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2798
Body Language
SPOTTING A SALESPERSON
When you meet a stranger and ask his name, if he reaches for a business card then he is a salesman of some kind.
Terry Kranning, Professional Knife Maker, Pocatello, ID, USA
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2799
Relationships
SPOTTING A MARRIED MAN
To ascertain if a man you have recently met is married, ask for his phone number. If he gives you his work number he is probably married, if he gives any reason at all for not having a home telephone number, he is married.
Terry Kranning, Professional Knife Maker, Pocatello, ID, USA
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2800
Animals
CHOOSING A CALM PUPPY
Pick a puppy whose tail wags in sync with his walk.
Neil Schwartzbach, Executive Directory, 1% for Peace, Ithaca, NY, USA
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2801
Fuel
THE EFFECT OF ADDED WEIGHT ON JET FUEL
Each pound added to a Boeing 727 burns an extra 22.5 gallons of jet fuel a year.
Darol Hinton, Chief of Aerodynamics Engineering, Boeing, USA
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2802
Fuel
THE EFFECT OF ADDED WEIGHT ON JET FUEL
Each pound added to a Boeing 757 burns an extra 12.5 gallons of jet fuel a year.
Darol Hinton, Chief of Aerodynamics Engineering, Boeing, USA
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2803
Bicycles
SPEED OF A TANDEM BIKE
A tandem is about 20 percent faster than a single bike - just like a twin engine airplane.
John Schubert, Consultant, Coopersburg, PA, USA
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2804
House and Home
DETECTING A LEAK IN YOUR SWIMMING POOL
If your swimming pool is losing one quarter inch or more of water over 24 hours, you've got a problem… and it's not evaporation - it's a leak.
Dean Sheridan, Anaheim, CA, USA
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2805
Electricity
CHOOSING A GENERATOR
The rule of thumb for operating an appliance with a power generator is to make sure the generator produces two and a half times the power consumption of the appliance.
Dean Sheridan, Anaheim, CA, USA
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2806
House and Home
ESTIMATING MAINTENANCE COSTS OF YOUR HOME
Generally, you can figure on annual maintenance costs equivalent to about .03 percent of the cost of your home. That's up to $6,000 for a $200,000 house.
Dean Sheridan, Anaheim, CA, USA
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2807
Animals
TANNING AN ANIMAL HIDE
Every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide.
Rodney Schabacker, Student, Winthop, IA, USA
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2808
Health
ESTIMATING CAFFEINE CONTENT
54 M&Ms equal one Vivarin in terms of caffeine content.
Lynne Boysen, Student, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
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