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Stock quote

Ford stock quote — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1702:3EC0:4960:55D8:3C28:D96E:2412 (talk) 02:43, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are lots of sites that give both current and historical stock prices. [1] is one. RudolfRed (talk) 03:37, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speech training

In Bravington Walk, just off Pentonville Road, a 12-foot high stretch of netting fences off an abandoned railway line (King's Cross Station is adjacent). A large notice affixed to said netting reads "DO NOT WALK ON THE NETTING". Are there any more examples of ridiculous trackside notices (one on the escalator at St Pancras is mentioned here Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2018 September 23#Definition and origin of "halfin", a fluid measure). 212.159.12.93 (talk) 11:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's not necessarily ridiculous. It's possible some clown actually tried to walk on it and ruined it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:07, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Presuming the netting was vertical, ". . .CLIMB . . ." might have been expected, but perhaps the sign used was the only one the engineers had on their van that day. In other locations such netting (do you mean Chain-link fencing?) may be used more horizontally over railway cuttings, of which there are many in London.

Incidentally, I searched the area around Bravingtons (sp) Walk on Google Earth, but couldn't find the likely location you describe: I suspect the area has been redeveloped. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.156 (talk) 15:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A quick Google brings up SIGN NOT IN USE. Alansplodge (talk) 16:12, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This page left blank. --Jayron 32 16:53, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I hope it was not intentional. --Lambiam 23:20, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unlike this.[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:00, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Whenever I see a door marked "This door must remain closed at all times", I feel like immediately bricking it up permanently. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:23, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Kind of like the (possibly apocryphal) story about the ballpark in Detroit - a sign on the visiting team clubhouse which supposedly said, "Visitors Clubhouse - No visitors allowed." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:58, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can we get a picture of the original pls. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.105.98 (talk) 09:11, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've always liked this one, but I have no reason to believe that the photo is real. (If someone actually knows, please enlighten us!)

On the other hand, this is definitely real, but not a sign: although the Trinity nuclear test site is on the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, it is open for public visits occasionally. When I went there, I was handed an army notice saying, among other rules, that "No weapons of any kind are allowed on White Sands Missile Range". --174.89.48.182 (talk) 22:06, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

At least these wordings are transparent. Long before the bank's destruction by Nick Leeson, customers of the newly-registered company Baring Brothers & Co., Limited would have noticed nothing unusual about the name. In fact the old company, Baring Brothers and Co. had gone bankrupt and could not be registered (hence the comma in the name of the new one). 212.159.12.93 (talk) 12:08, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What percentage of people with Down's syndrome have biological children of their own?

What percentage of people with Down's syndrome have biological children of their own? Also, what are the statistical odds of a parent with Down's syndrome passing on this condition to their child(ren)? Futurist110 (talk) 22:31, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

According to this,[3] female Down's victims are sometimes able to reproduce, and there is a high probability that the offspring will also have it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:55, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball Bugs, I think the terminology of victimhood is regrettable for people who live happy and fulfilling lives despite a disability. Perhaps let's talk about those with Down who are victims of abortion instead. Elizium23 (talk) 21:19, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Or not. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:16, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah right, because T21 doesn't come with numerous comorbidities that severely affect an individual's happiness and healthspan...you know, like Alzheimer's, which is basically universal by age 65 in people with Down syndrome (their median lifespan is 60). JoelleJay (talk) 03:02, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This reference in our article on the syndrome is of a 2006 paper stating that worldwide just a few cases (3 men, 26 women) have been reported of people with Down syndrome having children. --Lambiam 10:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Why is reproduction much rarer with Down's Syndrome men? Futurist110 (talk) 21:14, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Read the article you linked. Apparently men with Down's are not fertile. There is a reference there you can look up to read about it. RudolfRed (talk) 23:58, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They're suspected to have defective spermatogenesis due to the extra chromosome interfering with the pachytene stage of meiosis. At least according to a ~40-year-old study. JoelleJay (talk) 03:02, 23 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]