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July 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 1

1. Star Spangled Banner -- Music question
2. 1/2 ounce gold coins
3. Payments on airplanes
4. Outdoor water heater/showers
5. Email from Wikipedia
6. SAT Review?
7. Cleaning Smelly shoes with Alcohol
8. Colour of house
9. Mysterious gentleman at Wimbledon Championships
10. Coincidence?

July 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 2

1. Another coincidence?
2. Science? Humanities? Misc.
3. Wild West Saloon doors.
4. Midgets (again)
5. Contribute Article
6. Burn from a cold metal rod
7. P.G in Journalism after completing B.E
8. Defending myself against a Taser
9. Troubleshooting old video games
10. Wiki Pages

July 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 3

1. Article help
2. Telephone interview times
3. standard height of the roof
4. numbers
5. Surface finish
6. Rain forests

July 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 4

1. What bridge is this?
2. Dictionary Online
3. Threat of deleting article
4. More about walking in Stockholm
5. Why _ What, and Who
6. Ancient Roman Republic

July 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 5

1. AMC Germany Porcelain company
2. Philadelphia dogkillers
3. "The camera adds ten pounds"
4. Does anybody...
5. Interesting white-collar jobs for non-graduates

July 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 6

1. Hyphenated last names
2. Things man was not meant to know
3. Time
4. Maximum height for a cat flap
5. Where is this?
6. Is there a gardener in the house?
7. what do the other countries think of american football
8. Bottom line: What needs to be done to clean up the Gulf?
9. Napoleon
10. Fail-deadly systems outside the military

July 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 7

1. accomodation for post-grad in Philadelphia PA, Ithaca NY and Northampton MA
2. What do the other countries think about Germans?
3. poems for a school child to recite
4. bastard strip

July 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 8

1. Freeway problem
2. Up and down company hierarchies
3. Problem while editing own talkpage
4. bike manufacturing

July 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 9

1. W140 S 600 Mercedes Benz first year new in Canadian dealerships.
2. Extracurricular for College Apps
3. Annual percentage rate on car insurance
4. Discounts for long stays
5. Hearth hole
6. Where to get a Venezuelan visa
7. Lack of energy for deskwork
8. Identity of John McGuire and John Garfield
9. What time of year are tickets from the US East Coast to the Philippines the cheapest?

July 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 10

1. Can't Remember This Song...
2. Hotline for medical advise
3. Sweet potatoes
4. Author search

July 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 11

1. help me out to choose best engineering branch.
2. Another colourblindness question
3. how to know what photo is it?
4. democracy and nation
5. "POSTED"
6. Combat knives

July 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 12

1. Can an M82 fire the .50 AE?
2. Meta-question.
3. Named driver on my car insurance
4. Battle of Lucas Bend
5. Patent expiration vs. Exclusivity expiration
6. Building a career from scratch aged 26

July 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 13

1. Self-standing pull-up bar
2. is driving while waring a burqua dangerous?

July 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 14

1. Coke or Pepsi
2. Naming convention of British Army equipment
3. How Many American Tourists Visit The European Union Each Summer
4. Meta-question
5. What is the best (free) tool to convert .avi to animated Graphics Interchange Format?

July 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 15

1. Re: Ohio man in news for bulldozing his own home
2. Overjoyed but cynical..Help
3. Running deer
4. How many exam papers in British GCSEs
5. Becoming a Mercenary
6. Price variation for same book on Amazon
7. Days of the week

July 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 16

1. Pokémon Special
2. Mawashi vs Thong
3. universities in stock market
4. Turtles
5. Great Barrier Reef
6. Frogs
7. The best jet-fighter
8. Freelance
9. Disassemble built-in wardrobe

July 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 17

1. Lightsaber?!
2. Money for hiring people
3. As the crow flies
4. Gather energy - true or false?
5. Characters

July 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 18

1. Bid, ask and price (stocks)
2. Types of social housing in the UK
3. Category: new brand in fashion
4. retention of rank/stripes in military band setting

July 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 19

1. Software to generate images from text
2. Being economical with electricity
3. Postcard from France within EU, to USA, Canada, Australia
4. What is the big deal with me marrying a black man?
5. Internet archive
6. a website for photographers

July 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 20

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Sports stuff that draws crowds regularly
3. Criminal laws applying to only one person
4. job dilemma
5. Leo Laporte's visit to the Mustang factory
6. Urban Legend or History
7. peugeot toy cars
8. Council estates
9. Is it legit; how can I check?

July 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 21

1. filibuster
2. Personal Opinions on Global Warming
3. Breathes there a man....
4. Flying from Thailand to Israel
5. Public Speaking by Military Members
6. Toyota model in England
7. Railroad lights
8. the study of spiders
9. Paris
10. Gas grill
11. What would be the proper term for "Italian bread" from an American bakery?

July 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 22

1. what are the duties of a hospital support service liaison?
2. GSM phone with external antenna port?
3. Ratio of Unregistered Wikipedians to Registered Wikipedians
4. Job Prospects
5. how can i be a space scientist? (Or astronaut)
6. SCALES INCREASE WEIGHT BY JUMPING = TITLE
7. Harvard University undergraduate programs

July 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 23

1. White photo backgrounds
2. A day to kill in Kent, England
3. Online talent competition
4. Falkland Islands
5. City of London Police
6. Brackeler Straße
7. Weight loss and extra skin
8. bmw locking nutkeys

July 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 24

1. Skunks Diet
2. Playing though injuries
3. Question for chess enthusiasts: why this weird move?
4. LOL
5. Soviet submarine B-39
6. Tetrahedral revolving mirrors on shopping malls
7. Split-level skyscrapers

July 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 25

1. Pocket Monsters Best Wishes
2. Concrete screed to reduce damp
3. vague memory of watching TV
4. Lens colour question
5. Tandem bikes
6. cemetery symbols
7. Supervisor wages in Costa Coffee (UK)

July 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 26

1. Can you name this author?
2. Yearly number of deaths whilst climbing Mt. Fuji
3. American car number plates
4. 50 bn deal wrecked?
5. Genealogy
6. One millionth customer
7. Identify this mammal
8. One of the oldest people in the USA
9. Free access to the internet in central London
10. Plant ID request
11. Funny 3D things
12. Age discrimination campaign groups in the UK

July 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 27

1. What is the appropriate course of action?
2. values
3. Pay and pump gas or pump gas and pay?
4. Are we free to choose our values?
5. relationship
6. Most famous quartet
7. Wikipedia / Wikileaks connection
8. Should I be private (anonymous-pseudonymous) or public?

July 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 28

1. Swans
2. The Book Depository
3. Westernization..
4. Seeking a literary reference for a fictional software backdoor
5. airline
6. Melatonin
7. Recycling and economic theory
8. Who is this painter?

July 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 29

1. Curious question about jokes
2. Italian food
3. Living in a flat or apartment
4. Cheese slices in a bus-shaped box
5. Chicken eggs
6. Bicycling down a hill
7. Vanity sizing for men
8. When is vanity autobiography allowed (example given)?

July 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 30

1. Title for Research
2. Data usage for video calls
3. Question needs a title

July 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2010 July 31

1. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
2. Pokémon Black and White
3. Ohio road signs
4. A knotty problem
5. Winthrop Lane Crocodile Shoes
6. How long can you survive in the ocean with just a lifejacket?