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March 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 1

1. What is direct wire USB control?
2. Pink
3. SETI failure

March 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 2

1. Phobia term
2. Wallpapers
3. workforstudents.org.uk
4. musical instrument
5. Vice fund
6. Mixing clothes in the washing machine
7. Describe the hudson plains in one sentance.
8. 3gp codec for Windows Movie Maker
9. Philosophical debate

March 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 3

1. how do you spell
2. Nasty gas or something on the underground
3. Looking for a memoir by an ex-nun
4. Non-fiction by children
5. Public disasters in eerily convenient or appropriate places

March 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 4

1. Filling a room with popcorn
2. Natural American Spirit tobacco
3. Communicating with an alien
4. Who are you?
5. looking for a children's book author
6. Library Resources Classification
7. Wikipedia Articles
8. changing the extended network box message?
9. Automotive price conversion question
10. I need a certain title for a book
11. Chicken Wound
12. Bad grades
13. Does mixing mayonnaise and English mustard give an approximation of American mustard?
14. Really large payments

March 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 5

1. Binocular Chemicals
2. Jeopardy Music
3. Canadian Public Company Financial Statements - Data Format
4. Fixing a water distiller
5. Crime against humanity
6. Unemployment
7. largest rifle
8. Undiscovered Tribes

March 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 6

1. "Jane's Dilemma"
2. How widespread was World War II
3. Is this really copyright infringement
4. General
5. Question
6. Music in new Star Trek trailer
7. Comparisons of Greek Language and Icelandic Language Wikipedias
8. Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.
9. Useless Information

March 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 7

1. Making light protest placards
2. Cruzcampo logo
3. Ownership of 9-1-1 calls
4. Muffin (movie)

March 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 8

1. Tattoos aging in the short term
2. Bowling too fast in cricket
3. Who is the First Indian IAS OFFICER
4. Guys Gym Showers
5. A screen, a carpet and physical exercise
6. Kids in wells
7. Learning to dance
8. Stimulated pork...
9. Copyright of tv footage
10. if I recall. 79.66.56.21

March 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 9

1. Suze Who?
2. GFDL
3. Ungraded school system
4. SFNN
5. Sad Panda
6. How many pens does it take?
7. I need help!
8. Aviation

March 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 10

1. Stranded on a desert island
2. Banking in West Virginia
3. Mountaineering boots
4. Argentineans/Anglo Argentineans incorporated into British regiments in World War One.
5. Windmills
6. new years day
7. Last names
8. What kind of plane is this?

March 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 11

1. A game?
2. Who is this?
3. International private credit
4. Do employer have to explain why they rejected a candidate?
5. Live forever
6. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 11#|]]
7. Other people finding out what my address.

March 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 12

1. Human isolation
2. basics
3. Looping sounds
4. history
5. Conventions
6. prepaid credit card

March 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 13

1. Friday the 13th superstition around the world
2. Abdication letter.
3. Her Majesty's reduced circumstances
4. prepaid (anonymous) credit card II
5. Please help..ANYBODY
6. "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin
7. Scottish Prime Minister
8. Progressives
9. Biblical bread

March 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 14

1. copyright
2. Bentley vs. RR: Chauffeur?
3. about catchement area
4. john byng
5. How old is junk mail
6. paint color
7. "Random Article" stats
8. Good News Bible illustrations
9. Does physical appearance significantly affect job interviews?

March 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 15

1. check in question
2. Sales Management
3. 18th century
4. Sarcasm struct
5. Ontario sidewalk bicycle laws
6. Why is it that some Clementine oranges are sweeter than others?
7. General interest magazine in comic format?

