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2770 Electricity thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WIRE SIZE AND CURRENT CAPACITY OF WIRE
Changing wire size by three guage numbers doubles or halves the cross-sectional area (and current capacity.) Six guage numbers doubles or halves the diameter.
R. A. Heindl, Design Engineer, Euclid, OH, USA
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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3538 Cats thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HOW MANY LITTERBOXES IS ENOUGH...
You should have one litter box per cat plus one.
Dana, Art Geek
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-29)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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4050 Management thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HOW TO HAVE A SHORT MEETING
Use an agenda, the more detailed the better, to have a short meeting. People will tend to focus on the list and be more reluctant to stray because they have a set of things that must be accomplished. Conversely, if you need creativity and free flow of ideas, use a very loose agenda.
S L Young, Project Manager, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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4818 Business thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FRACHISES ARE LESS SUCESSFUL BUSINESSES
A 1995 study by a researcher at Wayne State University found that 62% of franchises were open for business after four réplique montres de haute qualité, compared with 68% of independent businesses.
Scott Parker
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5074 Talking to girls thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
IDLE CHIT CHAT CAN MAKE YOU UNHAPPY
Profound conversations, réplique montres de haute qualité versus idle chit chat, make people happier.
Scott Parker
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211 Astronomy thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAKING A TELESCOPE
For a first-time telescope maker, it is faster to make a four-inch mirror, and then a six-inch mirror, than to make a six-inch mirror.
Bill McKeeman, Wang Institute, Communications of the ACM
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467 Animals thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
IDENTIFYING ELEPHANTS
The African elephant has an ear shaped like Africa. The Indian elephant has an ear shaped like India.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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723 Games thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLAYING SCRABBLE
As a rule, I can beat anyone at Scrabble who does crossword puzzles better than me.
Sharon Yntema, author, Vegetarian Baby
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979 Movies and Film thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING A BAD MOVIE
Never see a movie whose title ends in a number.
Paul Lisseck, health food broker, North Hampton, Massachusetts
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1235 Insects thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CATCHING A SWARM OF BEES
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon; a iwc replica swarm of bees in July is hardly worth a fly.
Otis Hassler, shovel operator
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1491 Real Estate thumb thumb thumb thumb
SELLING CONDOMINIUMS
Two out of three people who buy lower priced condominiums really wanted to buy a house instead.
Vince Mooney, real estate broker, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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