Featured Rule of Thumb   Surprise Me! 3668 Flying WHEN TO SOLO A STUDENT PILOT When he is safe all of the time and does 7 out of 10 landings very good, he is ready for his first solo flight. Dale Scharpenberg, Flight Instructor, Bryan, Ohio, USA Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 11 reviews Comments (0) You must login to Rate.

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4204 Advertising
ACT WHEN YOU FIRST THINK ABOUT IT
Sailors have a useful saying: "The time to reef (reduce sail) is when you first think about it. This expression can be applied to life as a whole.
Scott Parker
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4203 House and Home
CUT THE HOLE TO FIT THE PATCH
If you are patching a hole in a wall, in a metal object or anything else, cut the hole to fit the patch, not the other way around. This will save hours of tedious labor.
Scott Parker
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4202 Shopping
ACTION FIGURE OR DOLL
If you can take its clothes off, it's a doll. If you can't, action figure.
DanoTime, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-07-23)
Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 3 reviews
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4201 House and Home
COHEN'S FIRST RULE OF POLARIZATION
Polarized appliance plugs (the ones with one larger tine) never go into the polarized outlet on the first try. Never.
M Cohen, Troublemaker, Charlotte, NC, USA
(13) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-15)
Current Rating: 4 out of 10 based on 5 reviews
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4200 Finding Things
COHEN'S LAW OF INADVERTENT INFLUENCE
It's impossible to pick something up or put something down without knocking something else over.
M Cohen, Troublemaker, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Current Rating: 1.7 out of 10 based on 4 reviews
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4199 Business
COHEN'S SEVENTH RULE
Never work for a "start up" business unless you start it up.
M Cohen, Troublemaker, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Current Rating: 9.3 out of 10 based on 3 reviews
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4198 House and Home
COHEN'S FIRST RULE OF PAINTING
The drop goes where the drop cloth isn't.
M Cohen, Troublemaker, Charlotte, NC, USA
(13) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-15)
Current Rating: 6 out of 10 based on 2 reviews
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4197 Jobs
THE NEXT PERSON TO LEAVE THE COMPANY
Someone is leaving their job when for about a week to 2-weeks straight they are in a particularly good mood. They are also more forthcoming than usual to co-workers about their greivances with certain people and/or aspects in dealing with their job.
Daniel Kimberlin
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-05-20)
Current Rating: 7 out of 10 based on 2 reviews
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4196 Design
DESIGNING A WEBSITE
When designing a website, what you want it to look like is almost never what your customers will want, nor will it provide what they need. Always ask yourself, how does this help visitors?
Michael Diamond, Web Developer, Bay Area, CA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-07-19)
Current Rating: 10 out of 10 based on 1 reviews
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4195 Art
DON'T OVERPAY FOR ART
You should never spend more than $1500 on art unless you know at least roughly what it is worth at auction.
Walter Underwood, Search Guy, Palo Alto, CA, USA
(1) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-07-17)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 5 reviews
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4194 Speaking
MAKING A SPEECH
If in doubt - slow down. You probably won't go too wrong if you remember to slow down your speech and increase your pauses - even if you feel that you are doing this to an unnatural extent.
UKJohn, UK
(6) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-06-21)
Current Rating: 7.1 out of 10 based on 6 reviews
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