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1329 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING A PARKING SPACE
Drive to your destination. Then using that as a center, drive in ever-larger circles until you find a spot.
John H. Beauvais, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1585 Mail thumb thumb thumb thumb
JUNK MAIL
You can figure that three out of four pieces of advertising mail are opened and glanced at. About one in four is opened and read thoroughly.
Carol Williams, Washington, D.C.
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1841 Listening thumb thumb thumb thumb
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
The teakettle sings before a storm.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2097 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DRIVING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
Slow down for donkeys, speed up for goats, and stop for cows. Donkeys will get out of your way, it's almost impossible to hit a goat, and it's almost impossible to avoid hitting a cow.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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2353 Sales thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SELLING APPLIANCES
When greeting a customer, make sure your first remark refers directly to the product you hope to sell.
Mike Hart, appliance dealer
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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2609 Military thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SHOOTING AT HELICOPTERS
North Vietnamese ground troops used their thumbs to determine whether they could reach enemy aircraft with hand-held weapons. If an airplane or helicopter was bigger than a thumb held at arm's length, they could bring it down with ground fire.
D. Tanner, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2865 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WEARING OUT A YO-YO STRING
A new string is good for a bit over an hours worth of hard use by a pro. Twice as long for an intermediate yo-yo thrower, and half as long for a beginner.
Bill Alton, Yo-yo Newsletter Editor, Portsmouth, NH, USA
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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3121 Computers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
REDUCE ACCESSORY CABLES
When purchasing cellphones, MP3 players, digital cameras and other peripherals, look for devices with mini USB jacks instead of custom cables. By choosing carefully, you can travel with a laptop and a single data cable to charge and connect everything.
Robert Paxton, Technical team lead, Appleton, WI, USA
(3) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-09)
Current Rating: 7.2 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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3377 Miscellaneous thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
IRISHMAN OR SCOT?
Most Irish surnames start with "Mc" and most Scottish sunames begin with "Mac."
Waldo Weyeris, Engineer, Boulder, CO, USA
(48) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-22)
Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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4657 Mathematics thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HARD MATH
You know your starting to do difficult math once you stop using numbers and start using letters.
Dominik Sendorek, Student, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-05-26)
Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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4913 Uncategorized thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SALARY
To quickly estimate the yearly salary of an hourly paid job, double the hourly wage (example: $10 an hour comes out to about $20K yearly). The amount of hours in a working year is 2080, so you'll be a little short, but still pretty close. To figure the rest multiply hourly age by 8, and add to the first figure.
Bender Bernder Rodriguez, Proffessional Bender, Chicago, IL, USA
(31) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-09-28)
Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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