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February 8

Women's Clothing

Why do women wear much shorter skirts and dresses nowadays than in the past? Why do women wear trousers nowadays but didn't in the past?

Great Time (talk) 03:58, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Global warming HiLo48 (talk) 04:06, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How far in the past? --Jayron32 06:13, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is this thing called Fashion. It is similar to a fad but lasts longer...but they change anyway when society changes. Skirts began shortening after the end of the first world war when almost all of society was changing. Fashion changed drastically and short skirts became the rage of flappers. OK...we don't see that as short...but then the second world war also had an effect on women's fashion and in the 50s Hollywood had an major impact (although it was already having an impact on fashion itself). The sixties and the "mini skirt" had the greatest effect on dress length.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:18, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Our article is at hemline, which discusses a couple of reasons, including the old skirt length - stock market analysis. Matt Deres (talk) 16:26, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is the northern most hypermarket in the world?

I would have imagined it would be in Iceland or Canada. If I'm wrong, please correct me. thanks Burropasta (talk) 08:55, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please define "hypermarket". Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:21, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hypermarket. Suggest you start at list of hypermarkets.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:14, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Longyearbyen has-or certainly had-when Michael Palin was whizzing around pole to pole-a 'general store supplying everything residents would need(groceries,fuel,housewares)'-if you can classify that as a hypermaket.And just checking our article,it appears to now have 'a shopping mall'-it seems reasonable to assume that would contain at least one sort of supermarket. Lemon martini (talk) 12:00, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In case Longyearbyen's general store doesn't qualify, the Norwegian chain, Coop Obs!, has two stores in Tromsø - the most northerly at 69°40′28″N 18°55′46″E / 69.6745°N 18.9295°E. Over in Russia there is a О'Кей store in Murmansk at 68°57′24″N 33°04′03″E / 68.9567°N 33.0674°E. The most northerly Walmart in Canada is in Yellowknife; and the most northerly Walmart in the USA is in Fairbanks, AK. Astronaut (talk) 13:03, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's also a NorthMART in Inuvik, at 68 degrees 21" N, which may be the most northerly in the Americas. But it looks like Tromso's wins. AlexTiefling (talk) 13:40, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. Burropasta (talk) 01:49, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Northmart is just a fancy name for the Northern Stores run by The North West Company. I would have said they are just Grocery/department stores. The hypermarket article says they carry "full groceries lines" whereas up here the stores carry very limited groceries. We have two kinds of potatoes, red and white. Regular sized and baby potatoes in both colours, plus if you are lucky they don't start sprouting within two days. In fact the Northmart stores are listed [www.northernstores.ca/store_locator.htm here] with the Northern. If you are counting the Inuvik Northmart then the regular Northern Stores would be included and Arctic Bay is somewhat further north. Plus the most northerly store of that type in North America would be the coop at Grise Fiord. By the way the Yellowknife Walmart has a very limited line of groceries as well. Their grocery section is smaller than the one at the Northern store in Ulukhaktok but then Yellowknife does have two large supermarkets. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 04:08, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to import and register a car into Kazakhstan?

This contributor has repeatedly been told not to ask such questions - this is a reference desk for an encyclopaedia, not a guide to car importation. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I want to know how to import and register a car into the Republic of Kazakhstan, for information purposes only. Here is the vehicle(s) listed below for importation:

Vehicle 1:
Make: Honda
Model: Accord (North America)
Year: 2008
Engine: 3.5 L Honda J V6

Vehicle 2:
Make: Infiniti
Model: FX35
Year: 2005
Engine: 3.5 L VQ35DE V6--Kiel457 (talk) 09:04, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What lies ahead? (duplicate request for horoscope)

Thread retitled from "What lies ahead?".

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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

My date of birth is 10th September 1983 according to Gregarian calender.Time of birth is 09:55 a.m. in Indian Standard Time.Location approximately 22.54 degrees North Latitude and 88.35 degrees East Longitude.Can someone predict how my prospective wife will look like,what kind of person she will be and how will be my married life. Can you give any idea about who can be my prospective wife.Please predict based on Vedic Astrology and Western Astrology.117.194.253.166 (talk) 14:46, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As it states at the top of the page, "We don't answer requests for opinions, predictions or debate." User:ClarityFiend 14:53, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The only valid answer I can think of, to a question like that, is the song "Que Será, Será" (What Will Be, Will Be). ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:02, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Let me consult my balls. My balls say: "No idea". They also say "this is Wikipedia, and Wikipedia is explicitly not a crystal ball Tonywalton ^Talk 01:42, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]