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3381
Sports
SKIING
For each minute of skiing down hill, plan on 7 minutes riding back up the hill.
Waldo Weyeris, Engineer, Boulder, CO, USA
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Cattle
FIRST CALVING
Whether a heifer calves in her second or third year, her second calving will occur in her fourth year
A Schultz, Cattle Farmer, Tennessee, USA
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4149
Water
ESTIMATING TOILET WATER LEAKAGE
It is common to lose up to 100 gallons a day from a toilet leak. Fix it and you save more than 30,000 gallons a year.
Joy Veronneau, Programmer, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Crime
PERSONAL SAFETY
If you don't see any people on the street you are about to walk down, don't go there. (Source: New Orleans French Quarter Guide)
Dave Agresti, Prof Criminology (retired), Tampa, Florida, United States
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Cats
FEEDING CATS
Feed your cat as much as it will eat in 30 minutes, twice a day.
Ronald Newberry, retired, Cayutaville, New York
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Chess
WINNING AT CHESS
There are three principles for winning a chess game. The Principle of Force--the player who is ahead in pieces should win. The Principle of Mobility--the player who has more room for moving his pieces has an advantage. The Principle of Safety--the safety of the king is most important.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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566
Books
SELLING SCIENCE FICTION
Science fiction books with green covers don't sell as well as those with blue covers.
Anonymous publisher
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822
Cattle
BUYING BEEF
Beef fat tinged with yellow means an animal was grass fed; white fat means grain fed.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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1078
Crime
SHOPLIFTING
You can figure that 1 out of every 40 to 60 people in a store is a shoplifter. Only 1 in every 200 shoplifters gets caught.
Eugene A. Sloane, security expert
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Writing
GETTING AN AGENT
If you insist on using a telephone to ask an agent to represent you, call and ask the agent how to proceed. Then follow his instructions closely.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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1590
Mathematics
CHECKING YOUR FIGURES
Always be able to compute the magnitude and first digit of a result in your head.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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