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3797 Real Estate thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LANDLORDING
An apartment building should be able to sustain rents that give you $100 profit on each rental unit every month.
Joy Veronneau, Programmer, Ithaca, NY, USA
(40) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-03-30)
Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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4309 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RIDING THE BUS
When the bus comes and it's really crowded, don't get on; all the buses are off schedule and in 2 minutes another one will arrive.
BiggusCattus
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-10-19)
Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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5077 The Mind thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE LAW OF WISHES
Wishes expand in direct proportion to the resources available for their gratification.
Dr. Robert Dato, Psychoanalyst, Wynnewood, PA, USA
(23) Contributions from this contributor since (2010-03-12)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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214 Chess thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WINNING AT CHESS
Move your knight to square K5, well supported, and your game will play itself.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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470 Books thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BOOK PUBLISHING
If you ask a publisher if a new book is selling well, and she replies, "It's too soon to tell," - it isn't - and it isn't.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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726 Cattle thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
KEEPING A FAMILY COW
The average family cow needs two acres of good pasture.
Phyllis Wood, press operator, Meriden, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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982 Crime thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAKING CRIME PAY
Steal from large numbers of people as indirectly as possible. Individuals are afraid of crimes directed specifically at them. The threat disappears when the crime is impersonal, the loss indirect - the more impersonal and indirect, the better.
Stephen Gillers, journalist
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1238 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE REWRITING RULE
If you're bothered, however slightly, by the way you've written something--fix it.
Robert Kanigel, writer and editor, Baltimore, Maryland
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Current Rating: 7.1 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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1494 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING SEEDS
Never plant a seed deeper than twice its width.
Jim Allen, Creekside Nursery, Santa Rosa, California
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1750 Weapons thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING A SHOTGUN STOCK
You can quickly check the fit of a shotgun stock by holding it with your trigger arm. The butt of the stock should fit snugly in the crotch of your elbow, with your hand on the grip and your finger on the trigger.
Wayne Jennings, maintenance mechanic, Cayutaville, New York
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2006 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WRITING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
If you're writing directions, write at a seventh-grade English level.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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