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1970 Money thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE VENTURE CAPITALIST RULE
Venture capitalists expect to get back five to ten times the amount of money they invested within three to five years.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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1971 Stock thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
INVESTING WISELY
Cut your losses quickly. Let your profits run.
Isadore Nicholson, San Diego, California
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1972 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WHIPPING UP A CASSEROLE OR STEW
To make a casserole or stew without a recipe, use approximately equal volumes of all the main ingredients, and double that volume of the main starch - rice, potatoes, noodles, etc.
Gail Smith, parts unknown
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1973 Dieting thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BURNING CALORIES
For every kilometer (6/10ths of a mile) you run, you burn one calorie per kilogram of your body weight. Swimming a kilometer requires about four calories per kilogram of body weight. Cycling a kilometer requires about one-third calorie per kilogram.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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1974 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RAISING SWINE
It takes the profit from four pigs to pay the cost of keeping a sow. The fifth pig is the first one that makes you money.
Julius E. Nordby, author, Swine
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1975 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
WAITING FOR THE FIRST FROST
The first frost will come six weeks after you hear the first cricket.
Fred Brehm, vegetable grower, Dilltown, Pennsylvania
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1976 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ADJUSTING TO TIME ZONES
It takes your body one day to adjust for each time zone you cross. If you travel across three time zones, plan on spending three days adjusting to it.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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1977 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FOLLOWING ANOTHER CAR
You should keep at least one car length between your car and the car ahead for every ten miles per hour of speed.
Carla Corin, biologist, Eagle River, Alaska
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1978 Relationships thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RULES OF ROMANCE
If you want to know how fat your sweetheart will be in 20 years, look at your sweetheart's parents.
Jennifer Evans, writer, Austin, Texas
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1979 Fish thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EXAMINING A TROUT
Native trout have whole fins. Hatchery trout have ragged fins.
Russell T. Johnson, Temple City, California
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1980 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
UNTANGLING SOMETHING
To untangle anything string-like, keep pulling the mess outward, making it larger and looser until the loops untangle themselves. This is your only hope of success.
Kevin Kelly, Athens, Georgia
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