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October 1

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 1

  1. earrings
  2. steel threaded rods for finding soil depth, name of apparatus? (repeat,repeat question)
  3. stingrays
  4. Children's television laws
  5. Missing posts
  6. UK Special Representative for Trade and Investment
  7. Vegetarian sausages/burgers
  8. Juggling Props
  9. Where does a total noob start to learn about cars?
  10. American Gods quote
  11. Sonic Adventure DX: Action Replay downloads
  12. weird
  13. Private Equity Performance
  14. How to reference this cite..
  15. A very hard question to ask

October 2

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 2

  1. Liscenses
  2. Einstein's Math
  3. Maximizing expected utility
  4. nautical wood and shell charts
  5. Emotional abuse
  6. people who "aren't good at tests"
  7. Road that runs both north and south
  8. Development of Man/Woman
  9. List of rich neighborhoods
  10. World's biggest spliff?
  11. reservoir dogs suits
  12. academy award nominee
  13. Bishop Eamon O'Casey
  14. SIC codes.
  15. Optygen
  16. i have a hangnail
  17. someone help me!!!!
  18. Piano playing- its becoming automatic
  19. Death?
  20. Dumping Bodies
  21. The things that you put in drinks so that the drinking person becomes rapeable
  22. Auto - what car is this? (brand/model)
  23. Counter-Strike

October 3

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 3

  1. Cooking for the complete idiot?
  2. Indoor Plants
  3. phantasmagoria
  4. Adjusted for inflation and population growth, what is the highest grossing movie in U.S. history?
  5. Boston census tracts from 1960
  6. City with the greatest number of large buildings
  7. Fire water
  8. What is the poorest county/locale in the USA?
  9. 3-word hebrew translation
  10. fire
  11. BBC & Daily Mail lift Amish Wiki text
  12. Incident at Neshabur
  13. Reference material for financial aid to North Korea
  14. Dark Angel(Arundel High)
  15. Febreze
  16. Saddest Moment of your Life
  17. Smash Bros. glitch?

October 4

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 4

  1. Faked X and Y Chromosomes
  2. Grand Mufti
  3. grudge
  4. Rome Total War
  5. The female House Representative (?) who made statements against women's right to vote
  6. payment on non traditional services
  7. Information on media and superstitions
  8. Before there were 'moist towelettes' -
  9. Minnesota No Waste Law
  10. emergency exit sign design
  11. Fedor Baikov.
  12. ORID
  13. Airport runway staff's light wand thingies
  14. Germany
  15. The development and changes in industry in the world today.
  16. Mythology
  17. Can cats be allergic to humans?
  18. Chocolate
  19. Nasty MSN bug
  20. Template:Award2

October 5

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 5

  1. cows
  2. "Exposure" meaning in Risk Assessment/ Management
  3. Frowning when Eating Delicious Food
  4. CPH in relation to wages
  5. mlb playoff
  6. English :A few pronuncation problems
  7. Obsolete oscilloscope
  8. ASVAB in HS
  9. Clearing house in New York
  10. Dido album anytime soon?
  11. Prize Court Question (Old Maritime Law)
  12. what's this moviie
  13. my notes
  14. Ginger
  15. Amount of oxygen used
  16. Removing Smoke Smell
  17. History of Taboo
  18. black people & "haunted house"
  19. Wood Integrity
  20. Basil Leaves - Tearing or chopping?
  21. Rawlins, Oxfordshire
  22. Paper lampshade safe from heat of lightbulb?
  23. hacking laws

October 6

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 6

  1. I can't find something I found a year ago
  2. moe.
  3. Is It Illegal to drink unroasted coffee?
  4. Does Wikipedia have pictures?
  5. Economics of World War II
  6. Pacific Aero Products, Inc.
  7. Queen
  8. Not a question, but a thank you
  9. the coloured boxes
  10. Planting something in winter
  11. Eye proctection
  12. Names and their meaning
  13. Swallows
  14. Who am I?
  15. Lighters at Concerts
  16. Gardening.
  17. Music downloads
  18. depression

