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30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30

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Competence. Now in convenient book format30 must-have life skills every capable adult should perfect before turning 30. You're old enough to own property and have a family, but can you safely open a bottle of champagne? Or change a flat tire? 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 provides idiot-proof instructions for mastering these and other essential, face-saving, and possibly life-saving skills. You'll learn how to... 1. wrap a present 2. start a successful fire in a fireplace, at a campsite, and in a barbecue 3. finish a piece of furniture 4. get a raise 5. order wine at a restaurant without getting stiffed 6. parallel park in three breathtakingly beautiful movements 7. dance a "slow dance" without looking like an idiot 8. use a full place setting properly, including chopsticks and Asian soup spoons 9. clean your place in under 45 minutes, when friends, relatives, or prospective lovers are coming by unexpectedly, and soon 10. hold your liquor 11. cure a hangover 12. do the Heimlich Maneuver 13. use a compass 14. change a flat 15. jump start a car 16. open a champagne bottle 17. send a drink to someone's table 18. cook one "signature meal" 19. whistle with your fingers 20. take good pictures 21. fold a fitted sheet 22. remove common stains 23. sew a button 24. carve turkey, lasagna, and birthday cake 25. hold a baby 26. change a diaper 27. keep a plant alive for more than a year 28. make dogs and cats love you 29. help someone (an older or ill person, a woman you're trying to impress, your mother) out of a car30. write superior thank you notes

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Publisher
Broadway
Language
English
Pages
336

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30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30
2003, Broadway Books
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30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30
June 10, 2003, Broadway
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First Sentence

"A great present wrapped badly or not wrapped at all is a great present, yes."

Classifications

Library of Congress
BJ1611.2 .A26 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
6.7 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Weight
8.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8064672M
Internet Archive
30thingseveryone00siob
ISBN 10
0767913973
ISBN 13
9780767913973
LCCN
2002038242
OCLC/WorldCat
50920622
Library Thing
310187
Goodreads
576375

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