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2456 Time thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING GASOLINE FAST FROM A FULL SERVICE STATION
To get gas as fast as possible, ask for $20 worth, because the attendant won't have time to leave your pump.
Ed, Greshen, Oregon
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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2457 Personalities thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
OFFENDING PEOPLE
The people who offend others most easily are often the most easily offended themselves.
Joel R. Stegall, dean, Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2458 Negotiating thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
The more vehemently you defend yourself, the more likely it is that you're trying to convince yourself.
Janet Wallace, Fair Oaks, California
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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2459 Fish thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING A FISHING POLE
Your fishing pole should be twice the length of your arm.
Hillary Schaefer, age 10, essay contest winner," ""Advice to Pres. Bush", Wausau, Wisconsin
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2460 Mechanics thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING POWER TO DOUBLE SPEED
Doubling the speed requires four times the force and eight times the power.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2461 Speaking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TALKING TO REPORTERS
When explaining a technical point to a reporter, talk as if you're addressing an attentive seven-year-old and avoid analogies.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2462 Neighborhoods thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS
The better neighborhoods are upwind of a city's industrial district.
George Smith, architect, designer, reader, Fairburn, Georgia
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2463 Tests thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PASSING A TEST
If you're taking a multiple choice test and you don't know the right answer to a question: 1) Choose the longest answer; 2) Eliminate the answer that includes the words "always" or "never;" 3) Choose B or C because test makers avoid A and D.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2464 Trees thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DETERMINING THE AGE OF A SPRUCE TREE
You can determine the approximate age of a spruce tree by counting the layers of limbs on its trunk. A tree that has ten layers of limbs is roughly ten years old.
Thomas O. Marsh, writer and amateur naturalist, Fairfield, Ohio
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2465 Military thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAINTAINING FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
Northrop Corporation estimates that a unit of 24 F-20s can be kept flying by 164 people; a unit of F-16s requires 323 people, and a unit of F-15s, 476.
Gregg Easterbrook, staff writer, The Atlantic Monthly
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2466 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING A CROSS-COUNTRY SKI
You can size a cross-country ski by standing with one arm held straight in the air. A ski is the right length for you if it reaches from the floor to the palm of your hand.
Donald Page, chemist
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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