October 7

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 7

  1. snl
  2. 'Cloning' Oil
  3. just curious
    1. new question
  4. Enough!
  5. FAQ
  6. missing question
  7. historical curiosity
  8. Diva, Sixth Sense?
  9. Manga questions
  10. Loud Harleys
  11. Anti-Terrorist Options on Aeroplanes.
  12. Adding a photo to an existing file
  13. Alternatives to Cetaphil?
  14. Why is volume so high?
  15. Behind the scenes of Survivor
  16. Survivor
  17. Name this song & artist
  18. Help making friends
  19. Cleaning up apartment

October 8

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 8

  1. dry erase
  2. An intriguing question
  3. When & Why Did Matthias Paul Change His Name To Paul Van Dyk?
  4. Time management
  5. Jesus / Mohammed and the different ways to approach God
  6. Are There Any Wikipedia Articles That Discuss The Mistranlastion Of Homosexuality In The Bible?
  7. Audie Murphy versus Matt Urban
  8. analyst and users problem in stationary shop
  9. How to not ask for...
  10. naked bbq
  11. Perception of middle level workers in any Organisation
  12. Thin Paper
  13. artillery equipment used in iraq
  14. Israel
  15. Warhammer SOHA
  16. question about saving images
  17. For Wikipedia administrators or people who spend much time on it
  18. The BlockView
  19. moe. part 2
  20. didgeree doo
  21. help me

October 9

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 9

  1. Gay People
    1. Should we correct this imbalance if its possible?
  2. care of lace
  3. My dog
  4. Wikipedia Copyright?
  5. Gala Records
  6. Magazine says PARASITES make people FAT
  7. Alternate words for Communication or Dialogue
  8. USMC War Memorial
  9. Interest rates
  10. Wikipedia Copyright?
  11. Olive Stones
  12. Constitution of India
  13. Reduced Salt Area
  14. re: California Proposition 13 (1978)
  15. George Washington
  16. Catholic Mass Question
  17. Daily Death rates of US soldiers
  18. Death of a President
  19. Wikipedians-cum-Celebrities!
  20. President Bush's dates in August 2001
  21. Loony Laws

October 10

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 10

  1. Flavor to Coffee Beans
  2. Atheistic, skeptical organisations
  3. Referencing a Morning Radio Show
  4. permission to copy images only
  5. Symbols for the left wing
  6. Copyright......again!
  7. personal property
  8. doctors
  9. extracurricular activities
  10. can't control it
  11. Lost Time Injury Frequence Rate
  12. french-French Dicitonary
  13. lyrics
  14. Dub One Piece Movies
  15. Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2 PSP

October 11

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 11

  1. Drinking Red Bull while exercising
  2. Speed of Human Brain
  3. Could Google BUY Wikipedia?
  4. Kid's satellite TV channels
  5. East Timor National Flower
  6. Titles Of All Articles
  7. Values of the paintings of recently deceased artist Charles E. Barnes
  8. Steroids in Bodybuilding
  9. MRI or CAT-scans knocking
  10. Charge off information relating to lender
  11. Purchasing Skulls
  12. Musician
  13. English Cities
  14. Maybe I'm just stupid.
  15. Help!!!
  16. movies or dvds
  17. typing up a resolution
  18. Closed vocational/technical colleges
  19. Those big Motorola things
  20. Kinf Edward boys and Family Coats of arms
  21. For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
  22. Has anybody here seen the movie "Gay Niggers from Outer Space"?
  23. Phrase origin - I can tell you but then I'd have to kill you
  24. English homework help--parts of speech
  25. lenny kravitz video

October 12

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 12

  1. Pictures of Smoker's Lungs
  2. boxing information
  3. Work Cited
  4. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE REFERENCE DESK
  5. Collections
  6. Copyright
  7. Publishing
  8. WP and alien contact
  9. Masking Water Works?
  10. After ejaculation pain

October 13

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 13

  1. TV commercial credits
  2. Lactic Acid Pain
  3. Most embarassing way to die?
  4. Mining claims
  5. Miss Washington Pic
  6. High quality video website?
  7. How to post our question into mediawiki site
  8. Are There Bachelor Degrees In Landscape Architecture?
  9. Distribution Centers
  10. historical item
  11. coughing and weezing? asap
  12. Willy on Wheels
  13. Credit Card Offers
  14. Problems trying to goatse
  15. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
  16. Chess - must say check?
  17. Quotation mark usage
  18. Tom Monagahan
  19. October 14th
  20. dewey decimal system
  21. How many countries are poor and consistently getting poorer?
  22. Colonization
  23. Health Symbols
  24. The Goatse Man
  25. Simplified baseball rules
  26. The Green Green Grass (BBC 1)

