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2095 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVERAGING THE WEATHER
The average of the average temperatures across North America is usually fairly even. When it's cold in the west, it's warm in the east, and vice versa.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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2096 Travel thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ENJOYING YOUR VACATION
You will have more fun on your vacation if you maintain a mental age of 18 or less. Act just old enough to make your travel connections and stay out of trouble.
Joe Schwartz, editor, Danby, New York
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2097 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DRIVING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
Slow down for donkeys, speed up for goats, and stop for cows. Donkeys will get out of your way, it's almost impossible to hit a goat, and it's almost impossible to avoid hitting a cow.
P. J. O'Rourke
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2098 Relationships thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SIZING UP SOMEONE
The more a person tries to come across in a certain way, the less likely that he feels that way about himself. In other words, the bigger the bully, the more insecure he feels.
Drs. Kim and Jack Arthur, child psychotherapists, Baltimore, Maryland
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2099 Fish thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING THE WEIGHT OF A BROWN TROUT
You can estimate the weight of a brown trout if you remember that a 20-inch fish weighs 3 pounds and a 25-inch fish weighs 5 pounds. For every inch over 25 inches, add 1 pound to the weight of the fish. For example, a 27-inch brown trout weighs 7 pounds.
Thomas Lack, somewhere on the east shore of Lake Michigan
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2100 Crafts thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GLAZING A POT
Hold a pot in the glaze for the time it takes your heart to beat four times.
Kathy Edmondson, Ithaca, New York
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2101 Politics thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MEASURING SOCIAL STABILITY
To measure the social stability of a country, compare the income of the top tenth of the population with that of the bottom tenth. If the top tenth is getting more than 15 times the income of the bottom tenth, you've got a problem.
Daniel Shively, quoting futurist Marvin Cetron, Indiana, Pennsylvania
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2102 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING REAL ESTATE
Smart rich people buy expensive houses, not expensive cars. Houses appreciate, cars don't.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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2103 Education thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE GRADE SCHOOL RULE OF FIVE
Subtract five from the age of a child to determine his or her grade in school. Conversely, add five to the grade of a child to determine his or her age. A fourth grader, for instance, is usually nine years old.
Pat Howard, teacher
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LANDSLIDES
A bank is subject to landslides and rockslides until enough mud or rock has fallen against it to form a pile of debris, or talus, with a 37-degree slope.
Rob Weinberg, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley, California
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STAFFING AN ARMY
In the armed forces, the ratio of enlisted men to officers is ten to one - the optimum ratio of workers to bosses.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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