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*Let me make sure I understand you, Stu, You are coward and a pussy. You are a bigot, or chauvinist. You're simply lazy. Did I miss some other point? My biggest complaint with travel is the foreign gits all try to speak english atcha! Bastrards! ] (]) 04:56, 5 August 2016 (UTC) | |||
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August 1
John Thaw
I have watched the Inspector Morse Series several times, and have noticed that he has a decided limp. He covers it very well, but being disabled myself, I can still see it. Can you tell me what was the cause of the limp? Was it an accident? Polio? Something else? Just being nosy.
Judybear, Milwaukee
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:33FA:AA10:7822:3456:F581:F8DD (talk) 20:42, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
- You may not have read John Thaw's Talk page here, where the topic is discussed with quite a few references. Akld guy (talk) 21:46, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
August 2
Thin to fat
Has there ever been a weight-gain competition. Like going from thin, to fat with a competitive objective and prizes at the end. Not just a little weight gain, but I mean from perhaps slightly underweight to genuine obesity. Would be a fascinating sport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.243.193.206 (talk) 08:59, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- It would be an extremely stupid and dangerous sport - if sport is even a suitable word to describe such a thing! I suspect the nearest thing may be some eating competitions - and even those are considered such a bad idea that Guinness World Records no longer lists them Wymspen (talk) 09:42, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- A regimen of no breakfast and a large lunch followed by a sleep is intended to help Sumo wrestlers put on weight so as to compete more effectively. The 6-foot-8, 704-pound sumo wrestler Emanuel Yarbrough was named the "Heaviest Living Athlete" by Guinness World Records. But sumo wrestlers have a life expectancy 10 years shorter than the average Japanese male due to the enormous amount of fat they accumulate. AllBestFaith (talk) 10:36, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- An excellent example, except I think the OP means a contest specifically about weight gain, kind of the opposite of The Biggest Loser. Sumo wrestlers' weight gain is a means to an end, but is not the end in itself, which is to win wrestling matches. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 11:18, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- I understood that Frenchmnen gained weight in order to join the "100 kilos club". See this 1912 article. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 12:28, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Note that boxers may want to gain weight to move up to the next weight class. In some cases, they may need to gain weight quickly. Presumably the goal is to gain muscle.
- Also, actors may need to quickly gain weight for a role, although a fat suit is a safer way to go. StuRat (talk) 15:55, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
Cook's Rate Adjustment RSVP form
I received your rate adjustment rsvp for the $19.95 in the mail, and wondering if there is away to order the Cook's one full year subscription on the internet web sight? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.127.102.18 (talk) 15:11, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- I think Misplaced Pages has nothing to do with this. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 15:37, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Are you looking for Cook's Illustrated a cooking and food magazine? Their website is www.cooksillustrated.com. Some problems have been mentioned about their subscription practices but Misplaced Pages cannot help as it has no connection with Cook's Illustrated. AllBestFaith (talk) 23:10, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Timetable for aircraft strobe lights
Is there any fixed time range (in local time, such as between 6 pm and 5 am for example) when civil aircraft are required to have their strobe lights turned on? If yes, does it also consider summer and winter daylight durations, fog and other visibility factors? Brandmeister 17:13, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- See here for a copy of the official guidance - you want section 4-3-23 Use of Aircraft Lights. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/media/aim_basic_4-03-14.pdf Wymspen (talk) 17:27, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Are American guidelines binding worldwide? 86.28.195.109 (talk) 18:46, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- They are most often ICAO compliant. The document also uses "domestic" where the FAA wants to refer to the locally defined situation. --Askedonty (talk) 19:17, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Are American guidelines binding worldwide? 86.28.195.109 (talk) 18:46, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
Religion as a category in the column of basic facts about a person