October 14

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 14

  1. HOFFSTEDE STUDY
  2. news headlines in present continuous
  3. What's the Average Weight?
  4. What is the Meaning of Life?
  5. a band with no original members
  6. riddle
  7. Car's main shaft producing power
  8. scarborough
  9. space, empty?
  10. Is this illegal?
  11. fastest spring
  12. Vandalism
  13. Longest Professional Wrestling Match
  14. girl in whale rider.
  15. Lost
  16. Two rugby union questions from an American

October 15

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 15

  1. Is it illegal?
  2. A letter
  3. Legal in US?
  4. Roaches and cold
  5. History Channel's Mega Disasters
  6. DOF Glass
  7. A game I can't find
  8. Linking to Wiktionary
  9. Musical by Janov???
  10. Anyone with the DVD of The Rules of Attraction?
  11. Can you buy The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask in any store in Orlando,Florida?
  12. Setting up a company in UK
  13. Homework
  14. Maori Legend
  15. Hedge mazes
  16. Potatoes

October 16

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Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Miscellaneous/2006 October 16

  1. college basketball
  2. Doléen
  3. CSI Miami Commercial
  4. Notable Siblings Marrying Siblings
  5. Truck sales in Antananarivo?
  6. suicide
  7. Ecopave
  8. Starbucks
  9. news
  10. 'edit' tag
  11. how to open up a restaraunt
  12. no more ghosts? ASAP Please
  13. My kitten is sick
  14. How to contact David Gilmour of Pink floyd?
  15. A little confused?
  16. Brochure Templates
  17. Reccomendations
  18. God or god
  19. Weird looking dog
  20. Light blue uniforms
  21. Terrorists
  22. Marijuana

October 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 17

  1. ji,iok,okl
  2. first college football game
  3. "Grangsvild joke article"
  4. Venom
  5. loosening elastic waistbands
  6. edison
  7. Sticking your hand in a Venus Flytrap
  8. Stock exchanges in India
  9. Maps
  10. Who profits from meteorites?
  11. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
  12. Women Surgeons
  13. Rope bridge
  14. Latin meaning for confidence
  15. Tuna Fishing
  16. Crash test marker
  17. financials
  18. FOOTBALL
  19. What is the longest answer to a question asked at the reference desk ever?
  20. A closed circuit where I can actively determine the amount of Hz
  21. Dragon page problem
  22. naked baking
  23. Shelf life
  24. Schmoo cake origin
  25. Intelligence and wealth
  26. Grey teeth?

October 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 18

  1. chess rice?
  2. Are The Songs '8th World Wonder' & 'Wrong' By Kimberley Locke Covers?
  3. Geese
  4. qiuz using letters and numbers
  5. Easyjet Baggage/Box
  6. Dung Spreader
  7. Question on animal horns
  8. shau en lai
  9. In Country Music...
  10. Who are the characters in Cate Tiernan books?
  11. Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream- Birthdys and death dates
  12. who would win the jaguar or the corvette?
  13. chandler woodcock?
  14. when will cars fly?
  15. do you know the average land speed for a mini cooper?
  16. what is the smallest inamnate object? asap
  17. God real or not?
  18. whats your favorite eat out? around ny asap

October 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 19

  1. White Wednesday
  2. cheapest international $$$ transfer
  3. Sexual harassment in high school
  4. blue gene
  5. Name of essay by Mark Twain criticizing humans
  6. Alcholics Anonymous and religion.
  7. bad newspapering
  8. why does bbc allow false reports ?
  9. QUESTION: The business world: Ocean/container shipping
  10. Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Magazine 2006
  11. NY Times archived article.
  12. Trio Mafuà
  13. best calzone?
  14. what if you drank draino?
  15. Pancakes
  16. homicide
  17. Shazra syed amir ali
  18. Public Assistance
  19. Which nation would best survive a nuclear war?
  20. You just have to help please please please!!!!
  21. Praying Mantis in Greece
  22. The great Gadsby
  23. looking to start a small business
  24. Forgetting how to breathe
  25. Sewing Machine Problems
  26. average rent that a high-end retailer pays for space at the Galleria Mall in Houston
  27. Contacting people who post
  28. Choking and joking
  29. Hunger right after waking up
  30. What is the least number of edits that makes me an administrator?
  31. Geography
  32. Mercedes 1994 SL500
  33. Who wrote Bible?
  34. help!!!

