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KEEPING YOUR CUSTOMERS
Between 54 percent and 70 percent of customers who complain to a company will do business again with the company if their complaint is resolved. That figure increases to 95 percent if the customer feels the complaint was resolved quickly.
Technical Assistance Research Programs, in Microservice Management
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ENTERING A CONTEST
If a contest calls for "25 words or less," try to use as close to 25 words as possible. Never use less than 15 words.
Allen Glasser, contest expert
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MANUFACTURING OXYGEN
A lawn 50 by 50 feet in size supplies the complete oxygen needs of a family of four.
Curt Suplee, writer and editor, in The Washington Post Magazine
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COMPARING SHRIMP TO EGGS
It takes two dozen jumbo shrimp to match the cholesterol contained in one egg yoke.
Dr. Stephen S. Scheidt, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York
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BUYING BEEF
Beef fat tinged with yellow means an animal was grass fed; white fat means grain fed.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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RULE OF OUTDOOR CONSTRUCTION
When raindrops hit your windshield faster than you can count them, it's time to knock off work for the day.
Gene Beitel, contractor
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AVOIDING ALTITUDE SICKNESS
To avoid altitude sickness, don't sleep more than 1,000 feet higher than you did the night before. You can ascend higher during the day to establish routes, but you should descend to the 1,000-foot interval before settling down for the night.
David Kumaki, physician, Shelburne, New Hampshire
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MERGING WITH TRAFFIC
If you want to merge into a line of traffic quickly, do it in front of big trucks or buses. They take longer to catch up with traffic and often leave just enough space for a car to squeeze in.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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FOLLOWING A DEER
If deer droppings are black, moist, and glossy, the deer left them within 15 or 20 minutes and is in the immediate vicinity. If the droppings are no longer glossy, they have been on the ground for an hour or more and the deer is probably bedded down on a southern slope.
Sigmund Sameth, Irvington, New Jersey
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SIZING A PIPE
Doubling the diameter of a pipe increases its capacity by four.
John Fischer, volunteer fireman, Joliet, Montana
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INVESTING IN SILICON VALLEY
In boom times, 30 percent of Silicon Valley venture capitalists will be funding identical projects. As with everybody else, they take creative risks only when they need to - like in a downturn.
Ben Cota, technology marketing guy, Oakland, California
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