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April 21

Pritam's Birthdate

I have read an article about Pritam (Indian composer), but it does not include Pritam's Birthdate. Please mention it.

Hardikfaldu (talk) 03:11, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article Pritam needs a lot of work, so if you know his birthdate and can reference any information you bring to it, feel free to edit. Julia Rossi (talk) 09:11, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Can I sale my blurtit account?

We had this question on April 9. Click here for the thread[1]. Julia Rossi (talk) 11:35, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand. Why would you want to blur... Oh! Blurt!! I get it now.... Dismas|^(talk) 12:52, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha :-) It mentioned me infamous "penisland.com" domain name. 89.236.214.174 (talk) 14:29, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it, what is infamous about "pen island"? 206.252.74.48 (talk) 16:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The same type of thing as Whorepresents.com, Therapistfinder.com, Powergenitalia.com, Molestationnursery.com, and Expertsexchange.com, I presume. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 19:56, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good God, I didn't think to move the t to the left of the space! I assumed it was named for some imaginary bird, possibly one that was very fast. 79.66.99.37 (talk) 20:24, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Infact...nobody answered me straightly...I didn't got the proper answer. I thought u'll be helpfull to me in selling my accounts! But u did not answered upto the mark...sorry to be so harsh but it's true...! Still if u want to give me a proper guidance plz.....carry on....otherwise let me do it my own Temuzion (talk) 03:27, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did you try reading the [26] link? That might give you the answers you need.HS7 (talk) 20:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's refdesk is not a classifieds section. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having trouble with my drug supplier.

This is not - NOT - looking for medical advice. My family doctor prescribed for me nasal drops containing betamethasone sodium phosphate. When I went to the pharmacy last January they told me that it was temporarily out of stock and to call back next week. When I did they told me that it would not be available from the manufacturers until mid-April. Now the story is ". . . another couple of weeks." What is going on. Does anybody amongst our illustrious readership have any inside info on this situation? For the caring ones who think about these things - I am presently using a different drug as a spray but with inferior results. Richard Avery (talk) 14:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a silly question, but have you tried a different pharmacy? Maybe an entirely different chain, in case they have different suppliers? Friday (talk) 14:17, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My God, were you stood there watching me type!! Yes, I have, good ol' Boots who tell me this supplier is the only one. Richard Avery (talk) 14:19, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Its hey faver season so many people want it and supply runs low. it is for sniffy nose? I hasd a friedn who used a sprey from a little bottle from the chemest. now they use tablets called cetirizine witch do the trick. one a day.

"Subject to a manufacturing delay" according to this online catalogue too. William Avery (talk) 19:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If it's a prescription drug I would expect that either your pharmacist or your doctor could recommend an alternative. And I would really take their advice over anyone on the internet. DJ Clayworth (talk) 20:21, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your concern DJC, I'm not looking for a supply, I am curious to know the cause of the delay in manufacturing of such a widely used drug. Richard Avery (talk) 21:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It says here "Often the true cause of a shortage is unknown, because the manufacturer will not provide the reason." William Avery (talk) 07:34, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Camel cigarettes

I smoke and like Camel, but it's quite hard to find these cigarettes for me. So the question: what other blends of cigarettes have exactly or approximately the same taste and strength as Camel (in hard yellow packs)? 89.236.214.174 (talk) 14:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

texan and lucky strike are similar. enjoy.

Where are you? I'd assume the Uk because Camels are pretty common in the US. Lucky strike taste nothing like Camels. Whenever I can't get camels I buy Marlboro Red, but they're not that similar. However, they're the closest I've found in the UK. Most supermarkets sell Camel filters though. Good luck Michael Clarke, Esq. (talk) 15:12, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Professional wrestling

When did pro wrestling become staged? I've been reading a few articles here on the subject, but it's not exactly clear, it seems by the beginning of the TV age it was fake, but it seems around 1900, as with this guy, it was real. zafiroblue05 | Talk 15:09, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It probobly started when poor people needed to earn money and the rich were wiilling to pay too see them do all kinds of weird things. Back them days it might have been real. The Wrestling page has a nice history bit witch should exapine it.

