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The following is a quote from the work of Celso Enriquez, Sports in Pre-Hispanic America: "It is well known that the first human mail carriers that the world has known were the CHASQUIS, wonderfull natural athletes of the Empire of the Incas." If true, I have the source and could cite it in the mail article or something of that sort. However, I am not sure if this claim is true or false? I didn't take this to the RSN since Enriquez is a reliable source. It's an interesting claim, but I find it hard to believe considering the several earlier states in the world. Regards.-- MarshalN20 | Talk 05:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Can anyone say me please, how many pages the LA Times editions have? I need this information for a library order. Thank you, -- Doc Taxon ( talk) 09:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Years ago I played Yahoo Graffiti. I went to find it tonight and had to do a Google search. The game only had like 5 players. Is there a new name for Pictionaryon Yahoo Games, or a good place to play it online, with mutliplayer. CTJF83 10:31, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
My friend has a car. In the past, she had financial difficulties and missed payments. Now, the term of the loan is going to end, but she still owes money. What is most likely to happen next? Will the bank expect a lump-sum payment of the balance, or will she be able to keep making payments until the total is paid? Is this a problem that can be solved, or is she likely to end up with her car repossessed? (We are in the United States. Yes, the best answer will come from the financer of the car, but she's experiencing some anxiety about the question and an advance idea of just exactly how screwed she is would be helpful.) - FisherQueen ( talk · contribs) 11:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
-- Colapeninsula ( talk) 13:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)Most automobile financing agreements allow a creditor to repossess your car any time you're in default. No notice is required. If your car is repossessed, you may have to pay the balance due on the loan, as well as towing and storage costs, to get it back. If you can't do this, the creditor may sell the car. If you see default approaching, you may be better off selling the car yourself and paying off the debt: You'll avoid the added costs of repossession and a negative entry on your credit report." [1]
associates finance co warrington 1998 how do i find this co — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.88.202 ( talk) 14:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
I was just there, and got notice that not many people check its Talk page, so I am writing here. Try seeing if William Remington, who was murdered in 1954 in prison, fits the category; he has a page on Wikipedia (make sure you don't confuse him with another William Remington). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 ( talk) 15:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Is it true that in the 1970s the "whole world was dependent on American grain"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.227.217.228 ( talk) 17:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
So I had about a dozen 1-lb boxes of dry spaghetti in a kitchen cabinet. The cabinet had a hole in the back where a water pipe came in, and some mice got into the cabinet through the hole, nibbled their way through the cardboard boxes and started eating the spaghetti (it took me quite a long time to figure out what that crunching sound I kept hearing at night was). I've covered up the hole with stiff plastic, but I've got all this spaghetti in boxes that were attacked by these
metal munching mice. They seem to have holes a cm or two in size that the mice ate through, and I guess this took place over a period of months.
My question: if I'm not especially squeamish and if I don't find visible debris (mouse turds) in the boxes, should I just go ahead and use the spaghetti? These were presumably ordinary house mice and maybe I should worry more about inorganic toxins the mice may have brought from inside the walls (I'm in an old apt. building) than pathogens. I figure that boiling the spaghetti should kill any germs, right? And should I take any particular precautions about cleaning up the (dry-looking, rice-grain sized) turds (at least I think that's what they are) that I found in the cabinet? Any reason to not just vacuum them then scrub down?
I'm imagining people who grew up around farms are completely used to this and think nothing of it, so I shouldn't be bothered by it either, but as a city dweller this is all pretty weird to me.
Thanks.
67.117.144.57 ( talk) 23:31, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
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The following is a quote from the work of Celso Enriquez, Sports in Pre-Hispanic America: "It is well known that the first human mail carriers that the world has known were the CHASQUIS, wonderfull natural athletes of the Empire of the Incas." If true, I have the source and could cite it in the mail article or something of that sort. However, I am not sure if this claim is true or false? I didn't take this to the RSN since Enriquez is a reliable source. It's an interesting claim, but I find it hard to believe considering the several earlier states in the world. Regards.-- MarshalN20 | Talk 05:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi! Can anyone say me please, how many pages the LA Times editions have? I need this information for a library order. Thank you, -- Doc Taxon ( talk) 09:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Years ago I played Yahoo Graffiti. I went to find it tonight and had to do a Google search. The game only had like 5 players. Is there a new name for Pictionaryon Yahoo Games, or a good place to play it online, with mutliplayer. CTJF83 10:31, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
My friend has a car. In the past, she had financial difficulties and missed payments. Now, the term of the loan is going to end, but she still owes money. What is most likely to happen next? Will the bank expect a lump-sum payment of the balance, or will she be able to keep making payments until the total is paid? Is this a problem that can be solved, or is she likely to end up with her car repossessed? (We are in the United States. Yes, the best answer will come from the financer of the car, but she's experiencing some anxiety about the question and an advance idea of just exactly how screwed she is would be helpful.) - FisherQueen ( talk · contribs) 11:14, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
-- Colapeninsula ( talk) 13:50, 16 March 2012 (UTC)Most automobile financing agreements allow a creditor to repossess your car any time you're in default. No notice is required. If your car is repossessed, you may have to pay the balance due on the loan, as well as towing and storage costs, to get it back. If you can't do this, the creditor may sell the car. If you see default approaching, you may be better off selling the car yourself and paying off the debt: You'll avoid the added costs of repossession and a negative entry on your credit report." [1]
associates finance co warrington 1998 how do i find this co — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.88.202 ( talk) 14:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
I was just there, and got notice that not many people check its Talk page, so I am writing here. Try seeing if William Remington, who was murdered in 1954 in prison, fits the category; he has a page on Wikipedia (make sure you don't confuse him with another William Remington). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 ( talk) 15:58, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Is it true that in the 1970s the "whole world was dependent on American grain"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.227.217.228 ( talk) 17:33, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
So I had about a dozen 1-lb boxes of dry spaghetti in a kitchen cabinet. The cabinet had a hole in the back where a water pipe came in, and some mice got into the cabinet through the hole, nibbled their way through the cardboard boxes and started eating the spaghetti (it took me quite a long time to figure out what that crunching sound I kept hearing at night was). I've covered up the hole with stiff plastic, but I've got all this spaghetti in boxes that were attacked by these
metal munching mice. They seem to have holes a cm or two in size that the mice ate through, and I guess this took place over a period of months.
My question: if I'm not especially squeamish and if I don't find visible debris (mouse turds) in the boxes, should I just go ahead and use the spaghetti? These were presumably ordinary house mice and maybe I should worry more about inorganic toxins the mice may have brought from inside the walls (I'm in an old apt. building) than pathogens. I figure that boiling the spaghetti should kill any germs, right? And should I take any particular precautions about cleaning up the (dry-looking, rice-grain sized) turds (at least I think that's what they are) that I found in the cabinet? Any reason to not just vacuum them then scrub down?
I'm imagining people who grew up around farms are completely used to this and think nothing of it, so I shouldn't be bothered by it either, but as a city dweller this is all pretty weird to me.
Thanks.
67.117.144.57 ( talk) 23:31, 16 March 2012 (UTC)