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Rules Of Thumb Flashcards

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What’s useful to know about the U.S. quarter?

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It’s just under an inch in width.

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What’s a potential way to determine if something you can see is not real?

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Cross your eyes—if the thing doesn’t double, it’s not real.

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How can you tell a puppy is calm?

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Its tail wags in time with its walk.

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How long does a 20-lb tank of propane keep a hot-air balloon airborne?

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Half an hour.

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5
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What positioning info is useful for hanging artwork?

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Hang it so the center is at least 60 inches above the floor but never more than 10 inches above the furniture below it.

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What’s a useful way to evaluate a play’s stage?

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Squint; if any prop or color stands out, tone it down.

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What building-to-street ratio is most visually appealing?

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Height of buildings : width of street

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How should you price your knitted handiwork?

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Three times the cost of materials.

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9
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What’s one way to distinguish a real pearl from a fake?

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Rub it against your teeth; a real pearl will grate.

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What’s a general ratio of time spent in hospital to time recovering?

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1 day : 1 week

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How far can you travel per day on a highway bicycle at a leisurely pace?

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50 miles

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If a road has a reflective center line that was a cost-effective improvement, what may be true of that road?

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It carries 400+ cars per day.

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13
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What is the general ratio of cartridges of caulk to windows/doors?

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1:2

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14
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How long can one live without blood/air/water/food?

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3 seconds/minutes/days/weeks

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What’s a good metric for a maximum car payment?

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No more than 10 percent of your monthly income.

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What’s the likely difference between surnames starting with Mc and Mac?

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Mc is more likely Irish, Mac is more likely Scottish.

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What’s one way to tell a lobster was dead before it was boiled?

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Its tail isn’t curled. D:

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What’s a good way to quiet down a drunk person?

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Whisper to them.

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What’s the approximate ratio of front-line soldier to support personnel?

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1:10

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What’s a rough purchasing criterion for a piece of equipment for a business?

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It should pay for itself in three months.

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What can you say about the temperature when you can see your breath?

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It’s 45 degrees or below

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How can you determine the readable distance (in feet) of words on a billboard?

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100 x half the height of the letters in inches (or 50 times height of letter??)
(?? Check this??)

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23
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How many hours of conversation to know whether you really like someone?

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30

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What is the weight of your skin?

The surface area of your body?

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About 1/16 your body weight.

Surface area of palm * 100.

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25
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What are the proportions of the uses of a single butchered cow?

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1/4:
Steaks
Ground beef/stew meat
Roasts
Waste
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26
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Roughly how long should you cook fish?

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Ten minutes per inch of thickness.

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27
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What’s a rough serving amount for children?

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One tablespoon per year of age

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28
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How much wine can be made from a ton of grapes?

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170 gallons

29
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How many albums to not tire of your music?

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200, of varying genres

30
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Ratio of fluorescent light to indoor growing area?

A

20 watts per square foot

31
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What is the ratio of meteorite to its crater diameter?

A

1:20

32
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What’s a moderately skilled Scrabble player score per word?

A

20

33
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Define conservative

A

A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.

34
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What’s a good rule for eating?

A

Eat only if a 1 or 2 on a hunger scale of 1-10. Stop at 5.

35
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How deep should you plant a flower bulb?

A

Three times its length.

36
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How can you estimate a train’s speed in mph?

A

Number of clicks / 29 seconds.

37
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Which should come first: characters or plot?

A

Characters

38
Q

What’re two rules of thumb about flower arranging?

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Put one third as many flowers as you think you need, then take half of them out.
It should be 1.5x height or width of the container.

39
Q

How much life insurance should a person have?

A

If young kids, 5-6 times salary. If not, enough to pay off debt.

40
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What’s a rough metric for bricklaying?

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Six bricklayers plus foreman can lay 1,000 square feet/day

41
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What’s a rough metric for saving for home repair (assuming ownership)?

A

$100/month

42
Q

Which two browsers should your site work in, minimally?

A

IE and Firefox

43
Q

What’s a good rule of thumb for moving?

A

Set up the bed first so you have a place to pass out

44
Q

How can you tell if you blinked in a flash photo?

A

Close your eyes: if you blinked, the slot will be red

45
Q

Rule of thumb for size of herb garden?

A

Two square feet per variety

46
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What’s a general rule for determining the max speed of a boat?

A

Multiply Square root of boat length in feet by 1.3

47
Q

How much food per person for long trips?

A

Two pounds

48
Q

How can you estimate the number of cost of groceries?

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$3 per item

49
Q

How many labels can an (average/ambitious) person affix to envelopes, per hour?

A

400/800

50
Q

How firm should a medium-rare steak be?

A

The puffy area between thumb and index

51
Q

How long would it take four experienced workers to build an average-sized house?

A

~400 hrs

52
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What’s a rule of thumb for the ratio of words in a speech to time it’ll take to deliver?

A

150 words : 1 minute

53
Q

What’s a rule of thumb for an exercise machine weight setting?

A

Choose weight that you can do 8-12 reps. with no fatigue means too light

54
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What’s a rule of thumb for making a stew?

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Use equal amounts of ingredients and double that amount of starch (rice, potatoes, etc)

55
Q

What’s the rough relationship between cricket chirps and temperature in Fahrenheit.

A

(Number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds) + 37

56
Q

What’s a rule of thumb for clothes shopping?

A

Scan racks from a distance. If nothing stands out, move on.

57
Q

What’s an obvious difference between fish and sea mammals?

A

Vertical vs. horizontal tails

58
Q

What’s a rough ratio of pounds of regular-grind coffee to cups of coffee in a commercial urn?

A

1:50-60

59
Q

How can you get an accurate estimate of the size of a crowd?

A

(Max reported by supporters + min reported by detractors) / 3

60
Q

What’s a good ratio of flag to flagpole?

A

Width (hoist) of flag = 1/5 of flagpole height

61
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In composition, what are the associations with the direction the subject is looking / composition is flowing?

A

Left is past, right is future, up is positive, down is negative

62
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How much is the thumb worth?

A

40% of the entire hand, in worker’s compensation cases

63
Q

Which way do the tips of tall, pointed trees typically lean?

A

Slightly north of east

64
Q

How can you predict a child’s adult height?

A

Double their height on their second birthday

65
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How many sheets of paper can you mail with one first-class stamp?

A

Five

66
Q

What’s one way to tell the length of an alligator?

A

Distance between eyes in inches = length in feet

67
Q

What’s a kitten-adoption tip?

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Get two; they’ll entertain each other

68
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What’s a rule of thumb for tipping a maid?

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$1/night, more at expensive hotel or for extra service. Lots more if you made a mess

69
Q

What’s a fast way to find a small object on the floor?

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Roll a flashlight on the floor and look for the object’s shadow

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