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2139
Stock
INVESTING IN MUTUAL FUNDS
In most cases, mutual fund managers and their funds will out-perform your own portfolio.
Phil Smith, Alameda, California
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2140
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COOKING YOUR DINNER
Things cooking in the oven are almost done when you can smell them in the living room.
Gordon Hard, assistant editor, Consumer Reports, Mount Vernon, New York
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2141
Dieting
LOSING WEIGHT
The best way to lose weight is to leave food on the plate.
Mrs. Eileen Lightfoot, Burlington, Iowa
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2142
Farming
RAISING PIGS
When a sow conceives, make a notch just above the moon on your fingernail. When this mark grows off the end of the nail, the sow is about to give birth.
Doug Webb, Brooktondale, New York
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2143
Weather
CHECKING FOR DEW
Brush your hand over the grass well after sunset. If it is dry, the next day will be too wet for haying.
Retired dairy farmer in Albany, Vermont
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2144
Travel
THE TRAVELING RULE OF TWO
When traveling, take twice the money and half the clothes you think you will need.
Betsy Wackernagel, Ithaca, New York
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2145
Hitchhiking
HITCHING A RIDE
If you hitchhike on the near side of a red light at an intersection, you double your chances of getting a ride.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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2146
Relationships
KISSING SOMEONE
If a man's a good kisser, he's a great f---."
Cher, quoted in People
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2147
Fish
FEEDING A BASS
A largemouth bass can eat a fish one-half its length.
Walter Booth, outboard engine repairman
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2148
Crafts
THROWING A POT
One pound of clay thrown with reasonable competence on a potter's wheel will make a vessel large enough to hold one average serving of most kinds of food.
Jim Dunn, potter, Belews Creek, North Carolina
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2149
Politics
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
If you are personally canvassing door-to-door within two weeks of an election and three of ten voters both recognize you and give you positive feedback, you will probably win.
Tom Wilbur, county commissioner, East Lansing, Michigan
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