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1657 Mail thumb thumb thumb thumb
SORTING YOUR MAIL
You receive four pieces of junk mail for every bill. Seven pieces for every letter.
Mark McMullen, accountant, Alexandria, Virginia
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1658 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MANAGING PARKING METERS
Most cities can expect the annual income from parking meter fines to be twice the income from parking meter deposits.
Marie E. Witmer, director of technical services, Institutional and Municipal Parking Congress, Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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APPRAISING A RENTAL PROPERTY
The market value of a rental property is six times the gross rent.
Larry Beck, joiner, Ludlowville, New York
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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CHECKING YOUR FOOD
Foods that are normally hard are bad if they've turned soft. Foods that are normally soft are bad when they've turned hard.
Herman N. Cohen, personnel manager, New York City,, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1661 Injuries thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING FOR SUNBURN
You can check for sunburn by pressing an exposed part of your body with your finger. If your skin is burned, it will turn white when you lift your finger.
Elsbeth Cates, writer in New Age Journal, Rising Star, North Dakota
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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MEASURING AN ANGLE
For a small angle x measured in radians, sin x = x.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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FORECASTING THE WEATHER
If the snow looks like meal, it will snow a great deal.
Betty Winklowski, Hamburg, New York
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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HOW TO BEAT THE CROWDS
Ninety percent of visitors see only 10 percent of a national park.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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DRIVING DEFENSIVELY
Drive like you are playing a video game with your last quarter. After ten minutes of this, you will have a better idea what defensive driving is all about.
Gerald Gutlipp, mathematician, Chicago, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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CHOOSING A SPOUSE
When women marry, they think their husbands will change. When men marry, they think their wives will never change. Both are wrong.
Bruno Colapietro, matrimonial lawyer with over 8000, Binghamton, New York
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Current Rating: 7.2 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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SHOWING A DOG
The more nervous you are while showing your dog, the more nervous your dog will be.
Kari Casher, breeder of Australian terriers, Oakland, California
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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