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May 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 1

1. Off-site Wikipedia Rules
2. Where to redirect junk mail
3. History question
4. My Dear - charming or patronising
5. mobile phone radiation is higher when battery is low?
6. Dog thing
7. Creation Of A Death Note?
8. Home ownership rates
9. Is Fantastic Contraption noteworthy?
10. How can I research 10.5 million weblinks to get the best answer?

May 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 2

1. US collectibles: puzzle "key ring"
2. Why is the current swine flu epidemic not spreading much throughout Africa and Asia?
3. Egypt slaughters farm pigs
4. Who is this?
5. Punning is no laughing matter
6. The Construction Industry
7. subliminal messaging - does it work?

May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 3

1. online game
2. Instant coffee vs. ground coffee
3. Cheap saffron substitute?
4. Digital camera for photojournalism
5. Construction question
6. What is the best material used for floating on water ??

May 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 4

1. Further education in the UK
2. The existense of a study
3. Wifi and Bluetooth
4. Google and Wordpress
5. Making Music Videos
6. Sacrifices
7. Green Up Day
8. Copyright of broadcasts (Canada)
9. Public domain works of governments
10. Selling services online
11. Crossing the English Channel
12. Wii Dance Teacher
13. Is it possible to control the stiffness of a spring ??
14. Washing machines
15. STUFFING

May 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 5

1. Remembering songs
2. Hazing
3. Short-term loan vs. Long-term loan
4. List of Wikis Devoted to Fictional Works
5. US Navy procedure when boarding a vessel
6. God's Address
7. Student Council Tax

May 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 6

1. Why won't my coworker leave me alone??
2. Chamba Army of Distt Chamba of Himachal Pradesh
3. Barbeque Chip Spices?
4. Federal offense?
5. Animated GIFs
6. Halo that glows
7. Airfare prices
8. what is this classical music
9. Change Cell Phone NUmber in USA

May 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 7

1. Bicylce Reviews
2. Music Theory
3. Why is there softcore porn on DeviantART?
4. Modelling scams?
5. Font rendering programmes
6. What is this form of Internet humor called?
7. How do seals impact other species?
8. Date of publication?
9. How can a patent apply to a locomotive paint scheme?
10. Whopper
11. Olympic half-brick tossing
12. How long should you wait before you cheat on your girlfriend if she is in a coma?

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 8

1. LDS Church wordmark
2. Name of Violin Song
3. movie and video game ratings
4. Does this make sense
5. Paying for incoming calls and SMSes in the USA
6. salami and penicillin
7. Material lifecycle
8. Media: to pay or not to pay
9. Naming parliaments
10. Wikipedia Coordinators
11. How to Introduce Parents
12. Graduation with Divorced Parents

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 9

1. Barnstar up for grabs
2. Atheists on the internet
3. Birthday Of Rabindranath Tagore
4. Roses on Fire Helmets
5. Confessions of a crap artist buyer
6. NZ Landscapes
7. Bug killer that plugs into the wall
8. UK Smoking Ban
9. 1997 honda accord 4 cyl crankshaft pulley removal

May 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 10

1. distinguished conduct medal
2. online films
3. Blocking Gmail Contacts
4. archaeology
5. Total sales and Revenue
6. Worldwide child protection laws
7. Woodlouse / Pill bug / Cheesybob
8. Mosquitoes in the UK

May 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 11

1. Information About My Late Grandfather
2. distinguished conduct medal
3. confusion about oxidation
4. Number lines in other cultures
5. Avacado Tree Pruning
6. With respect to the fields covered by this refdesk, what are the applications and benefits of a tree structure?

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 12

1. Hair Color
2. Any skateboard or rollerblade fanatics here?
3. Stupid toilet
4. Share dealing - HELP

May 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 13

1. A few brain questions ....
2. culture study
3. Image I'm looking for; Putin, Russia
4. how does the wiki-neutrality/accuracy template system work? MA dissertation
5. one-child law in China
6. gambling
7. voldemort's last horcrux
8. FBI WATCHLIST
9. Financing a Cambridge Education
10. Abbreviation UTC on Wikipedia
11. Stupid Question

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 14

1. awkward question
2. Physical Training
3. EU fines Intel; why does Intel pay?
4. company based tariffs ?
5. Pentland South Pole Expedition
6. Validity of Soviet passports
7. How to disarm a bomb
8. With gay male couples is it common for one to be the 'top' and one to be the 'bottom' or is 'switch' often the way it is done?
9. largest lake in scotland?
10. magma energy source

