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GETTING SOMEWHERE
If it takes you a half hour to walk somewhere, it will take you one minute to drive there.
Anonymous
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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744 Fuel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPLITTING KINDLING RULE OF TWO
When you think your kindling is split small enough, split it two more times.
Diane Gerhart, accountant
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1000 Habits thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CALLY'S COFFEE RULE
It takes four hours to come down from your last cup of coffee.
Cally Arthur, managing editor, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1256 Survival thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
UNTANGLING YOURSELF
If you are lost in the woods, always travel downstream. If you are lost in the astral plane, always travel toward the light.
Pat Morningstar, anthropologist, Tallahassee, Florida
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1512 Horses thumb thumb thumb thumb
FIXING YOUR HORSE'S BRIDLE
The cost of a good silver mounted spade bit is equal to one month's cowboy wages.
Douglass A. Pineo, biologist and falconer, Spokane, Washington
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 3.9 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1768 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb
HELPING A CUSTOMER LOAD LUMBER
If there is an odd number of items, let the customer load the first one. If there is an even number of items, let the customer load the first two.
Anonymous lumber yard worker
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2024 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TIPPING THE PORTER
Tip the porter a buck a bag.
Jon Reis, photographer, Ithaca, New York
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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2280 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TESTING A BONE FOR FOSSILIZATION
It's a fossil only if it's heavy and solid.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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2792 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EFFECT OF MAKING A STREET ONE WAY
You don't double a street's capacity by making it one way. You triple, even quadruple it.
Kevin Kelly, Whole Earth, CA, USA
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
(EC) Collected by The Editors
Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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3048 Shopping thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SLEEPING AND SHOES
Never go cheap on your bed or your shoes. You will be in one or the other your entire life.
David Schaner, Physician, New York, NY, USA
(4) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-08)
Current Rating: 8.3 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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3304 Language thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
To the average American ear, Italian sounds like arguing, German sounds like giving orders, French sounds like flirting, and Oriental languages sound like babytalk.
steve, retired, glendale, utah, usa
(81) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-21)
Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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