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Children
CARING FOR A SICK CHILD
If your child is four months old or younger and is running a rectal temperature greater than 100 degrees F, get medical help.
Scott M. Kruse, biogeographer and Martha Betcher, medical technologist, Fresno, California
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Habits
KEEPING YOUR COFFEE WARM
If you like hot coffee, add the cream immediately after you pour yourself a cup. Don't wait until you're ready to drink it.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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Entertaining
TELLING A JOKE
Choosing the right inflection and tone of voice is important when telling a joke. It's also important to eliminate all unnecessary conjunctions. When in doubt, do Tonto.
Esquire magazine, how to tell a joke
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Flying
STAYING PROFICIENT AS A PILOT
You should fly at least 100 hours a year to stay proficient as a fair-weather pilot. If you're flying on instruments, or IFR, make that 200 hours a year.
Jack Barclay, biologist, pilot, flight instructor, Santa Cruz, California
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811
Movies and Film
EDITING A MOVIE
If you can't direct-cut a film, your story's in trouble.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Photography
SHOOTING PHOTOGRAPHS
A professional photographer should plan on exposing the equivalent of one roll of film per hour on the job. This applies for digital photography as well unless the photographer has become careless.
Jon Reis, photographer, Ithaca, New York
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Energy
GENERATING POWER
When generating power on a large scale, no more than 15 percent should come from any one source. Things get screwed up when more than 15 percent of a system is out of service.
Joel Garreau, author
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Crime
TAKING A LIE DETECTOR TEST
If you are innocent, do not take a lie detector test. If you're guilty, take it, because it may exonerate you.
Kevin Kelly quoting Discover
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815
Body Rules
DETERMINING YOUR FRAME SIZE
You can determine your body frame size by wrapping your thumb and index finger around your wrist. If the thumb extends past the index finger, you have a small frame; if the thumb and index finger just meet, you have an average frame; and if the thumb and index finger do not meet, you have a large frame.
Terry Hayward, medical technician
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Joker
PICTURING AN OIL WELL
A deep oil well has the same proportions as a human hair ten feet long.
Harold E. Haynes, addicted to statistical curiosities, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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Color
GLAZING A BUTCHER SHOP
If you have a butcher shop with raw meat on display, the greener the glass in the window, the more the flies will stay away. Unfortunately, it has the same effect on customers.
Diana Souza, illustrator, Ithaca, New York
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