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DRIVING SAFELY
When backing a vehicle with a trailer, turn the bottom of the steering wheel in the direction you want the trailer to go.
Roger Damon, computer game designer, Blairsville, Pennsylvania
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LAWYER'S RULE OF DIVORCE
If someone tells you they want a divorce, ask them first if the sex is still good. Those who say yes won't get a divorce - ask for your fee up front.
Jennifer Evans, writer, Austin, Texas
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BETTING ON DOGS
Don't bet on a dog that urinates just before a race. It's either nervous and will burn out early, or it is too full of water and will be slow.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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ADDING STRAW TO ADOBE
Straw is used as a binder to hold adobe bricks together as they dry. You can add up to a handful of very short pieces to a standard 4-by-10-by-14-inch brick. It will take slightly more than one large bale of straw to mix a thousand bricks.
Marcia Southwick, writer and builder
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WRITING COMPUTER SOFTWARE
A software writer can be expected to generate about ten lines of debugged, high-order language a day.
Anonymous systems engineer
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WRITING POETRY
A poet should write every working day, but for no more than three hours.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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VISITING HOME
When you're at college, go home to visit your parents on the second or third weekend in October, when the football team has an away game.
Phillip Williams Jr., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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HOLDING A JOB
The more you need your job for financial reasons, the worse you will be treated.
J. Johnson, Fort Collins, Colorado
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Current Rating: 6 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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LEARNING A LANGUAGE
The shorter a word, the more meanings it has.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
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FLYING IN CROSSWINDS
Most light planes are capable of taking off or landing in 90-degree crosswinds that are less than 20 percent of the airplane's power-off stall speed.
Gene Miller, engineer
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MOVIE SEQUELS
As a rule, if you didn't care for the original movie, you will like the sequel even less.
A wandering moviegoer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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