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TIMING A CRIME
Find out when the police change shifts in the neighborhood where you plan to commit a crime. You can count on 25 minutes with no patrols starting with the last 15 minutes of the shift that's ending. During this time, policemen are usually writing up reports and talking to the incoming officers.
Sheridan Chaney, Cindy Latham, & Dale West, former street painters, Hereford, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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PUBLISHING A MAGAZINE
A magazine or newspaper needs to be about 50 percent advertising to survive financially.
John Schubert, senior editor, Bicycling magazine
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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GROWING ONIONS
The smaller the onion sets, the larger the onions.
Paul Bauer, West Harrison, Indiana
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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LOSING A LOVED ONE
It takes five years to recover from the death of a beloved spouse.
Penny Russell, artist, Dilltown, Pennsylvania
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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WRITING RULE
Writers overuse the word "massive." If you grunt and turn blue when you try to pick it up - it's massive. If you don't - it isn't.
Ben Hansen, editor, The Beaumont Texas Enterprise, Beaumont, Texas
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BLASTING A STUMP
You can blow most tree stumps out of the ground if you use one stick of dynamite for every four inches of stump diameter. Trees with tap roots take less.
Joe Kaiser, Covington, Kentucky
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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GETTING SOMEONE TO CALL BACK
If you call someone and they aren't available, always leave a time limit for them to get back to you. Even if they don't know you, they will feel obligated to call by that time.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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CHOOSING A NEIGHBORHOOD
You will usually find the more affluent, attractive neighborhoods on the north and west sides of a city; the poorer and more crime-prone neighborhoods will be on the south and east sides.
David Chapple, electrical contractor, Palo Alto, California
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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FINDING WHERE TO PUT YOUR MOUTH ON A CLARINET
To find the correct place to put your mouth on a clarinet reed, put a piece of paper between the reed and the mouthpiece. Where the paper stops is the correct place for your mouth.
Mandy Reinert, Student, LaCrosse, WI, USA
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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TIME AND RESPECT
Promptness shows respect.
David Schaner, Physician, New York, NY, USA
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Current Rating: 8.1 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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SEX PREOCCUPIES YOU BRAIN
Need to pee? No bathroom nearby? Fantasize about Jessica Simpson. Thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, so you won't feel as much discomfort, says Larry Lipshultz, M.D., chief of male reproductive medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. For best results, try Simpson's "These Boots Are Made for Walking" video
Scott Parker
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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