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GETTING PAID
Patients who ask for expensive medical tests or surgical procedures saying they don't care how much it costs aren't footing the bill. The doctor will be paid by some sort of insurance, by the government, or no one at all.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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704 Hiking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PACING A WALK
At a pace of 120 steps per minute, the average man will walk about four miles an hour, and the average woman will walk about three miles an hour.
Craig Evans, walking expert, in Bottom Line/Personal,
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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960 Groups thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PREDICTING WORK EFFORT
People work 5 to 10 percent harder by themselves than when they're in a group.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1216 Jobs thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GETTING A JOB
If the interviewer talked more than you did, then the interview went well.
David Shinn, graduate student, Ziegler, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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1472 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EATING ON THE ROAD
When traveling, eat what the natives eat. It's cheaper and tastes better than anything else.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1728 Horses thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GUESSING THE AGE OF A HORSE
A horse develops folds in its eyelids at the age of seven, and it adds one fold a year after that.
Paul Glover, writer, artist, activist, revolutionary, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1984 Logging thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING A CHAINSAW
Plan on spending half an hour of maintenance for each two hours of chainsaw use.
Rob Weinberg, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley, California
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2240 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVOIDING DISAPPOINTMENT
Never travel for food.
Bob Greene, author
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Current Rating: 3.7 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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2496 Wastes thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SLOPING SEWER PIPES
Sewage flows best in a pipe that is sloped 1/4 inch per foot. If the pitch is too steep, the liquid runs off and leaves the solids behind; too shallow, and nothing runs at all.
Raleigh Fillings, plumber, Fresno, California
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2752 Education thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TOM TAYLOR'S RULE FOR SUCCESSFUL DISSERTATIONS #1
Select a topic on which there is little related literature.
Tom Taylor, Ed. D., Nairobi, Kenya
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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3008 Music thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
STRECHING NEW STRINGS ON A GUITAR
When you install new strings on a guitar and need to play right away, tune the guitar to pitch, grab each string at the 12th fret, stretch it straight up off the fretboard (gently!). Now let it "pop" back down. Re-tune. Repeat a couple of times and the strings will hold their tune.
Frank
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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