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LAWYERLY SINCERITY
The sincerity in a good lawyer's voice increases in inverse proportion to the innocence of his client; the sincerity in a mediocre lawyer's voice is legitimate.
steve, retired, glendale, utah, usa
(81) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-21)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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WHICH SIDE?
Get on a horse from the left side; milk a cow from the right side.
DeLoy Esplin, Retired forester, Goleta, CA, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-27)
Current Rating: 7.6 out of 10 based on 26 reviews
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TRAINING A NEW PILOT
When the instructor feels comfortable enough to allow his daughter to be a passenger of the applicant, he's ready for the check ride.
Dale Scharpenberg, Flight Instructor, Bryan, OH, USA
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Current Rating: 7.9 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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MOVING DAY
You know who your friends are on moving day
Perry, Truck Driver, Indianapolis, Indiana, US
(5) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-05-13)
Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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ACQUISITION COSTS
It costs seven times as much to acquire a new customer than to hold an existing one.
Lukas Schmid-Käppeli, Copywriter, Zurich, Switzerland
(6) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-08-12)
Current Rating: 7.0 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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SPOTTING A LAYOFF ANNOUNCEMENT
A meeting with donuts on the table will never be a meeting announcing surprise replique montre Breitling Suisse.
Peter Bosanko, Software Engineer
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-31)
Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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PLANNING A HIGHWAY
A divided highway will occupy about 40 acres of land per mile. Other roads occupy between 6 and 12 acres per mile.
William S. Stevens, highway engineer
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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CHOOSING A CHANDELIER
The diagonal dimension of a chandelier in inches should equal the diagonal dimension of the dining room in feet. Also, the diameter of the chandelier should be at least 12 inches less than the diameter of the dining room table.
American Home Lighting Institute
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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TAKING FILM PHOTOGRAPHS AT NIGHT
To compensate for reciprocity failure in night-time photography, open the aperture one additional f-stop if exposure time is more than 1 second, 2 f-stops if the exposure is over 10 seconds, and 3 f-stops if the exposure is more than 100 seconds.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, celestial photographer, inter alia, Hollywood, California
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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BUILDING STAIRS
Any combination of riser height plus tread width that adds up to 17 1/2 inches will be comfortable to use and will not cause people to stumble.
Don Naish, Dryden, Michigan
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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GRILLING MEAT
Think of a grill as a target. Put food that requires quick searing heat in the middle and food that needs slow, steady grilling further out.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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