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MOVING FURNITURE
If friends ask you to help them move, remember that the work will begin an hour after you get there, you'll finish an hour later than expected, the pizza will be colder than the beer, and the beer will be in lesser quantities than promised.
Tom Sacco, West Des Moines, Iowa
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245 Exercise thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ADJUSTING TO HEAT AND ALTITUDE
It takes one week to get used to exercising in the heat, but about three weeks to adjust to altitude.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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246 Cattle thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FATTENING A BEEF COW
To fatten a beef cow for slaughter, feed it 1 pound of grain per day per 100 pounds of weight.
George Bernius, Cartier montres replique pas cher, Cincinnati, Ohio
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247 Precipitation thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
If birds sing after a rain, it won't rain for at least one hour.
Annie Hunger, grandmother
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248 Exploration thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING A ROPE
A caving rope should be retired after 100 days of use.
The British Mountaineering Council
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249 Automobiles thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FIXING A CAR
If a car that was working stops or won't start, the problem probably is simple to fix. Catastrophic failures of major parts are rare. The apparent frequency of major breakdowns is due to unscrupulous or lazy repair shops that don't look for the simple solutions, and the publicity surrounding auto racing, where catastrophic failure is more common.
Phil A. Schrodt, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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250 Boats thumb thumb thumb thumb
UPHAULING AN OLDSTYLE SHORTBOARD
In the early days of sailboarding, you could uphaul a sailboard that was up to 30 liters less than your body weight in pounds.
Jeremy Bishop, windsurfing expert, Hood River, Oregon
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251 Birds thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
IDENTIFYING GEESE
If a flock of geese is in a close V formation, it is almost certainly Canada geese. If it is a looser V, rippling and waving, or if it is a long line like one leg of a V, it is more likely the less common snow geese.
Hal Borland, Book of Days
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252 Architecture thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HEATING WITH PEOPLE
Ten people will raise the temperature of a medium-size room one degree per hour.
John Brink, building superintendent, Masonic Temple
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253 Antiques thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SELLING ANTIQUES
Those who are eating when they come in won't buy anything.
Anonymous
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254 Books thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING A USED BOOK
If a used book store has more than one copy of a book written before 1975, it will be worth your while to check each one. The cover prices will probably differ.
Bruce Reznick, associate professor of mathematics, Urbana, Illinois
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