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MANAGING AN APIARY
One skilled person can manage five hundred bee colonies.
Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, business consultant
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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SELLING CONDOMINIUMS
Any customer who comes to a condominium sales office and asks to see all the models (one-, two-, and three-bedroom units) will never buy anything.
Vince Mooney, real estate broker, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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MAKING APPLE CIDER
It takes three apples to make a glass of apple cider.
States Cider Mill, Odessa, New York
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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HEATING AN AQUARIUM
To determine the wattage for an aquarium heater, allow three watts per gallon in a room of normal temperature. Use four watts per gallon for rooms that are cooler than normal.
Mary Ellen Parker, retired teacher, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 40 reviews
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SYNDICATING A TV SERIES
A television series needs to have been produced for 3 years or 80 episodes before it is an attractive candidate for daily syndication.
John Efroymson, media analyst
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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TURBO CHARGED CAR MILEAGE
A turbocharged car gets about ten percent better overall miles per gallon than a regular car of the same size and horsepower.
Lawrence A. Howe, Mechanical Engineer, Annapolis, MD, USA
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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BACKING A TRAILER
Don't use your mirrors. Just turn your body so you're looking out the back window, and everything becomes much easier. Also, make small corrections. Large corrections compound themselves and you'll have to stop & pull forward to straighten out.
Robert Paxton, Technical team lead, Appleton, WI, USA
(3) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-09)
Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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80/20 RULE FOR EBAY
EBay makes 80 percent of its revenue from the top 20 percent of its sellers.
Scott Parker
(160) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-30)
Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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REALLY SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE
The Smith System driver training system recommends a minimum of five (5) seconds between you and the vehicle ahead of you. This is for average passenger vehicles; if you're driving a large passenger van, you should increase it.
Bob
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-03-04)
Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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SITTING IN CLASS
Unless you have somewhere very important to be immediately after class, or have to leave during class, fill up the middle seats in a row instead of sitting on the sides.
Serge Sokolin, Writer, comic artist
(9) Contributions from this contributor since (2010-08-03)
Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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SETTING UP STAGE LIGHTING
If you can't hold it together with duct tape, forget it.
Liz Stone, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, New York
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 41 reviews
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