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918 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING TOMATOES, CABBAGE, AND LETTUCE
When daffodils bloom, sow tomatoes, cabbage, and lettuce indoors.
Vivian Brubaker, Bettendorf, Iowa
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919 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DETERMINING YOUR ELEVATION
For every 550 feet in elevation, the boiling point of water falls by 1 degree Fahrenheit. To determine your elevation, measure the boiling point of water, subtract the temperature from 212 degrees, and divide the difference by 1.8. This will give you your approximate elevation in thousands of feet.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, adventurer philogynist, Hollywood, California
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920 Climbing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING AN ICE AX
An ice ax, standard equipment for climbing snow or ice, should reach from your wrist to the ground with your arms at your sides.
R. Maynard, Fullerton, California
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921 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb
SAFE DRIVING SPEEDS
It's safe to drive ten miles per hour faster than that the highway caution signs.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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922 Conversations thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CONTROLLING OFFICE RUMORS
If you don't want to start an office rumor, don't say anything you wouldn't write in a memo.
Nancy Humphries, personnel consultant, Ithaca, New York
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923 Animals thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HOLES FOR RATS
A grown rat can pass through a hole the size of a quarter.
Whetstone, Lafayette, Louisiana
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924 Building thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUILDING AN IGLOO
An igloo should be built in an area where the snow is packed just loose enough to make a footprint, but not so loose that a footprint blows away in a high wind.
Dennis Eskow, science editor, Popular Mechanics
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925 Computers thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPENDING MONEY ON COMPUTERS
Average users of personal computers will spend as much on software as they did on the original machine. Sophisticated users will spend as much on additional hardware as they spent on the original machine, and twice as much on software.
Phil A. Schrodt, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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926 Magazines thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SAVING MONEY IN PUBLISHING
If your print order is below 1.25 million, you should use offset. Above that, look at gravure.
Cally Arthur, managing editor, American Demographics
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927 Children thumb thumb thumb thumb
COMPARING BRAIN DAMAGE TO IQ
Among brain-damaged children who were 5 years old or older when their brain damage occurred, each 1 percent of brain destroyed means a 4-point drop in IQ.
Laurence Miller, Psychology Today
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928 Habits thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SHORTENING YOUR LIFE WITH CIGARETTES
Each cigarette you smoke shortens your life by the amount of time you took to smoke it, plus ten minutes.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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