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BUYING CHEESE FOR A PARTY
For a wine and cheese party, count on having one pound of cheese for every five guests.
Maria Martin, art history student and former cheese shop employee, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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RUNNING A YELLOW LIGHT
Three cars can squeeze a left-hand turn out of a yellow light.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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Current Rating: 3.0 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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JUDGING DESIGN
If you wonder how you're going to remember the explanation, the design has failed.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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SPELLING
If an English word is derived from Latin, it ends with "or," as in actor, donor, and doctor. If it is original to English, the proper ending is "er."
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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DRIVING SAFELY
At highway speeds, increasing your speed by 5 miles per hour will save you about 10 minutes for every 100 miles you travel.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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SELLING THINGS BY MAIL
Past customers will respond three to six times as well as good prospects who are not past customers.
Jim Kobs, Kobs and Brady Advertising, Chicago, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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THE ORIGINAL HITCHHIKING RULE
When you're hitchhiking, look like who you want to pick you up.
Stewart Brand, publisher, The CoEvolution Quarterly
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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SHOPPING FOR THINGS
It will take 20 to 30 minutes to shop for 1 item if you know exactly what you want and where to go. Thus, if you go out at lunch to buy 3 different things, plan on being gone for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Jim Kauffold, Belmont, California
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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THE EFFECT OF ADDED WEIGHT ON JET FUEL
Each pound added to a Boeing 727 burns an extra 22.5 gallons of jet fuel a year.
Darol Hinton, Chief of Aerodynamics Engineering, Boeing, USA
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(EC) Collected by The Editors
Current Rating: 8 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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JUDGING A MOVIE FROM REVIEWS
Read the names of the critics praising a movie in advertisements. If you've never heard of them, the movie isn't any good. There are no exceptions to this rule.
David Malki !, Filmmaker, cartoonist, pilot, Los Angeles
(11) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-09)
Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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WHEN TO CALL A MECHANIC
The lower pitch the sound, the more likely it is something serious.

(EC) Collected by The Editors
Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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