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- 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
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- In article <C15ox6.1F6@unx.sas.com>, saslpo@stevens.unx.sas.com (Len Olszewski) writes:
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- |> 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?
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- 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
-