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LOBSTER TAILS
A lobster tail should always curl. If this does not happen, the lobster is dead or dying. If the tail does not curl on a boiled lobster, the lobster was dead before it was boiled.
T. M. Prudden, lobster expert
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 31 reviews
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3386 Lawyers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
JURIES
A returning jury that avoids looking at the defendant has convicted him.
steve, retired, glendale, utah, usa
(81) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-21)
Current Rating: 7.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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YOUR BOSS
The more you, the producer, and your host like a guest, the less your boss will like that same guest.
Shawn Rosvold, Producer, Brooklyn, NY, United States
(3) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-02-06)
Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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A FUNCTIONAL SPIRAL STAIRWAY DIAMETER
If you’re planning on installing a functional spiral stairway, make it a minimum of 5 foot in diameter. Less then 5 foot would be good for your house plants or displaying you’re collectables. You will be disappointed in it if it is less then 5 foot when you try to climb or descend it.
Dick Gehring, Consultant, NY
(56) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-05-27)
Current Rating: 7.7 out of 10 based on 10 reviews
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APPROACHING A BIRD
The smaller the bird, the closer it will allow you to approach.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and birdwatcher, Fairfield, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 28 reviews
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PLAYING POKER
It is time to quit playing poker when you get so sleepy that you can't remember your hole card and you have to keep checking it.
Bill Spivey, San Francisco, California
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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BETTING ON A ROCK BAND
Rock bands with far-out names almost never make it to the top because they usually play music that's equally far-out.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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FOLLOWING A DEER
If deer droppings are black, moist, and glossy, the deer left them within 15 or 20 minutes and is in the immediate vicinity. If the droppings are no longer glossy, they have been on the ground for an hour or more and the deer is probably bedded down on a southern slope.
Sigmund Sameth, Irvington, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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ESTIMATING SPEED
Speed in feet per second is about 1.5 times speed in miles per hour.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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USING A MOVIE CAMERA
Count at least ten seconds every time you press a movie camera's start button. The biggest single error that novice film makers make is taking many shots in very short spurts.
Flip Schulke, underwater photographer
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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DEALING WITH DOGS
Anything over 45 minutes seems like forever to your dog. You will be greeted as enthusiastically coming back from a two-hour shopping trip as you will coming back from a two-day vacation.
Andrea Frankel, computer scientist, engineer, holistic health practitioner,, San Diego, California
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Current Rating: 6.0 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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