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‘Rule of thumb’ phrase explained

(WYTV) – We’ve been using the phrase “rule of thumb” for hundreds of years. It first appeared among the collected sermons of a Scottish preacher named James Durham in the mid-1600s. He wrote that a ...
Former President Barack Obama slammed his successor, former President Donald Trump, on Thursday, following reports Trump as president at one point spoke approvingly of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
That master of light poetry, Ogden Nash, wrote, “Here’s a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.” He could have been referring to a recent piece of light journalism by Michael Sebastian in Esquire ...
Merriam Webster defines a rule of thumb as: (1) a method of procedure based on experience and common sense; (2) a general principle regarded as roughly correct but not intended to be scientifically ...
Probably the best financial advice I’ve heard is to spend less than you make. That’s as simple as it gets. For a variety of reasons, that is difficult for many people. I learned in Biblical counseling ...
Disconnected. That's some feedback I recently received regarding some of the core nuggets of personal finance wisdom that I've been dispensing for decades. Hmmm. Honestly, and this may be a blind spot ...