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1198 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DIGGING A GRAVE
When digging a grave by hand, haul away 17 wheelbarrow loads of dirt and pile the rest by the hole. You will have just the right amount to backfill.
Randall Lacey, wind-power engineer
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 26 reviews
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1199 Finding Things thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING A BALL IN THE ROUGH
To find a golf ball, first look ten yards past where you think you hit it out, then look ten yards short, and finally look five yards further into the rough.
Michael D. Miles, Aloha, Oregon
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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ORGANIZING PEOPLE
The people who stay at a demonstration when it starts to rain are the ones you can count on.
Anonymous, dedicated to a University of California at Davis draft demonstration
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1201 Design thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SETTING COLUMNS OF TYPE
Avoid setting type columns to lines less than 35 characters long. Shorter lines cause sentences to be so broken they are hard to understand.
Peter Smith, Peter Smith Associates
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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1202 Management thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HOW TO BE CREATIVE
Insights flourish best when the thinker is apparently wasting time.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1203 Measuring thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
APPROACHING THE HORIZON
The distance to the horizon is equal to the square root of your altitude multiplied by 1.22.
Doug Combs, aviator and nice person, Incline Village, Nevada
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1204 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAKING BEAR GREASE
One black bear yields 12 gallons of bear grease.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1205 Health thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WATCHING YOUR HEART WHEN YOU WAKE
Keep tabs on your resting heart beat first thing in the morning. An increase of seven beats per minute or more is a sign of overtraining.
Ned Frederick, writer, quoting track coach Dick Brown, Exeter, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1206 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING YOUR PEAS
When you see coots in the pond in the park, you know it's warm enough to plant peas.
Peggy Macneale, writer, Flower and Garden
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1207 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE TEMPERATURE RULE
If you add 18 to the temperature at 6:00 a.m., you'll find the high temperature for the day.
John Schaedler, Schaedler Quinzel Lehnert Green, Inc., New York, New York
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1208 Survival thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WEARING NO PANTS
On a cold day, soaking wet blue jeans will draw heat from your lower body twice as fast as wearing no pants at all.
Rob Weinberg, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley, California
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Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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