Rules of Thumb: A Life Manual

Rules of Thumb: A Life Manual

by TomParker (Author)

Synopsis

There's a rule of thumb for just about every subject imaginable - money, marriage, cooking, health, weather, cars, gardening, restaurants, travel. This is the priceless knowledge that's accumulated not from reading, but from living. Tempted by a string of pearls at a yard sale? Rub them against your teeth: the rule of thumb, as your grandmother might have told you, is that a genuine pearl will grate. Not sure how to choose a puppy? Pick one whose tail wags in sync with its walk - a sign of calmness. To win at blackjack, assume that any unseen card is an eight. And remember, a rule of thumb works four out of five times (including this one).

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 409
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 27 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 0761150730
ISBN 13: 9780761150732

Author Bio
Tom Parker is an author and illustrator who has written three volumes of Rules of Thumb, which The Wall Street Journal called a brilliantly successful sample of our hidden intellectual resource. He is an IT specialist at Cornell University, a contributing writer for Make magazine, and a flight instructor. He lives in Ithaca, New York.