Sentences with phrase «sort of a rule of thumb»

There are all sorts of rules of thumb about saving for retirement.

is there any sort of rule of thumb numbers to even bother following anymore?

I mean, I know what I ended up paying, but I'm curious to know if there's sort of a rule of thumb for that.

Not exact matches

My rule of thumb is to make sure you're getting some sort of veggies at every meal, including snacks.

You should register into free dating sites to start with and give some rules of thumb as to what sort of a mortal you would like to date or get to know.

In the end, of course, I'm interested in what general rule of thumb there might be — what sort of employer matches enable such opportunities?

Though you are correct that they can be used to store all sorts of investments and the advice given in advertising is kind of a «rule of thumb» that will fit most people's situations rather than showing how powerful the accounts can be and how flexible they really are.

A good rule of thumb to keep in mind is the rule of percentages; therefore if you currently are spending 25 % of your income on your mortgage payments, if you get some sort of holiday bonus you should put a corresponding 25 % of that towards repaying the mortgage within ten years.

In the New England area the rule of thumb seems to be that you should have some sort of beverage (i.e. water, soda, etc) on hand to offer them while they are loading and unloading the truck or packing and then once the move is complete to tip them between $ 20 and $ 50 per person.

As a general rule of thumb, 50 percent of those invasive plants and animals that sort of get out will establish, will be able to reproduce, and about 50 percent of those will spread.

A better rule of thumb is not to trust any claims of climate change, since the course of the climate absent changes of the sort posited now and then is not known.

The rule of thumb used to be five days» worth of supplies — you know, a gallon per person per day of water, all these other foodstuffs, and batteries and different sorts of things that are just common sense, like having your gas tank full in your car.

First and foremost, balance is crucial and, as a rule of thumb, you should avoid doing extremes of any sort, you don't want to stand out for the wrong reasons.