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TIMING YOUR GARAGE SALE
Hold a garage sale the first weekend of the month because people who get paid monthly have more money to spend then.
Ann Kimbrough, Blaine, Tennessee
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Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 25 reviews
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SETTING THE PRICE OF A BOOK
When pricing a nonfiction book, estimate the cost of producing the first printing (including royalties). Then set a tentative list price that will allow you to make a 20 percent pretax profit if the first printing sells.
Richard A. Balkin, Coda: Poets and Writers Newsletter
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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WEANING A BABY
Wean your baby from breast-feeding when it gets its first tooth.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 2.8 out of 10 based on 35 reviews
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SQUEEZING GRAPES
One ton of grapes makes 120 gallons of wine.
Peter Reimuller, Point Arena, California
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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PLANNING A PARTY
One toilet per keg of beer.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 38 reviews
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ADJUSTING A BICYCLE SEAT
Position the seat so that your legs must almost fully stretch out to reach the pedals.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 29 reviews
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THE OFT OVERLOOKED RULE
A stitch in time saves nine.
V. G. Walkendifer, Churchton, Maryland
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Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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GOING TO A LAUNDROMAT
Plan on spending 90 minutes at the laundromat. If you go on a weekend after 8 a.m., or on a weekday after 5:30 p.m., add 15 minutes per load to your time estimate.
Joe Rappaport, straphangers campaign coordinator and long-time laundromat user
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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REPAIRING THINGS
If the cost of repairing an item is more than half the price of a new one, buy a new one.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 32 reviews
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WINNING AT CHESS
To win an endgame, you need at least one extra pawn. Without pawns, you need at least one extra rook or its equivalent.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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PREDICTING INTELLIGENCE
The heavier the brain compared to the weight of the spinal cord, the more intelligent the animal.
Liz Stone, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, New York
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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