May 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 15

1. Ford Transmission
2. Scanner Questions
3. minister's daughter
4. Czech gymnast with different names
5. Paintball ban
6. when do this years a-level exams finish?
7. Sleeping on one's front

May 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 16

1. British Submarines
2. Under a train
3. archictect
4. What has killed more americans, Swine Flu or Clowns?

May 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 17

1. Dogfish
2. Product placement in children's TV
3. Atheistic Existentialism and Ethics
4. Most disabled person

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 18

1. Japanese Wind Bell (風鈴)
2. Goth vs. Emo
3. Monkeys
4. nothing to see here
5. Is this a scam?
6. Buddhists
7. Magic Eye
8. Weird symbol on cameras
9. After the Apocalypse...
10. A profession question

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 19

1. song !?
2. OR - Meaning
3. Clocks
4. Links on Talk Pages
5. Company names
6. US economy without population growth
7. British House of Commons > Speaker's logo
8. Cell phone as a component
9. Metal box by the side of the road
10. Humans born and died
11. Do any Wikipedia mirrors do anything useful?
12. What have I missed?
13. When was Owen Hart's time of death?

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 20

1. Shop census in Pakistan
2. fr:Boîte à meuh
3. Digital zoom in digital cameras
4. Gulet captain
5. Clothing

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 21

1. A question about Silent Hill 4: The Room...
2. Taking a Bicycle onto a Plane
3. Most redirects?
4. Weird Car Problem
5. V sign for survival
6. Is Popeye Banned in China?
7. Where's this from?
8. Reaction effect
9. black "g $" stamp on 100 bill
10. The Good Ship Lifestyle

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 22

1. Trees
2. Utilitarianism, Moral Relativism, and Moral Absolutism
3. Holes in survival knives
4. simple maps
5. "Obama Would Move Some Terror Detainees to US"
6. buying desert boots
7. Lost ID information
8. National Diet Library

May 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 23

1. MMA fighters in a street fight
2. The mother of all road trips
3. rote learning vs. actual thinkinh
4. Name of book
5. logarithms
6. Roadrash
7. Currency sign amount
8. aircraft pilot seat position

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 24

1. Background music
2. University Transcripts (UK)
3. online library
4. Cigarette machines?
5. Ferrari F430 spider
6. Picture of Teufelsberg?
7. Microeconomics homework question

May 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 25

1. SS Jackets Open
2. Postmodern Humanism
3. Voice actor
4. 10 million and 1 billion articles
5. Questions about paypal
6. why is it we hear more stories about people being shot dead than animals?
7. Private Eye Magazine - Eye Need...
8. What the heck are these things?

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 26

1. Shoe Polish
2. Utilitarianism
3. Staple gun
4. words that alternate hands on keyboard
5. Recent temperatures in the city of Paris
6. Psychology video
7. US politicians education background
8. Nike founder, Phil Knight, is a Portland, Oregon native. I'm trying to find out precisely where he grew up in Portland

May 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 27

1. Résumé question
2. Stopping the Car
3. architect and anthropologist
4. UK Driving License
5. Wartime crossdressers
6. Free as in FREE ringtones
7. Public debt and deficit across all levels: US vs. Canada

May 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 28

1. Really obvious candidates for articles that don't exist yet
2. 80s movie concerining the African Bushmen
3. Worldwide population of Stuffed Animals ?
4. A question about ePSXe...
5. Walking from London to Edinburgh
6. How many are there television stations in the world
7. airplane pilots
8. Kancamagus Highway
9. Book Title
10. short selling and hurting
11. National Spelling Bee
12. pits of gold
13. How do you download "Whip it good" by Devo as a ring tone
14. 241 South Tollway extension?

May 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 29

1. Diana Buttu Email Address
2. Hills in Ireland
3. architect
4. King Kong sized Anime
5. relay setting calculation for spaj 140 c
6. I'm looking for roleplaying chat site for omni-roleplayers...
7. Bridal Shower Gift Amount
8. max speeding
9. Torch the streets
10. US bank safe deposit boxes
11. Sports car vs truck engine
12. Backgrounds specifically for Photoshopping
13. Ahmadinejad vs. Mousavi

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 30

1. How is a photo like this taken?
2. Buying a Bike
3. 6E (triple wide) steel-toed leather work boots
4. self-discipline for the lazy and uninspired?
5. MySpace
6. Privacy of A-Level module results
7. Eaten by boa constrictor

May 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 May 31

1. Checkmate.
2. British Lions
3. UK Trains
4. verifying ISSN
5. brightness of LED flashlights
6. Corporations in the US
7. National Graduate School (U.S.) ?
8. What country has the world's largest fishing fleet?