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1108 Illness thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TAKING TONSILS OUT
A conservative doctor will recommend a tonsillectomy if a child has seven attacks of tonsillitis within a year, or five in each of the preceding two years. A less conservative doctor will recommend the operation if a child has three to five attacks in each of two consecutive years.
William A. Nolen M.D.
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1109 Health thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE HEART RULE
A healthy person's heart is about the size of his or her fist.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and coroner's investigator, Fairfield, Ohio
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1110 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GROWING BONSAI
If it takes more than one minute for the water to drain from your bonsai pot, it's time to repot.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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1111 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE EFFECT OF WATER ON TEMPERATURE
As you move inland from a large body of water during the summer, the temperature will increase 1 degree F per mile for the first 10 miles. During the winter, the temperature will decrease accordingly.
Dirck Z. Meengs, management consultant, Canoga Park, California
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1112 Survival thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TESTING FOR EDIBILITY
If you are foraging for food but are not sure about the edibility of a plant, take a small amount in your mouth, chew it, and hold it there without swallowing for five minutes. If you feel no ill effects - such as stinging, burning or numbness - swallow, and then wait for eight hours. If by that time you have not experienced any cramps, pain, numbing, vomiting, or diarrhea, eat another handful of the plant and wait another eight hours. If there are still no problems, consider the plant safe to eat.
Michael Rozek, reporting on the Air Force Survival School, in National Wildlife
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1113 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVOIDING A SPEEDING TICKET
If the tractor trailers on the freeway around you slow for no obvious reason, there's probably a cop, a wreck, or a traffic jam ahead. If the cars with local license plates slow, a speed trap may be ahead.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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1114 Romance thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RULES OF ROMANCE
The honeymoon's over when, if you fart, you pull the cover over your spouse's head.
Sam Belsito, broadcast engineer, Lansing, Michigan
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1115 Insects thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PRODUCING SILK
It takes 110 cocoons to make a tie, 630 to make a blouse. A heavy silk kimono might equal the work of 3,000 silkworms, and they will have eaten 135 pounds of mulberry leaves.
Nina Hyde, writer, National Geographic magazine
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1116 Building thumb thumb thumb thumb
PICKING STEEL CABLE
The safe working load of steel cable, in tons, is the diameter in inches squared times eight. For example: 1/2" squared times 8 = 2 tons; 5/8" squared times 8 = 3.125 tons.
Paul Carter, stage hand, New York, New York
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1117 Computers thumb thumb thumb thumb
GETTING USED TO COMPUTING
It will take you about a year to feel comfortable using a home computer if you've never used one before.
Mark McMullen, accountant, Alexandria, Virginia
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1118 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
KNOWING WHEN TO QUIT RESEARCHING
You're done with your research when those you interview urge you to interview people you've already interviewed.
Robert Kanigel, writer and editor, Baltimore, Maryland
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