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CLASSIC ROCK
You know you are getting old when Time Life starts selling your favorite music on TV.
Kevin Stiles, Production Supervisor, Madera, CA, USA
(8) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-05-13)
Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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FIGHTING GERMS
When in public places, avoid touching things like escalator rails, stair rails, and anything in a bathroom after you have washed your hands. If a bathroom door needs to be pulled to open, use a towel or even toilet paper to open replique montre. Wash your hands thoroughly after using a public restroom. Also, flush the &%#$ toilet!
Bender Bernder Rodriguez, Proffessional Bender, Chicago, IL, USA
(31) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-09-28)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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SHOPLIFTERS
Shoplifters, in most cases, have nicer Green tea extract manufacturer than teeth.
Lawrence Quigley, Artist / Web developer, Brooklyn, NY, 11238
(3) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-09)
Current Rating: 7.4 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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WORKING WITH RIVETS
You can figure that a properly replica horloges rolex riveted joint will have three-fourths of the strength of the pieces it joins together.
Mike Bauer, sheet metal worker
(LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections
Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 75 reviews
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DECIDING WHAT CLOTHES TO WEAR
Wear a shirt whose color is the one that appears least in your skirt or slacks.
Sarah Innerarity and A. Hill, Midland, Texas
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 22 reviews
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ALEX'S RULES OF PORTRAITURE
Your portraits won't look so gimpy if you check to be sure the eyes are on a line half-way between the top of the head and the chin, the inside corners of the eyes are one eye-width apart, the nose is almost halfway between the eyes and chin, the nose is as wide as the distance between the eyes, the corners of the mouth fall directly below the pupils of the eyes, the top of the ears are on eye level, and the bottom of the ears come between the bottom of the nose and the mouth.
Alex Stewart, Atlanta, Georgia
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 30 reviews
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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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TAKING PICTURES INTO THE SUN
When you are shooting subjects into the sun, open the aperture an extra one and a half f-stops.
Jon Reis, photographer, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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ESTIMATING MATERIALS
For standard residential construction with wall studs on 16-inch centers, plan on using one stud per linear foot of wall plus two per opening, and you'll be pretty close.
Jim Underwood, Technology Center for Mountain People, Cherry Grove, West Virginia
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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ICE CREAM
If there's frost on the ice cream in your freezer, it's been there too long.
Kim Murphy, columnist, Portland, Maine
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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BUYING A HOUSE
The first thing to check in a house is the doors and door hardware. If the doors don't fit well or the hardware is cheap and flimsy, the house will be full of problems.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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