October 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 20

  1. Use of your image
  2. Legality?
  3. Malaysian coordinates
  4. Wikilyrics?
  5. MARKET SYSTEM
  6. benefits package
  7. paris hilton sex tapes
  8. kuma ?
  9. determining relevance score
  10. Interaction with a dog.
  11. What do you know about the moscow coup attempt?
  12. Which is lighter, a feather or a moth's wing ?
  13. black bull stickers on cars
  14. Student with concern
  15. weird question
  16. Legality 2: The Fellowship of the Law

October 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 21

  1. Games on the TI-84?
  2. Military Corpmen
  3. manual information on Technics Compact Disc Changer SL-MC 50
  4. soviet union breakdown
  5. Replacement cap for flash drive
  6. more french riots
  7. Nation of Islam dress
  8. WATS THIS SONG???
  9. GOOGLE EARTH
  10. JESUS
  11. AV club
  12. Freedom Passes in London
  13. Through rain, through sleet...through employees' apartments?
  14. Who is this guy from - Sky News - British TV - 11pm Friday 20th October - Last Night
  15. european borders
  16. Rucum or Rucuum Hill
  17. Post-suicide-attempt care?
  18. skin cancer
  19. Why is British?
  20. Origin of a name
  21. Schengen_treaty
  22. swiss banks
  23. Diversity
  24. List of PS3 Games
  25. Game-show buzzers
  26. Loop-hole to Schrodinger's Cat Box

October 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 22

  1. ford mazda motors
  2. Football
  3. radio code
  4. please tell me which fossil is this .
  5. cost to play one song over the radio?
  6. How do I get a job as a caretaker of a sexily luxurious hotel?
  7. Investing
  8. Rush Hour 2
  9. Micronation website
  10. Real-life CTU equivalent
  11. Salary of secret service
  12. Average Temperature
  13. Drunk Driving Laws
  14. NFL
  15. Jews
  16. Computer Games

October 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 23

  1. artemis fowl-the book after the lost colony
  2. ship a car
  3. ford focus hatchback
  4. Micro marketing
  5. powdered doughnuts
  6. Chocolate bars
  7. USA place name
  8. Looking for 70s Board game
  9. Purple streaks
  10. airport luggage checking
  11. Morrisville, North Carolina
  12. Black Marked Book
  13. What color are tigers?
  14. Alternative name for fins
  15. how do proofreaders miss the blatant error in the headline
  16. Ah the little kids!

October 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 24

  1. Jews
  2. Karma
  3. Headphones/Microphone on NFL
  4. Powers of observation
  5. Special Economy Zone
  6. Illegal music download sites
  7. Red masks
  8. CHINA
  9. Ukraine
  10. WHAT DAY WAS THIS
  11. Tinkering with your car
  12. Simple Simon Restaurant in Grafton New South Wales
  13. The most famous photographs of all time.
  14. Barak Obama or Hilary Clinton? ASAP Please.
  15. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
  16. Peanut butter demographics
  17. Friendster and MySpace
  18. Freedom
  19. Birth Records
  20. 1960's Jeep CJ-5A and CJ-6A
  21. us abbreviations
  22. amygdal hipocampectomy
  23. Data Entry Jobs
  24. Sleepy

October 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 25

  1. Best military commander
  2. Etymology
  3. Help with Ralph Lauren Model
  4. citing
  5. average car leases
  6. Distances between shipping ports
  7. What is going to replace the US standard-issue M16/M4?
  8. Tongue piercings
  9. irst Asian to jump 8 metres
  10. McDonald's Numbers?
  11. Do planes and helicopters have keys?
  12. Motor manufacturing quality
  13. Fall colours in Himalayas
  14. Horses
  15. Hand Guns
  16. British Horror Film of the 1930s or 1940s
  17. Navy Seals
  18. Anne Geddes Project
  19. Hard Candy
  20. Bill Gates driving story?
  21. bettas (fish)
  22. What is the correct term for the state of matter that applies to semi-liquid objects?

