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2622
Farming
MAKING A SNOWSHOE
You can tailor-make a snowshoe by having the intended user hold his or her arms in a circle, just touching at the fingertips. The size of the loop formed by the arms is the size of the snowshoe frame.
Anonymous American Indian snowshoe-maker
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2623
Wind
SAILING INTO PORT
If the wind is strong, the tide can be wrong; if the wind is light, the tide must be right.
Gary Closter, sailor with a broken engine
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2624
Time
USING THE DRIVE-UP WINDOW
If there are more than three cars in line ahead of you at a bank or fast-food drive-up window, you'll save time if you get out of the car and go inside.
Bill Lowe, Birmingham, Alabama
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2625
Proportions
TEACHING
For student-paced teaching, you need 1 teacher for every 10 students. For teacher-paced teaching, 1 teacher for every 30 students will do.
Tom Werner, management consultant, Athens, Georgia
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2626
Negotiating
LOSING AN ARGUMENT IN JAPAN
In Japan, the first person to raise his voice loses the argument.
Cally Arthur, managing editor, American Demographics
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2627
Containers
MEASURING CRICKETS
A quart jar will hold 1,000 crickets.
Jack Armstrong, president, American Cricket Growers Association, West Monroe, Louisiana
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2628
Mechanics
DESIGNING A RACE CAR
Race-car builders substitute light-weight aluminum for steel whenever possible. When working with aluminum, figure one-third the weight and three times the cost of steel.
Joe Ottati, car builder
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2629
Speaking
GIVING A SPEECH
You should expect the actual speech to take one-third more time than it took you during practice.
Bert Decker, Decker Communications, San Francisco, California
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2630
Trains
RIDING A TRAIN
To hop a moving freight train, use the ladder at the front of the car. The speed of the train will throw you against the car. If you use the ladder at the end of the car, you could be thrown between cars.
John H. Beauvais, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2631
Tests
ANSWERING AN ESSAY QUESTION
Answer an essay question as if you were talking to your parents.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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2632
Trees
TREE ROOTS
The diameter of a tree trunk in inches is the radius of the root system in feet.
J. T. Schaefer, pilot
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