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Article #1293Re: Rules of Thumb
From: Jim Frohnofer
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:50
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:50
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In article <C15ox6.1F6@unx.sas.com>, saslpo@stevens.unx.sas.com (Len Olszewski) writes: |> Incidentally, I just read in a Time magazine article that the |> origination of the term "rule of thumb" came from an arcane law that |> allowed a husband to beat his wife, but only with a rod no larger than |> his thumb. How charming, no? For clarification, a rod no _thicker_ than his thumb. 1. Always press a pressing team. 2. Air power alone cannot win a war. 3. Never make the first or last out at third. 4. Never hold onto an ace kicker with a pair (or try to draw to an inside straight.) 5. Always box your exactas. Oh, about _writing_, sorry. Jim Frohnhofer frohnhof@ray.nlm.nih.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!news.ans.net!cmcl2!adm!lhc!ray!frohnhof From: frohnhof@ray.nlm.nih.gov (Jim Frohnofer) Newsgroups: misc.writing Subject: Re: Rules of Thumb Message-ID: <1993Jan21.135048.26816@nlm.nih.gov> Date: 21 Jan 93 13:50:48 GMT References: <C15ox6.1F6@unx.sas.com> Sender: frohnhof@ray (Jim Frohnofer) Organization: National Library of Medicine, Bethesda Md. USA Lines: 20