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606
Cattle
THE BEEF CARCASS RULE OF ONE-QUARTER
A properly butchered beef carcass is one-quarter steaks, one-quarter ground beef and stew meat, one-quarter roasts, and one-quarter waste.
Harry Pound, Pound's Meat Cutting
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THE SECOND RAIN OR SNOW RULE
If snow or rain is likely and the air appears gray, it will snow. If it has a bluish haze, expect rain.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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WALKING
Without a pack, you should be able to walk 25 miles a day without serious strain. With a pack one-fourth your weight or less, 15 miles a day is reasonable on a decent trail.
J. Baldwin, designer and writer
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Automobiles
BUYING A CAR
By the time you finish paying for them, most cars will be worth about $5,000 and will constantly need minor repairs. So anyone who can do minor repairs on a car should only spend $5,000 to buy one in the first place.
Bill Marsh, printer
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Conversations
INTERVIEWING SOMEONE
Ask the rude and unpleasant questions next to last, then finish with something polite, if they're still talking to you.
Jennifer Evans, writer, Austin, Texas
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Animals
ESTIMATING METHANE PRODUCTION
The average cow belches twice a minute, producing ten gallons of methane a day.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
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PRICING COMPUTERS
Computers and books sell for six times their manufacturing costs.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Joker
WRITING A SPORTS BOOK
The sales success of a sports book is inversely proportional to the size of the ball used in the sport.
Frank Deford, senior editor, Sports Illustrated," quoting George Plimpton on ""Morning Edition", National Public Radio
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Children
TRAVELING WITH CHILDREN
When going out with young children, count on one-half hour of preparation per child in the summer, and one hour per child in the winter.
L. Musselman, office manager and mother of young children
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Drinking
SPOTTING A DRUNK
If someone wipes his mouth right after taking a drink, he has probably been overindulging.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Entertaining
PLANNING A WEDDING
You need 2 ushers for every 50 wedding guests.
Rose Rollins, Greenville, South Carolina
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