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1948 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING YOUR MUSSELS
Squeeze a mussel. If it doesn't stay shut, it's dead.
Margaret Wagner, Brooklyn, New York
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1949 Dieting thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DECIDING WHAT TO EAT
If you can't figure out what you want to eat, you're not hungry.
Andrea Frankel, computer scientist, engineer, holistic health practitioner, San Diego, California
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1950 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DETERMINING THE HEALTH OF A FARM
If a farm has a debt-to-asset ratio of more than 70 percent, it is in severe trouble. If the debt-to-asset ratio is between 40 and 70 percent, the farm is facing serious problems. And if the debt-to-asset ratio is less than 30 percent, the operator is safe.
Rex R. Campbell, professor of rural sociology, U. of Missouri-Columbia, in American Demographics
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1951 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LISTENING TO CHICKADEES
The warm weather of spring has finally arrived when the chickadees change their cry from "chick a dee dee dee" to "dee dee."
Ronald and Christine Newberry, Cayutaville, New York
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1952 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GETTING SOMEWHERE ON TIME
To make sure you get somewhere on time, double the estimated travel time for a trip of 10 minutes or less; add 15 minutes to a trip of 30 minutes or less; add 50 percent to a trip of 30 minutes to 2 hours; and add 25 to 30 percent to a trip of more than 2 hours.
Gail Smith, parts unknown
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1953 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ADJUSTING YOUR CAR SEAT
You should check your seat adjustment with your hands at the ten and two o'clock positions on the steering wheel. You should be close enough so that you can make almost a full half-turn of the wheel without having to lean forward or having your elbows touch your body.
Alan Johnson, SCCA national driving champion
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1954 Relationships thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RULES OF ROMANCE
A young man marries for a mistress, a middle-aged man for a companion, and an old man for a nurse.
R. W. Ramage, Cheshire, Great Britain
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1955 Fish thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CARING FOR FISH
In a new aquarium, feed the fish half as much food as you want to and change the water twice as often.
Steven Vest, librarian and poet, Berea, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1956 Carpentry thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CABINET MAKING
Sanding is 10 percent of any cabinet making job.
Joel Warren, cabinet maker
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1957 Politics thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
JUDGING A POLITICIAN
Never trust a politician who wears military fatigues to breakfast.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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1958 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WRITING
The greater the sense of exultation and accomplishment upon completing the first draft of a work of fiction, the greater the need for revision.
James McConkey, writer, Trumansburg, New York
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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