Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/August 2009
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August 1
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- Double click vs single click
- goin mad
- Obtaining worthless currency
- Burmese/Large Cat Cross
- Raw steak on a Black Eye
- Muscovy Ducks
- General examinations for wannabe grads
- Sound and Laptop
August 2
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- environmental vegetarianism
- Unemployment and humanism
- Logistics exam question
- Railway travel in Kazakhstan
- Stockholm question
- Long historical trend in income inequality
August 3
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- Munich street sign font
- TV.com's rankings
- Cell blocker/jammer -- possible?
- Did loop 494 in Texas from Humble to Patton Village once serve as highway 59?
- Scripts
- Pint
- "sayings"
- PIG LATIN/CODE
- What is a confirmation letter?
- Taxi Fare?
- break bone and not know?
- Racing flags
- What does this apartment term mean?
August 4
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- Beavis and Butthead recently
- Army basic training record
- Future=now?
- Buddhist wedding gift, prayer, toast
- Fast Food Obesity in China vs North America
- Neuschwanstein
- Royal Gun Works
- question about poker
- Probable law sentence for fanfiction character
August 5
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- Is there a record for most emails in someone's in box?
- dates backwards only in the US
- Type O Negative
- 19th Century secrets
- investment analysis
- Walking in zig-zags
- online job
- Tennis Racket
- twice as wide
- Nordstrom and Paypal connection???
- what metal
- TV ratings and muting of commercials
- Jokes and political correction
- Leaders of the U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
August 6
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- 110 v 220 volts
- Disney tv shows
- Ipod
- income statement
- Type O Negative
- Handkerchiefs as fashion accessories.
- A Circuit City(?) commercial showed a boyfriend with an electronic scoreboard on his date. Where's the commercial?
- Blackberry Problem
August 7
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- ESUT post UME
- WW2 crime responsibility
- Buying Expensive Ballpoint Pens
- Economics of International Mail
- New Kitten in House with Cats
- Why are IQ tests illegal but Personality and Integrity tests legal in employment screening?
- UK Royal organiser
- How to clean a braided leather belt
- animal mistreatment question
- About the First Two Rules of Wikipedia...
August 8
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August 9
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- what does<dracula> talking about??
- Banks cheating
- Travelling to Cuba - advice required.
- Is Silly Putty Bulletproof?
- How much money does a chronic alcoholic need to feed their habit?
- Notability
- What do fighter pilots actually do?
- Changes in DNA
- Help Me Search On Google
August 10
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August 11
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- Nasir Khusraw
- Importance of time
- Mail delivered via Luftschiff Hindenburg postmarked 2 5 37 How could this be?
- Online Holiday Reviews - any Impact on Tour/Flight operators?
- AP Stats data
August 12
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- Finger lengtheners?
- Imperfect Airplane Cabin Pressurization?
- an article on herb cohen?
- Largest river
- Ipod (continued)
- website
- oldest and youngest people to murder a police officer
August 13
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- film
- Origami boxes
- Demons' whips
- List of most successful marketing companies in the USA
- Coca-Cola bottles
- Crime and Punishment
- simple questions about the Reference Desk
August 14
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- How can I save a word in Chinese characters as an image?
- How To Spread The Word
- How do Marketing firms win clients?
- Commission at High-End Retailers
- What is the usual university degree possessed by bankers?
- Public companies in porn
- Paydirt
August 15
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- Turkish University Holidays
- Crop circles and universities
- Yahoo SiteBuilder
- Song
- Elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets
- Parliment of World Religions
- Tetrapod - generic or specific?
- two cents plain
- UN e-mail address
- What is the age that you can ride a street legal moped on the road
August 16
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- Jonathan Ross
- Close on...
- Car model variations
- George Lorin Miller first house destroyed by fires
- hamburger
- Why did Kazakhstan join UEFA?
- Bored on Sunday?
