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2161 Sales thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAKING A SALE
A manufacturer's representative should expect to make three calls per sale.
Jerry Hay, manufacturer's rep, Burlington, Iowa
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DEFINING WEALTH
Wealth is any income that is $100 more a year than the income of your wife's sister's husband.
H. L. Mencken
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SELECTING INVESTMENTS
When selecting investments, unwarranted conservatism, sloth, and inertia will outweigh logic and careful study about 50 percent of the time. Avarice, ignorance, and greed will outweigh logic and careful study about 15 percent of the time.
Phil Smith, Alameda, California
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2164 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LOOKING AT FROZEN FOOD
On a package of frozen food, if it takes longer to read the ingredients than to cook it in a microwave, choose another product.
Susanna Levin, assistant editor, New Age Journal
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2165 Dieting thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EATING LIKE A THIN PERSON
Before you eat, ask yourself how hungry you are on a scale from 1 to 10 - 1 representing a growling stomach and 10 representing the stuffed, bloated, I-think-I'm-going-to-die-feeling often experienced after Thanksgiving dinner. Eat only when you rate your hunger a 1 or 2. Then stop when you reach 5.
Evette M. Hackman RD, Ph.D, consulting nutritionist, BHIHRI
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2166 Farming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUILDING A FIREPLACE
The flue area of a fireplace should be equal to or slightly greater than one-tenth of the area of the fireplace opening.
Stephen Gibian, architect and stonemason, Ithaca, New York
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FOLLOWING SPRING
Spring moves north about 13 miles a day.
Jon Reis, photographer, Ithaca, New York
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MAKING A NEW AIRLINE RESERVATION
If your flight is canceled, you'll get a new reservation twice as fast if you phone the airline rather than wait in line.
Alex Fraser, Washington, D.C.
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HITCHING A RIDE IN THE DAYS OF HITCHHIKING
If you are hitchhiking a great distance, don't use a sign announcing your destination. Instead, use signs giving the direction you're going, such as "North," South," "East," or "West."
Gerry M. Flick, M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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TESTING YOUR SEX DRIVE
Your sex drive is inversely proportional to the sensitivity of your funny-bone.
Bob Cornett, photographer, New York, New York
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STREAM FISHING FOR TROUT
Trout do most of their surface feeding in the upstream third of a pool.
Sheridan Anderson, author, The Curtis Creek Manifesto
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