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1131 Measuring thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING SIZE WITH MATCHES
At arm's length, the width of a paper matchstick covers a space 5 yards wide 1,000 yards away. The narrow width of a carpenter's pencil spans 10 yards. Conversely, if you know the size of the object you're sighting, you can work backwards to figure out how far away it is.
Bob Chaney, Carlsbad, California
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1132 Illness thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CALLING IN SICK
In half of all cases, when an employee calls in sick, he's actually sick.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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1133 Health thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WORRYING ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE
The systolic (top) pressure for an adult female under 40 should be her age plus 90.
Dennis Pollack, builder, Danby, New York
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1134 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING BY THE MOON
Plant root crops at the full moon. Above-ground crops should be planted at the new moon.
Larry Beck, joiner, Ludlowville, New York
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1135 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING YOUR CHARCOAL
Your fire is ready when the charcoal is light gray. Test the heat by holding your hand, palm side down, over the coals at grid level and counting the seconds you can hold it there. Five seconds indicates a low temperature fire, four seconds - medium temperature, three seconds - medium-high, two seconds - hot, and one second indicates a fire that is too hot.
Carolyn Flournoy, Gannett News Service
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1136 Survival thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING DIRECTIONS
The bark on a dead tree holds moisture on the northern side. For this reason, the tree is usually wet under the bark on the north side, while the other side is dry. This damp side is the first to rot. The center of the damp or rotten area is usually slightly east of north.
Alwyn T. Perrin, editor, Explorers Ltd. Source Book
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1137 Driving thumb thumb thumb
FOLLOWING ANOTHER CAR
When you're following a car on the highway, stay one yard behind it for each mile per hour of speed.
Jud Town, author, St. Albert, Canada
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1138 Romance thumb thumb thumb thumb
RULES OF ROMANCE
No date by 2:30 means a lonely night.
Joseph Liberkowski, ex-ocean lifeguard, Medford Lakes, New Jersey
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1139 Insects thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COUNTING ROACHES
Set a roach trap and check it after 24 hours. For every roach you've caught in your trap, you've got 800 more in your kitchen. If you find more than 1 or 2 in your trap, you have a serious roach problem.
Richard S. Patterson, entomologist, The Washington Post Weekly
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1140 Building thumb thumb thumb thumb
POURING A SLAB
Expansion control joints in a concrete slab should be cut to a depth of one-fourth of the slab's thickness.
William C. Panarese, Manager, Building Technology Department
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1141 Computers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINISHING A SOFTWARE PROJECT
Adding manpower to a late software project will make it even later more times than not.
Joan Howe, quoting Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month, Arlington, Massachusetts
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