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MAKING CONVERSATION
You can break an awkward pause in a conversation by commenting on a person's name. The person will tell you how he was named, an odd spelling of his name, or how rare his name is--a solid ten minutes of conversation.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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COUNTING CHIPMUNKS
The year after a season of heavy acorn production there will be one more chipmunk living on each quarter-acre plot.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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SELLING A PAINTING
Paintings in galleries sell for twice the price they sell for at art Rolex Submariner réplique.
Richard Merkin, painter
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 29 reviews
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DEBUGGING SOFTWARE
If a glitch occurs twice, it's a reproducible bug. If a glitch occurs only once, it's transient and much harder to find.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 36 reviews
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PUBLISHING A BOOK
You can hype a book by a famous author to 250,000 copies. After that, success or failure depends upon word of mouth.
John Gill, publisher
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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LISTENING TO KIDS
Your kids are behaving themselves if all you hear is soft vowel sounds, but there's trouble brewing if you hear hard vowels.
Sally Wilcox, Michigan
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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SPOTTING A REFORMED ALCOHOLIC
Reformed alcoholics usually will have a non alcoholic drink in their hands or sitting in front of them.
Mark Bills, former drinker, Mystic, Iowa
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Current Rating: 3.5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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PLANNING A CLASS PARTY
If you teach in an elementary school and you are going to have a class party, you should a) have it on a day when there is no school the next day, b) have it during the last period of the day, and c) NEVER have it last more than one hour.
Leonard F. Ferretti, elementary school teacher, Miami, Florida
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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FLYING AN AIRPLANE
For fuel efficiency when flying, if your pitch angle in level flight exceeds 3 1/2 degrees nose up, add power. If the pitch angle is less than 1 degree nose up, reduce power.
P. Douglas Combs, professional airline pilot, aviator & aircraft mechanic, flight instructor, Tempe, Arizona
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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THROWING AWAY CLOTHING
Wait one year before throwing out a piece of clothing. If you haven't worn it in a year, you will never miss it.
Betsy Wackernagel, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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PREDICTING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
A patient who suddenly can't sit still is about to become violent.
Gerry M. Flick M.D., Ship's Surgeon, S.S. Constitution off Hawaii
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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