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2589 Safety thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ICE SKATING
You need to have three consecutive days of sub-20-degree weather before a pond will be safe for skating.
Holley Bailey, editor
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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2590 Telephones thumb thumb thumb thumb
RECOGNIZING A BUREAUCRAT
You can be fairly sure you are dealing with a bureaucrat if he or she has to dial 9 to get an outside line.
Burnham Kelly, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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2591 Tools thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TESTING AN EDGE
You can test the edge of a blade by shaving the hairs on your forearm. A knife is as sharp as it can possibly be if the hairs seem to actually pop at the touch of the blade.
D. Petzel, editor, Mechanix Illustrated magazine
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2592 Water thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING A WATER FOUNTAIN
In a public building, the water fountains are near the restrooms.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2593 Shopping thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING GROCERIES
Groceries cost about $20 per bag. That's paper, not plastic.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 3.9 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2594 Shellfish thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TRAPPING LOBSTERS
Plan on losing about 33 percent of your lobster pots each year to storms and heavy seas.
T. M. Prudden, lobster expert
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2595 Stock thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING STOCK
Don't buy stock that is getting a lot of play in the press.
The American Association of Individual Investors
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2596 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUTTERING BREAD
One pound of butter will spread three to four pounds of sandwich bread.
The Joy of Cooking
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2597 Beaches thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LIFEGUARDING THE OCEAN
If bathers are chest high, you have a safe beach.
Joseph Liberkowski, ex-ocean lifeguard, Medford Lakes, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 27 reviews
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2598 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
STALKING DEER
When you are stalking deer (or "still-hunting" as the experts call it), patience and an extremely slow pace are essential. If you travel more than a quarter of a mile in an hour, you are traveling too fast.
J. P. Thomas, still-hunter
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2599 Wind thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING THE WIND FROM THE AIR
If you can't find any waving flags or smoke plumes to indicate the wind direction, check the way the cows are facing. Cows prefer to face away from the wind when they're grazing and when they're lying on the ground chewing their cuds.
Sigmund Sameth, Irvington, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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