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1783 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
BARAK'S WEATHER MEGARULE
Plan for stormy weather if there is a red sun at morn, no dew or frost at night, a rainbow in the morning, a ring around the moon, or if insects are bothersome, swallows fly low, campfire smoke heads straight up and then beats downward, breezes expose the underside of leaves, distant sounds carry farther, ax heads tighten up, or frogs croak loudly.
Barak Rosenshine, professor of education, Urbana, Illinois
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SLEEPING WITH A BABY
Most babies will sleep through the night at eight weeks of age, or three months of age, one or the other.
Louise Mudrak, ecologist
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LOOKING AT HANDWRITING
Handwriting that contains a haphazard mix of capital and lower-case letters was most likely written by a man.
Sarah Padula, teacher and pilot, Freeville, New York
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2551 Wind thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING THE WIND SPEED ABOVE
The wind velocity at 2,000 feet is 2 to 3 times the speed at the surface.
Richard L. Collins, aviation writer
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2807 Animals thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TANNING AN ANIMAL HIDE
Every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide.
Rodney Schabacker, Student, Winthop, IA, USA
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3063 Computers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FIRST-TIME CONFIGURATION COROLLARY
This is a corollary to the 'First-Time Complex System Configuration' rule-of-thumb. When esimating the time to complete a new project, take your best estimate, double it and take it to the next order of magnitude.
jimco
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-09)
Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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3319 Shopping thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING FROZEN VEGETABLES
Avoid buying bags of frozen vegetables that are a solid lump; they've probably been thawed and refrozen.
R. A. Heindl, Design Engineer, Euclid, OH, USA
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Current Rating: 7.9 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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3575 Electricity thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CONVERT DECIBELS (DB) TO POWER
A +3 decibel (dB) change is double the power (Watts).
Andy McAllister, Engineer
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-27)
Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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4087 Relationships thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ROMANTIC JITTERS
If the object of your affection does not, at least in the beginning, make you a bit nervous, it's not love.
Antietam, Portland, Oregon, USA
(9) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-02-22)
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4343 Flying thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TO FLY OR NOT
It is better to be on ground wishing you were in the air, than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground
Ben Cole, Suwanee, Georgia, United States
(3) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-12-23)
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4855 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING SPICES
If you don't have a recipe to follow, before you add any herbs or spices, smell all the ones you think you might want to include. Think outside the box and smell some you wouldn't normally include, e.g., thyme in an Indian curry. Eliminate some, re-smell, and then add some of each to the replique montre. And remember that you can always add more, but you can never take any out.
Maurice Boardman, Computer Techie, Gresham, OR, USA
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-09-28)
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