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1299
Real Estate
APPRAISING A PROPERTY
On a half-acre site, 1 to 29 trees add value to an appraisal. But 30 or more trees reduce the value of a property.
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1300
Cooking
MAKING COOKIES
Cookie recipes always make one-quarter fewer cookies than estimated - unless you hate the taste of batter.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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1301
Health
CHECKING YOUR EARLOBES
If your earlobes have a diagonal crease, you may have clogged coronary arteries.
Joe Graedon, Medical Self-Care
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1302
Gardening
REPOTTING AFRICAN VIOLETS
African violets need small pots. As a rule, the pot should be one-third the width of the plant. A 6-inch plant, for instance, needs a 2-inch pot.
Mary Ellen Parker, retired teacher, Cincinnati, Ohio
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1303
Temperature
TESTING FREEZER TEMPERATURE
A spoon will ring when rapped on a carton of ice cream if your freezer temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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1304
Survival
THE SURVIVAL RULE OF THREE
You can live three seconds without blood, three minutes without air, three days without water, and three weeks without food.
Sandy Figuers, geologist, El Paso, Texas
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1305
Driving
THE FAMILIAR SIGN RULE
Bridges and overpasses freeze before the rest of the road.
John H. Beauvais, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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1306
Romance
RULES OF ROMANCE
Women give sex to get love. Men give love to get sex.
Anonymous, quoting someone they can't remember
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1307
Insects
MANAGING AN APIARY
One skilled person can manage five hundred bee colonies.
Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, business consultant
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1308
Building
BUILDING WITH TUBING
A hollow tube should have a wall thickness that is at least 1/50 of the tube's diameter. If the wall thickness is less, the tube won't work as a structural member. It will crumple like a beer can.
John Schubert, senior editor, Bicycling magazine
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1309
Computers
BUYING A COMPUTER IN THE 1980S
Every two years, you can buy a computer that performs twice as well for half the price.
Dave McKeown, computer scientist
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