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200
Exploration
FEEDING PEOPLE
For long trips and expeditions, plan on taking at least two pounds of food per person per day.
G. Brooks, Flagstaff, Arizona
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201
Automobiles
BUYING A CAR
Try to buy a car made on a Wednesday. Assembly-line workers are off-rhythm on Mondays and Tuesdays because of the weekend. They're tired and bored on Thursdays and Fridays because of the weekend. This makes cars built on Wednesdays the best.
Chic Volturno, storehouse of worthless information, Hollywood, Florida
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202
Boats
THE WINDSURFING RULE OF 35-35
In a 35 knot wind, you need a 35-square-foot sail for windsurfing. For every 5 knots of wind less, add 5 square feet of sail. For flat water, add an extra 5 square feet.
Jeremy Bishop, windsurfing expert, Hood River, Oregon
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Birds
BIRDWATCHING
You will hear one-third to one-half again as many chickadees and juncos as you will actually see, and there are one-third again as many out there that you neither hear nor see.
Ellen Klaver, musician, Boulder, Colorado
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204
Architecture
PLANNING A HIGHWAY
A divided highway will occupy about 40 acres of land per mile. Other roads occupy between 6 and 12 acres per mile.
William S. Stevens, highway engineer
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205
Antiques
COLLECTING COINS
There have to be 1,500 to 2,000 coins minted with an error to make a market for collectors.
Robert E. Wilhite, editor, Numismatic News, Iola, Wisconsin
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Books
CONSULTING FOR PUBLISHERS
If small publishers contact you, they're usually short on time, money, or knowledge. If they call you more than once, they have boxes of unsold books in their garage. If they insist on hiring you, even if you decline, their partner is on their back about wasting money on the publishing venture.
Cliff Martin, Eugene, Oregon
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207
Joker
RAISING CHILDREN
Never tell a child how a used-car dealer prices automobiles, how a butcher makes sausage, or how a Texas politician makes money.
Richard Malone, Vancouver, Washington
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208
Wine
CHOOSING A BORDEAUX
Presidential election-year Bordeauxs generally are bad.
Mark Matthews quoting Richard M. Nixon, in the Washington Journalism Review
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209
Childbirth
DOUBLING A BABY
The average newborn baby takes six months to double its weight.
L.M. Boyd, The San Francisco Chronicle
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210
Bicycles
ADJUSTING BICYCLE HANDLEBARS
The distance from the front of your seat to the handlebar cross member should equal the length of your forearm from elbow to fingertip.
Peter van Berkum, Kittery Point, Maine
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