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189 Appliances thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING A BRICK BAKE OVEN
There are some traditional methods to tell when an oven is ready to use: (1) The bricks must all look red. If the black spots are not all burned off, it is not hot enough. (2) Sprinkle flour on the oven hearth; if it burns black right away, the oven is too hot. (3) Insert the tender part of your wrist toward the inner corners of the oven behind the front walls and count. If you cannot hold your hand in longer than to count to twenty, it is hot enough. If you can count to thirty, it is not hot enough for bread.
Richard Bacon, writer and historian
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190 Chess thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WINNING AT CHESS
Move no piece in the opening twice.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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191 Body Rules thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COUNTING THE DAYS IN A MONTH
Put your hands together, thumb to thumb. Name the months from left to right across the backs of your hands. The months falling on a knuckle have 31 days, while those falling in hollows have 30 or fewer.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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192 Doctors thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GETTING PAID
Patients who ask for expensive medical tests or surgical procedures saying they don't care how much it costs aren't footing the bill. The doctor will be paid by some sort of insurance, by the government, or no one at all.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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193 Uncategorized thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PROFITING FROM ADVERTISING
A going company will usually profit from advertising an amount equal to its advertising expenses.
Peter Reimuller, Point Arena, California
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194 Business thumb thumb thumb thumb
SELLING A BUSINESS
In the '90s we'd figure that a gas station would sell for $1.25 to $2 per gallon pumped per month.
Terri Thompson, New York, New York
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195 Gambling thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING A GOOD SLOT MACHINE
Slot machines closest to the doors are the most generous. Bar slots pay better than the machines that show apples, oranges, and cherries. Machines with several slots requiring more than one coin per pull pay better.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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196 House and Home thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FEELING YOUR CEILING
If you can touch the ceiling of your house with the palm of your hand, your ceiling is too low.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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197 Exercise thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SWEATING
You lose about 2 to 3 percent of your body weight as sweat for every hour of heavy exercise, but don't confuse temporary dehydration for real weight loss. Losing more than 4 percent of your body weight as sweat can hurt your athletic performance.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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198 Cattle thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WEANING A CALF
Wean a calf when it has gained 15 pounds over its birth weight.
Edward Dalrymple, dairy farmer
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199 Precipitation thumb thumb thumb thumb
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
If it's raining hard enough to make bubbles in a puddle, it will rain all day.
Delores Biggie, Tonawanda, New York
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