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PAINTING A HOUSE
It takes the average person 1 hour to paint 1,000 square feet, plus 1 hour for each window or door.
Rebecca Crowell, artist, Tempe, Arizona
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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CHECKING URINE
As a rough estimate of how well hydrated a person is, or as one indicator of high sugar level in a diabetic, look at his or her urine. The darker the color, the higher the specific gravity, the greater the concentration of solutes, and the less hydrated the person is.
Scott M. Kruse, biogeographer and Martha Betcher, medical technologist, Fresno, California
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RAIN
Rain before 7:00, done by 11:00.
Steve Ramsey, antiquarian
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ESTIMATING HEIGHT
The rate at which an object falls is independent of how fast it is traveling laterally. To determine the height in feet of a slope, throw a rock out level and time its fall. Square the number of seconds it takes the object to land, then multiply by 16. This will be your height in feet above the landing site.
Thomas W. Neumann, anthropological archaeologist, wildlife ecologist, and field crew crisis manager
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MERGING WITH TRAFFIC
When merging into a line of traffic, the chances that someone will let you into line increase the more common you look. Expensive cars and junkers get ignored.
Bob Horton, consultant and writer, Largo, Florida
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ASKING QUESTIONS
If you ask a negative question, you will get a negative answer.
Denis Smith, high school counselor, Camarillo, California
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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BREEDING BUFFALOES
You need at least 1 bull buffalo for every 15 cows.
The National Buffalo Association
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ESTIMATING THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS
In construction, you'll spend one dollar on labor for every one dollar you spend on materials.
Captain Haggerty, animal trainer, actor, author, and philosopher, New York, New York
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PROOFREADING STATISTICS
Always expect to find at least one error when you proofread your own statistics. If you don't, you are probably making the same mistake twice.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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RAISING YOUR CHILDREN
Parents teach more by example than by words. Reading parents have reading children; achieving parents have achieving children.
Denis Smith, high school counselor, Camarillo, California
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DEALING WITH A DRUNK
The easiest way to quiet a drunk is to whisper to him.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 6.3 out of 10 based on 28 reviews
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