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2117 Dieting thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING THE CALORIE CONTENT OF FOODS
Solid foods high in carbohydrates and protein contain about 100 calories per ounce. Fatty foods contain about 200 calories per ounce.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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GROWING CITRUS FRUITS
A freeze will destroy a citrus crop. If the temperature in a citrus grove drops to 28 degrees Fahrenheit or less before 10 p.m., fire up the smudgepots.
Darryl Payne, orange grower
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CHECKING SPIDERWEBS
If in the evening you can find beads of dew on spiderwebs, the next day will bring good, dry haying weather.
Retired dairy farmer in Albany, Vermont
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TRAVELING IN EUROPE
Count each kilometer as a mile when planning a trip by car. It will take as long to drive 300 kilometers in Europe as it takes to drive 300 miles in the United States.
Robert Cumberford, Austin, Texas
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AVOIDING ANIMALS WITH YOUR CAR
To avoid an animal that leaps in front of your car, aim for it. By the time you get there, it will be gone.
Paul R. Bowlby, Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
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CHANGING YOUR SEX
A male who changes his sex to female will look like a woman who is five years older because men's faces look more rugged than women's. On the other hand, female to male sex-change patients will look 10 to 12 years younger. A 30-year-old woman will look and sound like a boy of 18 or 20. We call it the "Peter Pan" effect.
Marge Willes, counselor, Gateway Gender Alliance,
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CHECKING A FLY ROD
A fly rod with reel should physically balance somewhere within six inches of the handle.
Sheridan Anderson, author, The Curtis Creek Manifesto
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MAKING CANDLES
One pound of wax will make eight 8-inch candles.
Nancy Heffernan Eckstrom, nutritionist, Barton, New York
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POLITICAL PLANNING
People moving into a new tract development are politically inert for five years.
Gary Evans, city planner
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HOW TO SPOT A FRESH EGG
A hard-boiled egg will spin like a top; a fresh egg won't.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, polymathic layabout, inter alia, Hollywood, California
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READING TO KIDS
After 15 minutes, even well-behaved children in kindergarten or first grade get fidgety.
John Towle, Salinas, California
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