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BUYING DRESS SLACKS
The best dress slacks are hand stitched at the top of the waistband inside the slacks.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 29 reviews
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GIVING OFF HEAT
People normally produce about 500 BTUs per hour. People who are exercising produce three or four times that much heat.
Brenda Poole, biologist
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MOWING A WET LAWN
The lawn is too wet to mow until all the puddles evaporate from the asphalt driveway.
Brad Edmondson, editor, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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SHOOTING PHOTOGRAPHS
A professional photographer should plan on exposing the equivalent of one roll of film per hour on the job. This applies for digital photography as well unless the photographer has become careless.
Jon Reis, photographer, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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LOOKING AT HOUSES
In house building, the lighter the framing, the more recent the construction.
Greg Koos, McLean Co. Historical Society, Bloomington, Illinois
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EATING BRAZIL NUTS
Brazil nuts are 30 times more radioactive than the second most radioactive food.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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FORECASTING SNOW IN FLORIDA
It snows significantly in north Florida about once every seven winters.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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BUILDING STAIRS
A set of steps will be comfortable to use if two times the height of one riser, plus the width of one tread is equal to 26 inches.
Alice Lukens Bachelder, gardener, San Anselmo, California
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BUYING AN EGGPLANT
To avoid a seedy eggplant, choose one that has a round scar at the end opposite the stem. An oval scar means a female plant--it will have more seeds.
Cindy Watanabe, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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LOOKING AT PEPPER GRINDERS
The quality of food at a restaurant is inversely proportional to the size of the pepper grinders.
Morris J. Markovitz, A.C. Israel Enterprises, White Plains, New York
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TIMING YOUR IGNITION
You can set your ignition timing very nicely by testing it on the road. Slowly advance the distributor until a slight ping can be heard when the throttle is suddenly opened at 30 miles per hour in high gear. Then retard the distributor just a bit until the ping disappears. This setting will be close to perfect.
LeRoi Smith, writer and car builder
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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