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1827 Real Estate thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SELLING A RETAIL BUSINESS
If you can't think of a reasonable price to sell a retail business for, a good starting point is one year's gross income. But you probably will have to settle for less.
John Pitkin, photographer
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1828 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MICROWAVING VEGETABLES
When microwaving solid vegetables, figure seven minutes per pound.
Andrea Frankel, computer scientist, engineer, holistic health practitioner, San Diego, California
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1829 Dieting thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING DIET RIP-OFFS
A total fast burns off 1/2 to 3/4 pound of body fat a day. No diet can cause a more rapid weight loss than this.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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1830 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GROWING FOOD
It takes 0.4 hectare to grow enough food to feed one person.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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1831 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
Eighteen hours elapse from the first snowflake to the last in a northeaster.
Anonymous
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1832 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SUFFERING CULTURE SHOCK
Culture shock occurs only in the first three foreign countries you visit; after that you subconsciously focus on similarities rather than differences.
Gary Gaile, geographer
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1833 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE INTERSECTION RULE
It takes about as long for the car in front of you to start moving as it does for the traffic coming the other way to reach you.
Bruce Nevin, editor and technical writer, Gloucester, Massachusetts
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1834 Relationships thumb thumb thumb thumb
RULES OF ROMANCE
It costs a man 50 percent of his after-tax income to court a woman.
Thomas W. Neumann, anthropological archaeologist, wildlife ecologist, and field crew crisis manager
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1835 Dogs thumb thumb thumb thumb
HITCHING YOUR DOG TO A SLED
One medium-sized dog in good condition, but a bit out of shape (like most pets), can easily pull a fair-sized child on a sled; two dogs can pull a child and an adult.
Alwyn T. Perrin, editor, Explorers Ltd. Source Book
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1836 Carpentry thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUILDING STAIRS
A set of steps will be comfortable to use if two times the height of one riser, plus the width of one tread is equal to 26 inches.
Alice Lukens Bachelder, gardener, San Anselmo, California
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1837 Durability thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING A LAWNMOWER
The higher the ratio between horsepower and blade diameter, the longer the motor will last.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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