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5149 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PREDICTING SNOW
In the winter, especially in the led screen, if the cloudy night sky seems brighter, it will likely snow that night.
Serge Sokolin, Writer, comic artist
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30 Cats thumb thumb thumb thumb
WAKING UP WITH A CAT
Generally speaking, if your cat nudges your feet in the morning, it wants to stay inside. If it nudges your face, it wants to go out.
Mark McMullen, accountant, Alexandria, Virginia
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WINNING AT CHESS
To win an endgame, you need at least one extra pawn. Without pawns, you need at least one extra rook or its equivalent.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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PUBLISHING A BOOK
You can hype a book by a famous author to 250,000 copies. After that, success or failure depends upon word of mouth.
John Gill, publisher
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798 Cattle thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DIGGING A POST HOLE
A hole for a cattle-fence post should be an arm's length deep, plus the length of your fingers.
Adrienne Garreau, farmer
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1054 Crime thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DEBUGGING AN OFFICE
Checking an office for phone taps and electronic bugging devices takes at least four hours for each 5,000 square feet of office space (two hours for a sweep using instruments and two hours for a physical search).
Boardroom Reports
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1310 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GETTING AN AGENT
To convince a literary agent to represent you, write him a letter. He deals in the printed word and will trust your well-written letter more than a telephone call.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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1822 Weapons thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING A SHOTGUN STOCK
When you snap your shotgun to your shoulder and sight along the barrel, you should see only the bead at the end. If you have to jam your cheek against the stock to do this, something has to be altered.
Nelson Bryant, The New York Times
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2078 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE OLD RULE OF TYPING WITH ACTUAL TYPEWRITERS
A full, double-spaced typewritten page will have about 250 words on it if typed with a pica typewriter, 330 words if typed with an elite typewriter.
Michael Armstrong, writer, Anchorage, Alaska
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2334 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING CORN
You need five pounds of corn seed to plan an acre of corn.
Peter van Berkum, Kittery Point, Maine
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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2590 Telephones thumb thumb thumb thumb
RECOGNIZING A BUREAUCRAT
You can be fairly sure you are dealing with a bureaucrat if he or she has to dial 9 to get an outside line.
Burnham Kelly, Ithaca, New York
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