My first high school biology teacher had "laws":

Niwa's Law No. 1: Sharp things cut.
Niwa's Law No. 2: Hot things burn.

&tc.

I've tought my daughters Niwa's Laws. They grock.

-Zz


On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:32:56 -0800 (PST), Bobthepenguy
wrote:

Hey, there's a new site out there called Rules of Thumb (http://
www.rulesofthumb.org/) that centralizes common and uncommon sense on
all manner of subjects. There isn't a category for woodworking, but
there should be one. I think the rec.woodworking community might want
to put some of our wisdom up there.