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2555 Containers thumb thumb thumb thumb
RECYCLING ALUMINUM
It takes 150 aluminum cans to fill a 32-gallon trash can. At 2 cents per can, that's $3 per trash can.
John Towle, Salinas, California
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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LISTENING TO YOUR ENGINE KNOCK
If your engine knocks during acceleration, it's probably the connecting rod. If the engine knocks during deceleration, it's probably the piston wrist pin. If you have piston slap (too much room between the piston and cylinder wall), the knock will be loudest when the engine is cold and idling.
Ray Hill, car-care columnist
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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CHOOSING A SUBWAY TRAIN
Never get on a train with a chalk outline on the floor.
Russ Haven, lawyer, Brooklyn, New York
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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TAKING A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
1. Think long--think wrong. 2. Nine out of ten times, your first answer was the correct answer. 3. When in doubt, pick answer "C."
Robert Hastings, Master Chief Petty Officer, United States Coast Guard
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MOVING A TREE
A truck-mounted tree spade should cut a root ball 10 times the diameter of the tree trunk. A tree with a 5-inch trunk, for example, should have a root ball 50 inches in diameter.
Dr. George E. Fitzpatrick, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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CALCULATING MILITARY RESULTS
On average, it takes $125,000 to buy enough military weapons to kill one person.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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FLYING A KITE
Generally, a kite that does not fly straight does not fly up.
Tal Streeter, kite builder
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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RENTING A VIDEO
Never rent a video from a store to which it will be inconvenient to return it.
Chris Packard, The Packard Company, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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CHOOSING A RESTAURANT
There is one almost infallible way to find honest food at just prices: count the wall calendars in a cafe. No calendar: same as an interstate pit stop. One calendar: preprocessed food assembled in New Jersey. Two calendars: only if fish trophies present. Three calendars: can't miss on the farm-boy breakfasts. Four calendars: try the homemade pie, too. Five calendars: keep it under your hat, or they'll franchise.
William Least Heat Moon, author of Blue Highways
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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WATCHING YOUR WOODSTOVE
When your woodstove is going full bore, you should be able to hold your hand firmly pressed on any nearby combustible surface. If you can't, you need to increase the clearance between the surface and the stove, or install a heat shield.
Peter R. Lammert, in Country Journal, Thomaston, Maine
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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USING A TELEPHONE
If a phone rings more than six times, it probably won't be answered.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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