My great uncle was a wrestling referee in the 1940/50s in the UK, and apparently the fights then were fixed, although not staged to such an extent as they are now - just the result and a few moves would be decided in advance. Warofdreams talk 01:36, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did any punters take revenge? Julia Rossi (talk) 08:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Supreme Being?

I am not actively religious - I was brought up in my parents' religion but soon opted out because I didn't believe a lot of what I was told was "true" - there didn't seem to be sufficient proof to convince me I should have "blind faith". So as I watch the world through weary eyes, and listen to all the competing faiths insist that their God is the only true God, with some such as Islam finding it pleasing to Allah to slaughter non-believers, why are the leaders and adherents of these faiths not even a bit doubtful of the "all powerful" Gods they worship if those Gods can't achieve their objectives without the assistance of humankind? Strange to me that intelligent and educated people will accept the existence of an "all-powerful" God whilst believing avidly in that God's need for his human creations/creatures to carry out his/her/its will - as though he/she/it couldn't merely think it to have it so.92.9.140.220 (talk) 18:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This sounds like a discussion that's more appropriate for a discussion forum like Craigslist's.[2] Imagine Reason (talk) 18:15, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article on Atheism deals with many such arguments and is worth a read if this is your area of interest. Fribbler (talk) 23:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dig around a bit and you should find lots of gods that don't tell people to kill each other, or even insist that their religeon is the only right one. As for why people believe what they are told when it seems illogical and like any sensible person should be able to see that it is wrong, I have no idea. Even though I do that, I still don't understand why.HS7 (talk) 20:07, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Worker data

How many US workers make between 75K and 150K?

How many US workers are thinking about quitting their jobs right now?

I am. Edison (talk) 18:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How many US workers are in the first five years of their career? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikijane13 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can get census data on worker incomes in several ways here; the best bet for overall data may be this one. -- Coneslayer (talk) 19:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Crocodile eggs - the hatching of

Question my daughter had for her homework to do with mammals, reptiles etc. 'Crocodiles use an ----o-- to hatch out of their shell" The missing word has 8 letters , the fifth one is an o. We've looked up in her ref books and are at a loss. Can you tell us what the word is.196.208.0.10 (talk) 20:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's actually two words - 3 letters and 5 letters. The first word starts with "e", the second word starts with "t"; so it's e-- to---. Gandalf61 (talk) 20:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merriam-Webster lists it as a single word, as a variant to the standard two words. Wiktionary doesn't. jeﬀjon (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the answer you're looking for is "egg tooth". --Candy-Panda (talk) 04:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

..and we even have an article on the handy egg tooth.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

..and we now have a redirect at eggtooth. Dismas|^(talk) 08:51, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Summer Coats

Is there a special name for a full-length coat that isn't made of thick or padded material? Finding one of these to ponce about in during the summer is proving troublesome. FreeMorpheme (talk) 21:07, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Something like a Duster? SaundersW (talk) 21:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's the conclusion I am coming too as well, although everywhere on the net that sells these is either a goth site or a cowboy site. Or a fancy dress site selling goth and cowboy costumes. Hmmmm. FreeMorpheme (talk) 21:45, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Driza-Bone? in Ozacorss. Julia Rossi (talk) 02:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about a rain coat, or, if your a Brit, a Mackintosh/Mac. The rain coat link contains a number of other terms at the bottom. StuRat (talk) 01:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then there is the trench coat range worn by rivals Roy Batty and Deckard in Blade Runner.

I love my old trenchcoat. I have a design with a removable inner lining, which keeps you warmer in wintertime. Very nice for rainy weather, or light snow if the temperature's not too low. -- Kesh (talk) 01:19, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

← Looking at all those articles, I'm starting to think much of the content needs merged into Overcoat. Three stubs on similar items of clothing seems a bit much. -- Kesh (talk) 01:46, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Name these guns

The new BF:BC website [3] on how to unlock special guns is out now, and I'm just curious to see what they are. They only have the silhouettes. My guesses: 1-? 2-M60 3-F2000 ironsights? 4-Uzi (suppressed) 5-? 24.6.46.92 (talk) 22:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]