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SELLING A BUSINESS
A manufacturing company will sell for 1.5 to 2.5 times its net income, including equipment, plus inventory.
Terri Thompson, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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PICKING A WINNER AT THE HARNESS TRACK
You should bet on a horse with good early speed; the winning horse is usually among the first four horses at the half-mile.
Don Valliere, track manager and author, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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DECORATING YOUR HOME
In interior decorating, a fashion cycle lasts from 7 to 15 years.
Linnea Lannon, reporter, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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EXERCISING IN THE HEAT
When exercising in the heat, drop your performance expectations by about 2 percent for every 10 degrees above 55 degrees F. The same 2 percent adjustment works for every 1,000 feet above 5,000 feet altitude.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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BUTCHERING BEEF
You are doing O.K. if you get half a beef cow's live weight in usable meat.
Ken Leach, meat cutter
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FORECASTING THE WEATHER
If birds are taking dirt baths, it's going to rain.
Annie Hunger, grandmother
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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WILDERNESS TRAVEL
For best speed in unmarked wilderness, always aim for the heaviest timber.
Peggy Kerber, editor, Mountaineering
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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273 Automobiles thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING YOUR SHOCKS
To check your shock absorbers, bounce your car up and down with your foot. If the car keeps on bouncing after you stop, you need new shocks.
Tom Robinson, computer programmer, Berkeley, California
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 30 reviews
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274 Boats thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVOIDING SHIPS AT SEA
To avoid being run down by other ships on the ocean, check the horizon every 15 minutes. A fast ship can get dangerously close within 15 minutes.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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IMPORTING PARROTS
Only 1 in 50 parrots taken from the wild survives to live in a private home.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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HEATING WITH PEOPLE
According to my roommate in a Swiss boarding school, architects and engineers figure that, as far as heat is concerned, three people equal one radiator.
Helen D. Haller, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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