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1937 Listening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COUNTING GUNSHOTS
If you hear shots while hunting: One shot equals game bagged. Two shots equals game possibly bagged. Three shots means there's a chance game was bagged. Four shots means you're listening to a frustrated hunter.
Thomas Lack, somewhere on the east shore of Lake Michigan
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1938 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb
WINNING SOFTBALL
If you can keep the other team from scoring more than nine runs, you will probably win.
Glenn Boyce, Oakland, California
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Current Rating: 4.0 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1939 Fruit thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DRYING FRUIT
Only high-quality fruit should be dried. If it is not good enough to eat fresh, it is not good enough to dry.
D. Antoni, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1940 Restaurants thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RUNNING A RESTAURANT
When they're unhappy at a restaurant, the French call the headwaiter and abuse him in front of everyone. The English call the manager and abuse him quietly and with dignity. The Americans don't say a thing. They just never come back, nor do their friends.
Richard Malone, Vancouver, Washington
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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1941 Music thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLAYING A FRENCH HORN
The deeper you put your hand into the bell, the poorer the sound.
John J. Chiment, student of horns, Perry City, New York
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1942 Science thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FOLLOWING FOSSILS
Northern fossils generally are larger than southern fossils.
John J. Chiment, paleobiologist and editor, Perry City, New York
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1943 Sleep thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DECIDING WHAT YOU WANT
If you don't know what you want, it's probably sleep.
Timothy Wenk, magician, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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1944 Lawyers thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PREDICTING THE VERDICT
The sooner a jury returns with a verdict, the more likely it decided for the defense.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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1945 Sales thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
NEGOTIATING A SALE
Customers who produce a written quote from a competitor early in a sales negotiation won't buy from you. They're using you as leverage against their quote.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1946 Money thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RON'S TAX RULE NUMBER TWO
If you don't receive an invitation for an IRS audit, you probably forgot to deduct something. If you don't receive an invitation for an IRS audit within a year of filing your return, chances are that you won't be audited for that year.
Ronald R. Hodge, investment executive and commercial pilot, Long Beach, California
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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1947 Stock thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING STOCK
The Dow Jones Industrial Average always rises in years when an original National Football League team wins the Super Bowl. If a team from the original American Football League wins, buy shorts or long-term put options.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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