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3861
Animals
FOOLING A MAD OSTRICH
If an enraged Ostrich attacks you, lie down and pretend to be dead. It will think it has won and within a few seconds will forget the whole episode, allowing you to retreat intact.
Adrian Rinehart-Balfe, Coder, Wausau, WI, USA
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Drinking
NO SHOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT
It doesn't matter how much fun you're having or how clever the name of the drink is, shot are never a good idea after midnight. You will always be sorry in the morning.
Shelly Garrity, Business Analyst, Prior Lake, MN, USA
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Dieting
HOW MUCH DOES THAT WEIGH?
A pint is a pound, the world around.
Randy Lawrie, Engineer/Maintenance Supervisor, MN
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Relationships
CONFLICT
All conflict is based on unmet expectations.
Scott Shapland, Corporate Trainer, Missouri City, TX, 77459
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Music
PROBLEM SOLVING IN MUSIC
To master difficult spots in music, change whatever you have to in a passage to make it easily playable (tempo, dynamics, articulation, register, etc.) and then gradually change it back until you eventually arrive at the original version.
Jeffrey Agrell, music teacher, Coralville, IA, USA
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Chess
WINNING AT CHESS
Play the French Defense against an elderly opponent. You will baffle his cut-and-slash method of play.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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Books
SETTING THE PRICE OF A BOOK
When pricing a nonfiction book, estimate the cost of producing the first printing (including royalties). Then set a tentative list price that will allow you to make a 20 percent pretax profit if the first printing sells.
Richard A. Balkin, Coda: Poets and Writers Newsletter
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Crime
THE BURGLARY RULE OF THREE
To determine the true value of items stolen in a burglary, take the reported value and divide by three.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and former police chief, Fairfield, Ohio
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Magazines
FINANCING A MAGAZINE
The price of ads in a commercial magazine should be 12 times the printing costs per unit area, including film, separation, and production charges.
David A. Lloyd-Jones, Tokyo, Japan
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Gardening
REPOTTING AFRICAN VIOLETS
African violets need small pots. As a rule, the pot should be one-third the width of the plant. A 6-inch plant, for instance, needs a 2-inch pot.
Mary Ellen Parker, retired teacher, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Joker
WINNING A GUNFIGHT
If several people are advancing on you in a gunfight, shoot the one furthest away first, the closest one second, and then retreat or repeat the process.
L. Geer, San Diego, California
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