Rule Of Thumb

Anyway, at the end of the day, the above is only a rough rule-of-thumb; ultimately the price is going to be what's set for orders or what's quoted for requests. ❋ Hal Duncan (2010)

The general rule-of-thumb is that if your employees are not immediate family, they have to be enrolled with IMSS, unless the employees are strictly domestic workers in your home, then you only have to enroll them if they ask you to (normally at a lower take-home salary). ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, methodological naturalism is a valid rule-of-thumb. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It would appear to me that the FTA, similar* to the (weak) Antrhopic Principle (WAP), can be used as a guide/rule-of-thumb in scientific research (again, something Dr. Heddle has gone on to demonstrate effectively). ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am extremely skeptical that it represents some type of rule-of-thumb for many reasons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She went into service early, and while yet a young woman, by rule-of-thumb progression, she became a lady's maid. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Regarding the 1/4 mile walkability metric … i said rule-of-thumb, not ironclad law. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By the way, a good rule-of-thumb is that the total collection from all taxes together should not be less than a fifth, and no more than a third, of the value of the total production in the economy. ❋ Marcelo Giugale (2011)

The traditional rule-of-thumb for lenders is 80% buildings, 20% land. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If that is not the case, this will break a long-standing rule-of-thumb for the DC journalist elites. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the sales industry, the rule-of-thumb is that it costs twice as much to acquire a new customer than it costs to retain an old one. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But that rule-of-thumb flies out the window with large aircraft because of the heavy fuel load for long trips. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The larger advances tend to come with literary fiction—$5000 is the rule-of-thumb first advance for a novel of commercial fiction less for romance and horror and Westerns; for literary fiction it's more like $7500. ❋ Nihilistic_kid (2010)

To capture their fancy, "twenty minutes is all you get" says start-up guru Guy Kawasaki about the rule-of-thumb. ❋ Howard Greenfield (2010)

"[The rule of thumb] in making a [sale] is [confidence], without confidence you don't make a sale" ❋ Atleastvisitwikipediaorreadadamnbook (2008)

[SHORT ROUND]: [Dr. Jones], is that your thumb! [DR JONES]: No... not anymore according to the rule of thumb. ❋ Strangling Jack (2010)

[Rule of thumb]? Can't do too much damage with that thing, can we? Perhaps it should have been [the Rule] of Wrist. - [The Boondock Saints] ❋ YousaywhyIsaywhynot (2006)

[Davy] and [Stuart] were together last night, do you know what happened? No, but apparently she failed [the rule of thumb]. Davy said he's meeting Stuart tonight and won't try anything until he's found out whether Stuart passes the rule of thumb. ❋ PhilMujar (2014)

[According to] rule of thumb, you [must be] this [tall]... ❋ Spiff C (2006)

[The Captain] said we all need to work harder, and whatever [the captain] says goes. That's [the rule of Thumb] ❋ Docspock (2014)

The Rules of Thumb are: 1) There should be a hand in it somehow 2) The hand should have a thumb bitten off, so customers would look at the four fingers remaining on the hand and think, "Hey, four." 3) Under no circumstances would they use Photoshop. [L4D] is a [visceral] experience, and its [box art] deserved the same approach. ❋ HunterVSsmoker (2009)

look at that guy he needs to [loosen] that [braided] belt and use [the rule of thumb]. ❋ THEKosheerDillWhole (2009)

As a [rule of thumb], [Samira] thought her father was somewhat [unpredictable]. ❋ Achmed1977 (2009)

Swimmer Riley [Gaines] just got assaulted by a male for speaking up about [women’s rights]. This day and age, the new [rule of thumb] allows males to beat women for speaking. ❋ Le11223344 (2023)