I have noticed that when a person is Jewish, his or her religion is listed in the right hand column beside a category called religion. This is the column containing basic facts about the person. When the person is not Jewish, no category for religion exists in the right hand column of basic facts. If the person's religion is relevant, why not have that category for every person you list? I really don't even understand why you put in a person's religion. I haven't noticed a column for race. Enough said, I'm sure you get my point. Thank you for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.206.85.218 (talk) 18:20, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Misplaced Pages has a policy on this titled Misplaced Pages:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality which basically notes how it should work. Since Misplaced Pages articles are written and maintained by thousands upon thousands of volunteers, there is no guarantee that policies and guidelines are always adhered to. Any variance you find is not always intentional; as someone may not know of such a policy. You are noticing a pattern which you are mistakenly assuming is due to design rather than by random chance. The intent may be quite different from what you notice; the reason it is the way you notice is not because it is supposed to be that way, but because no one has fixed it yet. If you see a problem you're supposed to just fix it without asking permission. Much faster and easier that way. --Jayron32 18:30, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) There have been a lot of discussions on this, including Template talk:Infobox/Archive 11#RfC: Religion in infoboxes, which includes some links to earlier discussions. There's also Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)/Archive 127#Religion: Jewish, Talk:Bernie Sanders/Archive 13#Request for comments -- religion in infobox (revised here), and Misplaced Pages:Village pump (policy)/Archive 126#RfC: Religion in biographical infoboxes. The general consensus is to not include religion unless a subject's religion is significant to their article. Furthermore, Jewishness is a complicated exception since it can cover culture, religion, and ethnicity. clpo13(talk) 18:34, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Exactly (the last bit). An ethnically Jewish person can be, say, a Catholic, and even join the priesthood and eventually become Pope, without ever ceasing to be Jewish. -- Jack of Oz 21:22, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- Saint Peter, for one. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 02:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- Catholic cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger was born Jewish in a Jewish family. Akseli9 (talk)
- Let's cut to the chase. Jesus of Nazareth never abjured his Jewishness. -- Jack of Oz 19:56, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- He was never pope, though. (Rather, He is the guy the popes are supposed to answer to.) ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 20:34, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- The point I'm making is that if he returned to Earth and, for whatever reason, needed a passport from a country that puts nationality (as distinct from citizenship; the Soviet Union used to do this, and Russia may well carry on that practice) on their passports, he would be classified as "Jewish", despite being considered the founder of Christianity, not exactly historically known as a pro-semitic creed. -- Jack of Oz 07:46, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Even nuclear arsenals couldn't stop Jesus. He could go wherever the hell He pleases. (in-universe) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 19:21, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- I dunno. Cheech and Chong once did a bit where Jesus was trying to cross the border into Mexico. He was asked His name. He said, "I have been called the Prince of Peace." The border guard said, "Sr. Peace, we do not want you or your kind in this country!" ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 20:07, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- "Nevertheless it is My will." Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:09, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- I dunno. Cheech and Chong once did a bit where Jesus was trying to cross the border into Mexico. He was asked His name. He said, "I have been called the Prince of Peace." The border guard said, "Sr. Peace, we do not want you or your kind in this country!" ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 20:07, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Even nuclear arsenals couldn't stop Jesus. He could go wherever the hell He pleases. (in-universe) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 19:21, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Jesus didn't actually found Christianity, His disciples did. Although putting "Israeli" on His passport wouldn't likely make things any better. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 13:59, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- The point I'm making is that if he returned to Earth and, for whatever reason, needed a passport from a country that puts nationality (as distinct from citizenship; the Soviet Union used to do this, and Russia may well carry on that practice) on their passports, he would be classified as "Jewish", despite being considered the founder of Christianity, not exactly historically known as a pro-semitic creed. -- Jack of Oz 07:46, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- He was never pope, though. (Rather, He is the guy the popes are supposed to answer to.) ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 20:34, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- Let's cut to the chase. Jesus of Nazareth never abjured his Jewishness. -- Jack of Oz 19:56, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- Catholic cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger was born Jewish in a Jewish family. Akseli9 (talk)
