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2567 Tools thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ADJUSTING A WORKBENCH
If you stand at attention, your wrist is at the right height for a woodworking bench and your elbow is at the right height for the top of a metal-working vice.
W. Oakley, shop expert
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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ESTIMATING WATER PRESSURE
Water pressure increases at 1 atmosphere per 34 feet of descent in fresh water.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, adventurer & nautical enthusiast, inter alia, Hollywood, California
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2569 Shopping thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PAYING FOR GROCERIES
Figure $3.00 per item to estimate the cost of your groceries at the check-out counter. Inflation is not a factor; as prices rise, packages shrink.
Penny Russell, artist, Dilltown, Pennsylvania
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2570 Shellfish thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FEEDING LOBSTERS
Freshly caught lobsters can be kept alive in tanks if properly fed. Plan on using 1 bushel of fish scraps per week per 100 pounds of lobster.
T. M. Prudden, lobster expert
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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BUYING STOCK
Don't buy stock that is included in the Fortune 500 or Standard & Poor's 500. The chances of such stocks being undervalued are virtually nil.
The American Association of Individual Investors
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2572 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb
FIXING A LEEK
It takes 15 seconds for the average geek to harvest and wash off the average leek.
James Macmillan M.D., Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 3.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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2573 Beaches thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESCAPING THE UNDERTOW
If you're caught in an undertow, go with it. You'll be free of it when it dissipates, usually before you run out of oxygen.
Joseph Liberkowski, ex-ocean lifeguard, Medford Lakes, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 28 reviews
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2574 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GROWING CORN
Your corn should be knee-high by the Fourth of July.
Nancy Dunn, production manager and countless other people, Sausalito, California
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2575 Wind thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WATCHING THE WIND AND TIDE
On the seashore, the wind rises when the tide changes.
David Lyon, writer and advertising authority, Westport, Connecticut
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2576 Time thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FIRING A SALUTE
Repeating, "If I wasn't a gunner, I wouldn't be here," will give you the two-second interval between rifle salutes.
John Fountain, Riverside, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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DESIGNING A RELIEF MAP
A relief map needs to have its vertical proportions exaggerated by a factor of two.
Peter Reimuller, Point Arena, California
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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