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MAKING FRIENDS WITH A DOG
If you want to be friends with somebody else's dog, let the dog make the first move, and don't be too quick to respond.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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LOCATING A STUD
If you need to locate a stud in a stick-framed wall, remember that most electricians are right handed. Find an outlet, and tap the wall directly to its left. The odds are in your favor that the stud will be there, and you can measure away from it in 16-inch increments to find other studs.
Art McAfee, in Fine Homebuilding, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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BUYING A DURABLE CAMERA
If you want a durable camera, you should buy the simplest camera in the highest price range you can justify.
Robert B. Yepson Jr., editor, The Durability Factor
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WRITING
Limit yourself to one thought per sentence. The sentences will end up with different lengths, because some thoughts will be long and some short. The result will be a conversational tone.
Albert Joseph, president, International Writing Institute Inc., Industry Week
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SPOTTING A GOOD TEACHER
If you can walk into a lecture ten minutes late and catch up on most of the material you missed, the lecturer is a good teacher.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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SPOTTING AN IMPORTANT PERSON
The most important perk on any job is a private bathroom. This is one way of determining those with the greatest authority in an organization.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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TRANSLATING GREEK
If you can't identify a word in a Greek sentence, it is a verb with a prefix. To figure it out, go through the lexicon chopping off one letter from the front at a time.
Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois
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SCUBA DIVING
Scuba divers use a belt with lead weights to adjust their buoyancy in the water. The average diver will need 10 percent of his or her body weight in extra lead.
Jack T. Marshall, professional diving instructor, Trumansburg, New York
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CHOOSING A WATERMELON
A watermelon is ripe when you hear "punk" rather than "pank" or "pink" when you tap it with your finger.
Paul Kastner, Nagano, Japan
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FINDING DIAMONDS
Only one in five diamonds is of gem quality.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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PACKING UP A ROCK BAND
If you are in a four-piece rock band, it takes about eight hours to pack up your equipment, travel to your local gig, unload, set up, play one set, break down, load up, and return home. Add one-half hour for each additional piece, and add one hour for each additional set played.
Mark McMullen, accountant, Alexandria, Virginia
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