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PACKING WITH HORSES
You need at least three variations of each meal for pack trips lasting more than a week. Anything less gets monotonous.
Francis Davis Long Eddy, packer
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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REACHING A GAS STATION
If your tank is on empty and you're trying to make it to the next gas station, cut your speed to 35 miles per hour.
R. C. Woods, teacher, Miranda, California
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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KEEPING YOUR COFFEE WARM
If you like hot coffee, add the cream immediately after you pour yourself a cup. Don't wait until you're ready to drink it.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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FINDING YOUR WAY
If you're ever lost in the woods, pull out a deck of cards and play solitaire. Before long, someone will come along and tell you to put the red jack on the black queen.
Captain Haggerty, animal trainer, actor, author, and philosopher, New York, New York
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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RIDING A HORSE
If your stirrup is the right length, you should be able to look over your knee and see the tip of your toe as you sit in the saddle.
John H. Beauvais, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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JOB INTERVIEWING
During a job interview, never spend more than 60 seconds answering a question.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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SUFFERING CULTURE SHOCK
Culture shock occurs only in the first three foreign countries you visit; after that you subconsciously focus on similarities rather than differences.
Gary Gaile, geographer
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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CARING FOR DOGS
You've added enough water to dry dog food when it is the texture of wet cement.
Captain Haggerty, animal trainer, actor, author, and philosopher, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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ESTIMATING THE AGE OF A TREE
A tree is as old in years as its diameter is in centimeters, measured at 1.2 meters above the ground. For high water-table trees, like willows, cottonwoods, or sycamores, their age is generally half their diameter in centimeters.
Thomas W. Neumann, anthropological archaeologist, wildlife ecologist, and field crew crisis manager
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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GETTING A QUICK ANSWER
You'll spend less time getting answers from people if you go to their offices to ask them questions. That way, you control when the conversation ends.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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THE LONG RULE OF IDENTIFYING BAKELITE
Visually, the colors should be bright and very deep. Also, since Bakelite is cast, there should be no seams or mold lines. The sound of two Bakelite pieces striking one another is unmistakable. It's been likened to the sound of a drumstick on a coconut shell - more of a 'clunk' than a 'click' or a 'clack.' The smell of Bakelite is distinctive; people say it smells like carbolic acid. To get the smell, get the Bakelite warm with hot water or with friction - by rubbing it briskly on your clothing. There is also a heft to Bakelite. It tends to be fairly dense, fairly heavy for the amount of material.
Dave Wielenga, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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