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Professional diving water jets?

during a diving competition that is aquatic diving. What is the purpose of the water jets that spray into the pool? Brad (talk) 16:30, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) requires[1] surface agitation to provide a visual cue that helps divers judge when to enter their rotation as they dive into the water. Philvoids (talk) 16:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your prompt reply! Now I just wonder why that didn't show up in the first place and I tried to Google it. Thanks again

Farmer market "slogan"

Why do some farmers market stands say "We grow what we sell"? What does that mean, anyway? TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 21:48, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because a lot of market stalls don't make what they sell. They buy their products from wholesalers. Nanonic (talk) 21:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So it means that they themselves are the farmers who grew the produce you find at their stand. --Lambiam 05:58, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I used to live in a town with a large farmer's market. The local news investigated and found that almost all of the food for sale was purchased from a wholesaler who distributed food grown in other states and countries. The concept is that a farmer's market supports local farmers. But, over time, this market was overrun by people who did nto have a farm and simply resold food they purchased in bulk without the overhead of running a grocery store. Those who did grow their own food were characterized as lawyers who grew a few tomatos on the porch and sold them at a loss just to get tax writeoffs for having farmland on their property. I am certain that this practice is far more widespread than one city. So, people hear that the farmer's market doesn't actually have any local farmers and there is no incentive to go. It is necessary to advertise that the people are local and the food was grown locally. But, are they honest? Why not purchase vegetables off a plane from Brazil and sell it with a big sign that says "I grew this locally!" (Will anyone actually go through the trouble to sue for false advertisint? Will be be very hard for a lawyer to argue that "grew locally" includes "purchased from a shipment from another country"?) This exact same issue comes up with "farm to table" restaurants. They claim to primarily use ingredients from local farms. Do they? How do you know? What farms? What does "local" include? 75.136.148.8 (talk) 18:50, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps local means local group. I'd be very surprised to see anything coming from further away, but not sure that I'd be willing to eat it.-Gadfium (talk) 20:46, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The advertising admits "We supplement the bags with fruit and veg from further afield when local produce is not available."[2]. Here the advertising is "Strict rules apply so you can be certain that everything sold at the market is being sold by the farmer who grew it."[3] 2A00:23D0:E91:1101:C919:B9E0:1479:94A5 (talk) 12:36, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget that time dilation will keep the goods fresh for longer than you might think. —Tamfang (talk) 00:37, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]