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April 28

Keeping Up Appearances

How did the rich sister Violet get rich? If through marriage, what was the rich husband's source of wealth said to be?67.163.109.173 (talk) 01:02, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Remember that a lot of the information we get about Violet's (and Bruce's) wealth comes from Hyacinth's lips. According to the article on Hyacinth Bucket, subsection "Hyacinth's name", "Bruce is able to provide her with a "large house, and a 'Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony'" through a comfortable income as a "turf accountant" (or, more correctly, a bookmaker).". ---Sluzzelin talk 01:43, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for a movie

I'm looking for a movie from the 70's or 80's, I don't remember the title. The plot centers around 2 reporters who are married to each other; she is a sports reporter and I'm I think he writes a column (like an editorial, but I'm not sure of this.) They are trying for her to get pregnant, with no luck. For some reason he writes about their problem of her not getting pregnant and the column takes off and he starts getting all kinds of responses with recommendations of what they should do to help them. At first she is upset with him for posting their personal problem in his column but she eventually forgives him and they start trying the suggestions, with hilarious results, which he also posts the results in his column. His column posts also have a surprising benefit for her, as a sports reporter. Their local NFL quarterback, who she has been trying to interview but he wouldn't, finally agrees to an interview with her because of her husbands column openly talking about "Their" problems which the quarterback and his wife have also been going through.24.113.109.91 (talk) 02:17, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a long time since I've seen it, but the best match I can think of (married reporter couple) is He Said, She Said--Jayron32 16:05, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

TARDIS blue

Not sure which desk this should go in, but what are the color coordinates for TARDIS blue? Whoop whoop pull up ^{Bitching Betty | Averted crashes} 02:55, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your best bet is to ask at the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Doctor Who. The problem is going to be that there have been slight differences over the years in the blue that was used. For instance the one that is in various incarnations like this one {{user WPDoctorWho}} are a shade or two darker than is being used in the programme at the present time. I don't even know if the editor who uploaded the current image used is still active but someone at the project can probably help. MarnetteD | Talk 03:14, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Given that it's taken the form of a London Police box of the 1960s, maybe a query to British Police would help. HiLo48 (talk) 03:28, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

HiLo48's suggestion is a good one> You will still need to take into account that the various version used for the TV show have deviated from the authentic version over the years. MarnetteD | Talk 04:51, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, good suggestion. Unfortunately, though, you'll note from the Police box article that Police boxes could be anything from a lightish blue/grey to a very dark navy, almost black, and even red. So there's no definitive 'police box' colour. It also seems likely that there's no definitive 'TARDIS colour' either - it's very likely that, at least in the early years when poor colour reproduction on TV sets meant it really didn't matter what exact shade things were, the BBC probably just used any old tin of blue gloss lying around the place.

Nonetheless, this being a Doctor Who question, Teh Internetz has devoted much time and energy to addressing just this point. This is not exactly a Wikipedia-standard Reliable Source, but someone has gone to some lengths to answer the question. The colour of the Hartnell TARDIS is given as:

R=58, G=71, B=80 (RGB); C=85, M=60, Y=50, K=40 (CMYK); and 7547C (PMS).

- Cucumber Mike (talk) 07:18, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hartnell's TARDIS was black and white, not blue. Rmhermen (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The black-and-white shows might well have had a booth colored gray or brown or something else to make it "look like" the right color. When did the series switch to color? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:49, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At the beginning of the Third Doctor' run. μηδείς (talk) 02:05, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen the RGB values R=16, G=34, B=114 and PANTONE 2955C mentioned quite often as the TARDIS colour in the current series. Once again, the internetz, not necessarily reliable, etc. --Canley (talk) 03:00, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All of the still colour photos that I have seen of the Tardis, from the 1st and 2nd Drs eras, show it as being blue. As Medeis mentions the show was broadcast in colour starting on 3 Jan 1970 with episode one of Spearhead from Space. MarnetteD | Talk 04:09, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

From memory, Met Police boxes were always dark blue. City of London Police ones were royal blue, but then they weren't proper walk-in boxes, just posts really.[1] Alansplodge (talk) 23:48, 29 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

snooker halls in munster germany

please help me to find any snooker halls where you can go and play thankyou — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.139.191.157 (talk) 14:35, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Google will do this just fine. See this google search. Some are from Munster, Ireland, but the first result is this Pool Hall in Münster, Germany. --Jayron32 15:50, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]