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2274
Sports
BRINGING IN THE INFIELD
Here's an old baseball rule: When you bring in the infield, you make a .400 hitter out of a .200 hitter.
Henning Pape-Santos, linguist, Ithaca, New York
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2275
Theater
DESIGNING A STAGE SET
Check your design for a stage set by squinting your eyes. If any prop or color pops out, tone it down.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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2276
Restaurants
THE DINING-OUT RULE
The total meal will cost about two times the price of the entrees.
Richard Patching, acoustician, Calgary, Alberta
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2277
Running
RUNNING A RACE
Five percent of your total training mileage in the last eight weeks before a race equals your personal breaking point in a race.
Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, business consultant
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2278
Telephones
GETTING SOMEONE TO CALL BACK
If you call someone and they aren't available, always leave a time limit for them to get back to you. Even if they don't know you, they will feel obligated to call by that time.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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2279
Storage
THE PERDUE CHICKEN RULE
You need to provide 3/4 of a square foot of space per chicken.
Henning Pape-Santos, linguist, Ithaca, New York
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Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
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2280
Joker
TESTING A BONE FOR FOSSILIZATION
It's a fossil only if it's heavy and solid.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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2281
Sales
SELLING STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
Rectangular servings of strawberry shortcake sell better than round servings.
L. M. Boyd, The San Francisco Chronicle
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2282
Money
ESTIMATING YOUR SALARY
To estimate a yearly salary from an hourly wage, double the wage and change the decimal point to a comma. Thus, $3 per hour becomes $6,000 per year. This figure is about 4 percent low, but with taxes the way they are, it doesn't make much difference.
Don Tichnor, farmer
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2283
Stock
MAKING A SPECULATIVE INVESTMENT
Speculative investments, such as silver, should never exceed 10 percent of your investment portfolio.
Merrie Spaeth, USA Weekend
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2284
Cooking
EATING POTATOES
People will eat one and a half to two times the number of potatoes mashed that they would eat baked.
Ned Bounds, sawyer, Salmon, Idaho
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