October 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 26

  1. Remington Electric Shavers
  2. Baseball jerseys
  3. outsourcing and first company
  4. Hockey Jerseys
  5. NFL Jerseys
  6. Canadian Football League Jerseys
  7. Indonesian names
  8. Which football team should I support?
  9. hotclaws**
  10. Approximately how many active Wikipedians are there?
  11. Nickname Origin
  12. enquiry about animal communication.
  13. gustav peter
  14. riddle
  15. post a joke
  16. the y in citibank
  17. can anyone identify this plant description?
  18. Dwarf Hamsters
  19. mmm
  20. Terrorist
  21. South american pink... stuff
  22. Canadian Social Insurance Numbers
  23. Gun laws/registration
  24. Headlights staying on while car is off.
  25. what's a round screw-like thingy called?
  26. Are There Fashion HIstory Courses? And If So, Where Could I Take Them?
  27. Female USMC Snipers
  28. DaDa article in Art Journal

October 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 27

  1. US Army vs USMC
  2. Alien cross-signal thing
  3. natraj plant?
  4. Jokes about stupid people
  5. Mercedes-benz
  6. Common quotes
  7. pontiac hood ornament-help
  8. encyclopedic
  9. Green Tree Frog
  10. Voldo-walking
  11. Salt on bricks
  12. Uranium in cigarettes
  13. Polonium-210
  14. wtf is wrong with these gov.'s?
  15. Name Meanings
  16. One island animal
  17. Counter-strike bullet spread
  18. Works Cited
  19. List of chemicals used in Tabboco related items.
  20. Stickshifters!

October 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 28

  1. Wristwatch in the movie "Jaws" (1975)
  2. heaters for aquariums
  3. A quick question about plants
  4. Price of a Fender Strat
  5. FPS in doom movie
  6. Line from Broadway Musical 50's or 60's
  7. concerned about educational policy
  8. musical notation displayed in Wikepedia pages
  9. Porsche model cars
  10. Bakufuu Slash!! Kizna Arashi
  11. WTF is "<>"?
  12. Incomplete information
  13. Is it legal
  14. Clocks turning
  15. F-14's and UFOs
  16. Pointing or linking to diffs in the page history
  17. "Cut off" sound

October 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 29

  1. redeeming paper airline vouchers
  2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  3. There must be an easy answer to this
  4. Managing a library of D&D PDFs
  5. Prefect
  6. fedex
  7. The Movie SIGNS
  8. uestion
  9. travel
  10. weightlifting
  11. football(soccer)
  12. Religion of These People
  13. Lat + Long of Continental Divide in Yellowstone
  14. canada post
  15. Who stole October 27 from the Contents list here?
  16. Training
  17. Are There Univerisity Level Fashion History Courses? And If So, What Are They And Where Could I Take Them?
  18. why are manga black an white?
  19. Inserting pictures
  20. Is/Are There Bachelor(s) Degree(s) In The Science Of Writing Systems Or The Studies Of Writing Systems, Or Writing Systems Science Or Writing Systems Studies?
  21. Natrual instinct of a right hander
  22. Sex on the movie sets
  23. Gupta

October 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 30

  1. Some doggy help!!!
  2. CRAZY LENNY'S CRAZY DEALS!!!
  3. Maxwell Taylor's left hand
  4. Familiar pattern
  5. Who invented the iconic clap?
  6. Don't knock this one
  7. numismatism
  8. Furniture counterfeiting
  9. OK Corral
  10. needing help
  11. acousticophilia
  12. Caffeine in Cigarettes
  13. Complexity of antlers
  14. What is minute rice?
  15. Zassenhaus mill
  16. Naturally occurring monthly cycles
  17. bash.org
  18. Translations
  19. jjtc?

October 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2006 October 31

  1. Senior Master Sergeant
  2. Anti-tobacco shakespeare
  3. address
  4. one dollar per negative gram
  5. Phenytoin sodium
  6. myopia and mirrors
  7. Type o negative
  8. Brachet
  9. arco Polo in India