- Saint Peter, for one. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 02:05, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- Exactly (the last bit). An ethnically Jewish person can be, say, a Catholic, and even join the priesthood and eventually become Pope, without ever ceasing to be Jewish. -- Jack of Oz 21:22, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
- A side-note about this is the fact that a person's religion seems to come up in interviews quite a bit more when it's anything but Christian. There are some exceptions, of course, like Mel Gibson. Especially around the time that he was making The Passion of the Christ. So, when the religion is mentioned, we then have a source for it and the information gets put in the article. †Dismas†| 21:11, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
Photos of old British towns
I have several photos that I found that were taken by my parents and I am looking for information on where they were taken since nothing was written on the back of the photo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drobichaud58 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
First step would be to put up a scan of the pics and we'll see if there is any identifying information on there :) Lemon martini (talk) 22:18, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
August 3
footage
Trying to find video footage of This guy's jump 199.19.248.107 (talk) 01:13, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- BBC news website - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36935755 (and probably most other news websites anywhere - it was widely covered, and is very recent) Wymspen (talk) 09:09, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
- I found it by clicking on the news link in the article and then poking around the other videos on YouTube. †Dismas†| 20:50, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
August 4
People who don't like to travel
Hi,
I've always wanted to travel and I did it a lot as soon as I had money for it. I've been living abroad for 7 years. I've lived many amazing things and I have plenty of pictures and stories to tell but nobody in my family never got interested in it. It's been a big frustration for so many years and I'm about to lose contact with them cause we have nothing to talk about. They are from France and they would spend 2000 euros to go in the south of France every single year instead of going to Asia or to the US or to visit me in south east Asia. So time and money is not the issue. Why are some people so closed minded about the rest of the world? Should I try to motivate them to travel or should I give up? Please share your experience if you have some related to this topic. Thank you very much. 122.53.58.54 (talk) 03:24, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Travel aversion reads more like an essay than an article, but it might suggest some insights. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 03:49, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- I am one who doesn't care to travel. I have traveled a fair amount for work, at least in the US and Canada, but don't enjoy it. Let me list some reasons:
- 1) I absolutely hate air travel. From the illogical pricing, long lines and invasion of privacy at security, the bus I have to take to get from the parking lot to the terminal (the bus driver actually parked the bus to go eat dinner once), the unbearable heat in the plane when parked on the tarmac, having to sit uncomfortably close to a stranger or 2 in a seat that's way too small with way too little foot room, to having to risk them losing my luggage if I check it or having to pack unreasonably light to avoid it and jam my possessions into an overhead bin or under the seat. I am subject to DVTs, too.
- 2) I don't care for hotels. They are unsanitary (rarely clean the comforters, etc.) and lack privacy with the housekeepers coming in to clean. Theft is also possible.
- 3) I don't like unfamiliar places where I can get lost.
- 4) As I've mentioned earlier, I don't like strangers.
- 5) I don't like long lines at tourist attractions.
- 6) Once I arrive at a sight worth seeing, like the Grand Canyon, I am unimpressed. It just looks like the pics I've seen. Others mention that there is something magical about actually being there, but I just don't get it. Full colors pics at a sufficient resolution do just fine for me.
- 7) I don't like trying to communicate with people who don't speak English.
- 8) As a tourist, I am more likely to be robbed.
