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284
Clothing
GOING TO A LAUNDROMAT
Plan on spending 90 minutes at the laundromat. If you go on a weekend after 8 a.m., or on a weekday after 5:30 p.m., add 15 minutes per load to your time estimate.
Joe Rappaport, straphangers campaign coordinator and long-time laundromat user
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Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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SELLING A PAINTING
Paintings in galleries sell for twice the price they sell for at art
Rolex Submariner réplique
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Richard Merkin, painter
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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SAGGING HOUSES
There is cause for concern if the ridge of a house sags more than 1/2 inch per year.
Albert Snyder, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Building
BUILDING WITH TUBING
A hollow tube should have a wall thickness that is at least 1/50 of the tube's diameter. If the wall thickness is less, the tube won't work as a structural member. It will crumple like a beer can.
John Schubert, senior editor, Bicycling magazine
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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Cooking
EATING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Chocolate chip cookies are best four minutes after they come out of the oven.
Marc Pelath, student and programmer, Michigan City, Indiana
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Quality
FUR TRAPPING
You can tell the condition of an animal pelt by looking at the fleshy side. Pelts that are blue when skinned or turn blue as they dry on a stretcher have not reached their prime.
J. E. Wertenbach, trapper
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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2076
Crafts
GLAZING A POT
In order to properly coat a pot, a glaze should be the consistency of heavy whipping cream.
M. N., Enterprise, Oregon
(LR)
Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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Cooking
LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS
Look for morel mushrooms when the apple trees are blooming.
John Schubert, senior editor, Bicycling magazine
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2588
Restaurants
CHECKING A PLATE
If a dinner plate looks clean, it probably is.
Mark McMullen, accountant, Alexandria, Virginia
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Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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2844
Design
RULE OF THUMB USED BY JAPANESE ELECTRONICS DESIGNERS
An American finger is the same size as a Japanese thumb.
Erik Nelson, Boston, MA, USA
(EC)
Collected by The Editors
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Restaurants
ORDERING
If you are in a Chinese restaurant, don't order the Weinerschnitzel. When in an Italian restaurant, ordering sushi is a no-no.
Waldo Weyeris, Engineer, Boulder, CO, USA
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