- Insect problems in countries
- Lost this question about intelligence
- Number sequence question
- Cost of rail travel in Italia
- A question about my car
August 17
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- Punkah fan
- horror movie
- blank discs
- Driving a car that has not been driven for a while
- blogs
- going from South orange county to Santa Monica avoiding the 10 Fwy
- to get from Tustin to Ventura via the 405, avoiding the 101 passing Downtown LA?
- Universities Near Stockholm, Sweden: Undergraduate Programs in English?
August 18
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- Stocks: A public record?
- How to extract Tribulus saponins
- Collier
- 'locking' a lever latch door
- Proctology
August 19
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- Give me a comment on this
- horse--rope "caught tinder the tail"?
- what's on his chest?
- Meaning of Name Rithvi
- Eating reindeer
- Venison in the USA
- family data removed from right column summary block
- CA 39 to open again
- CA 15 becoming I-15
- CA 210 ceoming i-210
August 20
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- Who dropped Little Boy?
- Bubble tea
- Legal peer-to-peer site??
- base ball hit
- Legend of invention of chess
August 21
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- CA 15 and CA 94 junctions
- Similar attracts?
- Are all humans hopeless self-promoters?
- Acari 6.0 Megashot camera
- Green hat graffiti
- Example of Type of couple
- marketing of buckets
- Cricket question
- Driving a car that has not been driven for a while - Follow up from OP posted 17 August.
- firearm
- Guardia Civil
- Scaredy cats
- Beeping
August 22
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- Keystrokes in a debate
- High Impulse Weapons System?
- Reason for protests at Mr. Rogers' funeral
- rr mailing zones
- Airport security - no driver's license
- Long distance running
- cold and cold water
- Sheepskin Boats in Xinjiang
- Simple family trees
- football question
August 23
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- Athletes, especially pro ones, and Concussions
- Soup names
- Taxi from Upper West Side to JFK
- Is the Northwest Passage open?
August 24
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- sailing pirate Ship question
- Nokia phone - I can't figure it out
- Travel to Ravenscar from Ripon
- Husayn in Qazvain
- Do boarding/prep school teachers actually address their students as "Mr" and "Miss" like they do in movies?
- Crossng Croatian land borders
- Stadium lighting
- Unassisted triple play in baseball
- Keeping unused phne numbers - normal?
- How do drum magazines work?
- Should I really say 'thank you'?
- Rusting cars
- Athletes, especially pro ones and general injuries
August 25
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- Plane tickets
- Definition of "male"
- WWI
- Women in Men's Professional Sports
- UK Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Impossible fire
- haven holidays
August 26
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- Climate change
- 24 hour public transport
- Honest politicians and newsworthiness
- Image recollection question
- Who is that woman?
- School and university holidays
August 27
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- can water go instantly from boiling to frozen in cold climates
- UK Railways
- Bungee jump in Spain
- Photography Effect
- Real-life Motherlovers
- Box-shaped slatted covers on British traffic lights
- Objectives
- Bruises
- Tourist Visa in China
August 28
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- What do siamese cats eat?
- foreignn exchange rates
- God
- Jaycee Lee Dugard
- Developed photos look washed out
- Long Road Trip
- Wedding Objection
- Megrahi's arrival at Tripoli Airport
- Need the answer
- Heroin
August 29
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- Test driving a car
- Dog behaviour
- Looking for specific type of online games
- Natural number? (nummer? wtf lol)
- old stock information
- Consultancy !!
- strategic?
- UK Embassies During Bank Holidays
- Username
August 30
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- B unit, or...?
- Misremembering having seen a movie
- West Side Story
- Puzzling Puzzle
- UK's GRE or GMAT
- Sewn up Suit pockets?
- Montebello
- Does Punta Cana use Celsius or Fahrenheit?
- Vicki Kennedy
- When will Global Warming end?
August 31
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- Insertions
- 2 things re US cities
- Public/Private corporation
- Digital watch with counter feature
- Dioscorides De Materia Medica Byzantium 15th century
- Looking for an old puzzle
- Its not fair...
- Traffic light color background deeping
- College and University
- Cheap interesting places to eat in Trieste, Italy ?