- So, when I do take a vacation, I travel to visit relatives nearby. I know the route, there are no strangers involved, I can take a car that won't cause me cramps, there are no lines, etc. I seem to be a bit on the autism spectrum, so some of my reluctance to travel may be due to that. StuRat (talk) 04:40, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- I think it's even more basic: To you (and probably to many others) the annoyances outweigh the benefits. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 04:57, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- A lot of people simply don't like being out of their comfort zone, for many of the reasons StuRat mentioned. Not much you can do to change that, it's largely just personally. For example, I'm the exact opposite, and many of the reasons StuRat listed to not travel are in fact appealing to me (meeting strangers, unfamiliar places, trying to communicate across languages, etc). Trust me, you never complain about hotels again if you've spent weeks camping through East Africa with strangers .... For me, almost any annoyance is outweighed by experiences like that. I have noticed that it also seems to vary from country to country. People from the US seem to be more reluctant to travel, particularly more adventurous travel, than those from European countries for instance. All OR, or course. 86.28.195.109 (talk) 07:31, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- The biggest hesitation I have had when traveling is that I do not want to go to a foreign country, and automatically receive the perception that I am a Westerner tourist, and therefore must be dumb, naive, racist, or ignorant to the culture. I try to do a lot of research on the place I am traveling to before going. Sometimes there's not a whole lot that I can do, though.--WaltCip (talk) 12:28, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- I agree 100% with StuRat (talk · contribs). For me, the disadvantages of going to a different country (or even a new part of my own country) are that everything is unfamiliar, confusing and possibly threatening. Advantages - none. Zilch. Not a one. I don't see that as closed minded - I am very happy to listen to other people's amazing (and, often, terrifying) travel stories. Just don't expect me to join you ! Gandalf61 (talk) 13:37, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- And of course we have an article, Travel aversion. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:49, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- I may have posted that link earlier. Traveling in America underscores the importance of franchise businesses. Most anywhere you are, you can find a brand-name hotel or fast-food joint or department store to fall back on, to help mitigate the unfamiliarity of a place. Someone commented on national parks looking like the pictures. The way around that is to do something that is less often photographed, and can put you much closer to what you're seeing from afar in the postcard view. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 14:05, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- There are actually two different issues involved: one concerns the actual travel, and the other being in an unfamiliar place. They are not necessarily linked. I would love to be in Australia, or Japan, or China - but I would no appreciate the travel involved in getting to those places (from the UK) Wymspen (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- It's much better to travel to visit someone you know who lives there and has space to put you up. That eliminates the hotel issue. Getting there, of course, can still be a major pain. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 15:03, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- There are actually two different issues involved: one concerns the actual travel, and the other being in an unfamiliar place. They are not necessarily linked. I would love to be in Australia, or Japan, or China - but I would no appreciate the travel involved in getting to those places (from the UK) Wymspen (talk) 14:55, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- This may contain some reliable sources. --Jayron32 15:32, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- no sources, but it seems there is an evo-psych reason for some people's aversion to travel. this is because for like 99.9% of human history, venturing outside your village was a sure way to get killed (men) or raped (women.) I also predict that women enjoy non-business (or war) related travel (aka vacationing) more than men. Asmrulz (talk) 16:33, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- also, the opening-up of air travel to the lower classes. Asmrulz (talk) 16:40, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- the security theatre, too Asmrulz (talk) 16:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- It's also known that a particular form of travel, - namely, hiking, camping, mountaineering etc, is largely a White thing. I don't know why that should be so (and there have been some BS explanations put forward), but I can confirm from personal experience that it is. Asmrulz (talk) 17:16, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- the security theatre, too Asmrulz (talk) 16:43, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- also, the opening-up of air travel to the lower classes. Asmrulz (talk) 16:40, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Let me make sure I understand you, Stu, You are coward and a pussy. You are a bigot, or chauvinist. You're simply lazy. Did I miss some other point? My biggest complaint with travel is the foreign gits all try to speak english atcha! Bastrards! μηδείς (talk) 04:56, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
Which US states do not have a "Single-subject rule"?
Our article "Single-subject rule" says that 41 US states have single-state rules - but doesn't list them (or, more briefly, list the ones that don't have this). A quick Google didn't provide a list either. Help! SteveBaker (talk) 16:51, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- There might be 41 different ways to say it, and 41 different Google sources to look for. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 17:07, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- This purports to be a list of states which have the single-subject rule. There are 15 of them, so the numbers don't add up. But that might help narrow your search. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 18:33, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
- Reference 3 in our article lists 15 states that have a single-subject rule for initiatives, and it states that 41 have a single-subject rule for legislative bills. At the end of that reference there is a link to a person you could contact for more info (if it's not out-of-date).Loraof (talk) 22:44, 4 August 2016 (UTC)