March 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 16

1. Dog training, etc., manuals
2. Government plans for ET contact
3. Eternally recognizable communication
4. travel time
5. Can you help me find
6. Maximum prison sentence in Ecuador
7. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 16#|]]
8. Ford Truck Maintenance Manual
9. Numbers on Placards on Tanker Trucks

March 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 17

1. Stylites
2. Mysterious tile outside Australian house
3. Martial arts discipline
4. People with intersting/rare diseases
5. Happyness??
6. Does O- Level results matter if you are willing to attend an American University???
7. Classes for Fear of Rollercoasters in US?
8. Self-Defence
9. Golf
10. Recording a conversation over the phone
11. Reflist

March 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 18

1. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 18#|]]
2. Historian
3. Giant gray circle north of Mexico City
4. Statistics on first- and middle-name initials
5. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 18#|]]
6. help.
7. What is the name given to the Medical Imaging done by digital camera?
8. Wanting in all title
9. Can someone help me find a list of countries that have the most islands?
10. Museum quote
11. Continuation of the thread above, "help." on Timor-Leste

March 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 19

1. diet
2. new jacket
3. Coffee substitutes and the recession
4. Paranormal : Is it true that the Spirits or the Souls exist?
5. Funds Raised for No on 8
6. Ideas for a mission statement?
7. Hot or Cold?
8. H&R Block article
9. help-
10. Aide

March 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 20

1. Universities and Endowments
2. Splenda: calories or no calories?
3. Barbie Millicent Rogers?
4. copyright law question
5. How to adjust the watch strap?
6. Andy Rajoelina
7. Earth Hour
8. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 20#|]]
9. Katowice Airport (Poland) gate guardian

March 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 21

1. Is it bad to run too long?
2. mumbling
3. Writing done on acid
4. 'help" done thank you
5. Mystery Object
6. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich question

March 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 22

1. What's the URL?
2. Just out of curiosity...
3. Notable people who predeceased both their parents
4. MI5 logo
5. Coal from America
6. Kw vs NM
7. Approach & Departure Angle (4X4)
8. How did China's GDP crumble like that?
9. The Apprentice 2009
10. How are the global debt /gdp and the public debt (considering FNM and FRE)/gdp in Usa?
11. Football - Fair Play league

March 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 23

1. TED talk transcripts
2. intercourse?
3. silver fish
4. Communal Queues
5. lots of freetime
6. Reg. Col. B.
7. Who is the most prolific author on Wikipedia?

March 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 24

1. Reverse Phone Lookup
2. Hectare as a measurement of land
3. Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
4. lets do this again
5. Italian parliament
6. Game Maker Help!!!
7. British improv game show/trains.
8. "Rabab"/Rubab
9. What is the standard United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance unit comprised of?
10. USA World Champions??

March 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 25

1. Very, very, very simple English.
2. NTSC DVD playable in European movie theatre?
3. DWI Insurance increase.
4. Help Please
5. Why are stores still selling Pentiums?
6. Manga
7. How can a lonesome fella like me find a BOYFRIEND-FREE Girl?
8. Logic problem

March 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 26

1. whats with the number 666 ??
2. Music
3. Alcohol in the Past

March 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 27

1. Wikipedia Destroyed. How Many Months to Rebuild?
2. Smoking Gun?
3. General officers from Norwich University
4. German babies
5. Micro management
6. Cars that can reach an illegal speed
7. Question about prisoners
8. A question about God
9. car chases
10. Download

March 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 28

1. IIT
2. Questions about a hypothetical new recipie book
3. Four Merger Scenarios
4. Let's make lots of money
5. Instrumental Music
6. Surgeons and broken hands
7. Cosmetic Dermatologist Salary

March 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 29

1. Going through customs when arriving on the USA, x-rays and metals.
2. Thinking of becoming a self employed debt collector
3. Do you know his name??
4. Multiple flowers on a single Sunflower stem?
5. help with finding info on a website

March 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 30

1. Lilian Jackson Braun
2. Problem with TV
3. Leone Lattes
4. Sewer
5. sea animal
6. DIMEBAG'S DEATH
7. Clarinet music sheets
8. Making the most with the least
9. It's later than you think...
10. common blackbird
11. plumbing
12. outboard motor

March 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2009 March 31

1. Elvis Presley
2. Wikipedia namespace statistics
3. gas
4. A question about copyright
5. Travel in South America
6. Item in back issue of signpost
7. Java applets
8. Human Eye
9. Identifying a fallacy by name
10. China ban YouTube?
11. Temperatures at F1 Grand Prixs