often than a lot of people might realize.
Sara Smith, Automotive Parts, Fruitland, Maryland, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-05-13)
Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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