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2240
Travel
AVOIDING DISAPPOINTMENT
Never travel for food.
Bob Greene, author
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2242
Relationships
GETTING EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED
Wait at least a year after a divorce before becoming emotionally committed to someone else. Some psychologists say that a person needs one year to resolve a divorce for every five years of marriage.
Corinne Abbott, Manitou Springs, Colorado
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2243
Fish
TAKING FISH FROM YOUR POND
Bluegills will overrun your bass if you don't keep the population in balance. Take out 15 times as many bluegills as bass. By weight, take out 2 or 3 pounds of bluegill for every pound of bass.
Cornell University
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2244
Crafts
LYNN FELLOWS' PENCIL TEST
Before throwing a pot on a potter's wheel, test your clay for plasticity. Wrap a pencil-sized stick of clay around your index finger. If the sample breaks or cracks in a number of places, it will not throw well.
Lynn Fellows, potter
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2245
Politics
POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Candidates with strong, aggressive personalities and "programs" to sell get elected half as often and last half as long as accommodating, compromising candidates who are interesting persons and want to provide "constituent services."
Tom Wilbur, county commissioner, East Lansing, Michigan
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2246
Eggs
CHECKING AN EGG
When placed in a bowl of water, a fresh egg will sink and lie on its side. An egg that's not fresh but still edible will sink and stand partially erect on its tapered end. A rotten egg will float.
David Hechler, writer, Rockport, Texas
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2247
Joker
TEACHING IN THE U.S.A.
The farther a teacher's homeland is from the U.S.A., the more likely he will teach calculus.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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2248
Maple Syrup
BOILING MAPLE SAP
It takes about 40 gallons of maple sap to make a gallon of maple syrup.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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2249
Military
SPOTTING AN ENEMY
The first time is happenstance, the second time coincidence, the third time is enemy action.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Sports
FINDING YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT
An ideal weight for an endurance athlete, in pounds, is twice his height in inches.
Ned Frederick, writer, Exeter, New Hampshire
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2251
Theater
UPSTAGING SOMEONE
The more another performer is upstaging you, the fewer moves you should make. The audience is more fascinated with the leaning palm tree than the hurricane.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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