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HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
When you're doing estimates, pause to think about how you're feeling. If you're harried and overworked, you'll tend to overestimate effort. If you're calm and not rushed, you may underestimate.
S L Young, Project Manager, Indianapolis, IN, USA
(16) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-02-10)
Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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FUELING AN AIRLINE
Every penny more per gallon of fuel cost adds $195 million to the airline industry's expenses per year.
John Heimlich, chief economist, Air Transport Association of America
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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CONVERTING POUNDS OF JET FUEL TO GALLONS
To convert pounds of jet fuel to gallons, drop the zero and then add 50 percent to that. So, if you need 1,500 pounds of fuel, you would take 150 and then add half, or 75, which is 225 gallons (150 + 75).
Bob Darling, pilot, Las Vegas, NV
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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WORD OF MOUTH
A happy customer will tell a few friends how great you are. An unhappy customer will tell everyone they know to not ever do business with you.

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S L Young, Project Manager, Indianapolis, IN, USA
(16) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-02-10)
Current Rating: 7.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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FINDING STOLEN PAINTINGS
Fewer than one in five stolen paintings are ever found.
Nick Watt, ABC News, London
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Current Rating: 7.0 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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USING ICHAT
If someone does not respond to your chat message within 45 seconds they are away from your machine, chatting with someone else or ignoring you.
Franklin Crawford, man of good report, Ithaca, NY, USA
(21) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-27)
Current Rating: 2.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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WAITING IN LINE AT A SUPERMARKET
The later you shop at a supermarket, the more likely you are to wait in line longer -- not because of fewer cashiers, but because shoppers tend to cash out in clusters.
Franklin Crawford, man of good report, Ithaca, NY, USA
(21) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-27)
Current Rating: 3.1 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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FLUSHING DUCKS AND GEESE
A duck will fly away at 50 paces, a goose at 20.
Franklin Crawford, man of good report, Ithaca, NY, USA
(21) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-27)
Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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CHOOSING ELECTIVE SURGERY
The best time to try any kind of elective surgery is when you find a doctor who has done it himself.
Franklin Crawford, man of good report, Ithaca, NY, USA
(21) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-27)
Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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THE LIGHT BULB RULE
An average 60-watt bulb will burn-out in about the same time it takes to go through 100 ordinary coffee filters. Buy bulbs whenever you see coffee filters on your shopping list and you'll never find yourself in the dark.
Franklin Crawford, man of good report, Ithaca, NY, USA
(21) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-27)
Current Rating: 4.0 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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THE HAIR TWIRLING RULE
If a heterosexual woman plays with her hair while a man is talking to her, she is thinking of something besides what the man is talking about. If she does while she is talking to another woman, they are talking about a man.
Franklin Crawford, man of good report, Ithaca, NY, USA
(21) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-08-27)
Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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