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2544
Joker
SPOTTING A GOOD RULE OF THUMB
The usefulness of a rule of thumb is inversely proportional to its accuracy.
A.R. Wadum, St. Louis, Missouri
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2545
Shopping
SHOPPING FOR THINGS
It will take 20 to 30 minutes to shop for 1 item if you know exactly what you want and where to go. Thus, if you go out at lunch to buy 3 different things, plan on being gone for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Jim Kauffold, Belmont, California
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2546
Shellfish
EATING SHRIMP
One pound of unpeeled shrimp is usually more than one person can eat.
Pamela Monell, computer programmer
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2547
Stock
BUYING STOCK
Don't buy common stock with money you feel that you will need in less than four years.
The American Association of Individual Investors
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2548
Cooking
MAKING COTTAGE CHEESE
A gallon of milk will make about a pound of cottage cheese.
Mary Ellen Parker, retired teacher, Cincinnati, Ohio
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2549
Beaches
ANCHORING A BEACH UMBRELLA
To keep your beach umbrella from blowing away, bury one-third of its handle in the sand.
Joseph Liberkowski, ex-ocean lifeguard, Medford Lakes, New Jersey
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2550
Farming
PANNING FOR GOLD
A good miner, doing a careful job of panning, can handle about 6 pans per hour, or 60 in ten hours - about one-third of a cubic yard of gravel. An expert working in sandy gravel without much clay or hardpan might double this, panning two-thirds of a cubic yard in a day. Under the most favorable conditions, a yard a day is just about the top limit for panning.
William F. Boericke, gold miner
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2551
Wind
ESTIMATING THE WIND SPEED ABOVE
The wind velocity at 2,000 feet is 2 to 3 times the speed at the surface.
Richard L. Collins, aviation writer
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2552
Time
EMMON'S RULE OF BREATHING
When you're relaxed, 12 breaths is approximately equal to 1 minute.
Emmon Bodfish, Oakland, California
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2553
Proportions
MAKING A PLEASING RECTANGLE
The closer the proportions of a rectangle are to 3 by 5, the more pleasing it is to the eye.
Don Naish, Dryden, Michigan
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2554
Negotiating
REACHING A COMPROMISE
You know you've reached a good compromise if both sides are dissatisfied.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and former charter commission chairman, Fairfield, Ohio
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