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What was the best thing before? Provide reference please. 103.4.167.58 ( talk) 03:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
This is a really personal question, and NOT a request for medical advice.
When smoking cigarettes, I have noticed that I very often need to pee, very shortly after starting the smoke. Now, this annoys me, because I have to go back into whichever building I was in, to go to the toilet, therefore only smoking a little bit of the cigarette I had just lit. Is there a relation between the two? Does smoking cause you to want to pee? KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 15:54, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I have recently searched for some ship images on google, and found this image here on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:French_Torpedo_Boat_No._63.png
Could you please point me to approximately what type or name of the big ship with the tree tall masts on the background in the image in the left half of the image?
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.141.100.128 ( talk) 16:13, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
The Military port of Toulon was, and is still, France's main naval dockyard, so it's unlikely to be a merchant ship. It bears some similarity to the French ironclad Couronne, which seems to have operated from Toulon at the time of the photograph (1880); she underwent a major reconstruction in the following year. Most of the other major French warships of that era that I could find images of had prominent rams curving forward from the stem, for instance the Colbert. However, it's very far from being a definite identification; hopefully someone who knows more about the French Navy can pin it down. By the way, the vessel in the right background resembles the French ironclad Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship. She had gone of out service in the previous year, but wasn't broken-up until 1883. The rigging is different to the images that we have, but these were changed fairly regularly, so it's possible. Alansplodge ( talk) 18:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
What is the name of the flower that grows in the mountain region of Europe and Asia and starts with the letter E? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.2.69.122 ( talk) 17:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Don't forget, humour is supposed to be offered in small text. And everyone should sign their posts using four tildes. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for my ignorance but I always have wondered what are those headphones that singers have during a concert onstage for? -- Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 22:36, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
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What was the best thing before? Provide reference please. 103.4.167.58 ( talk) 03:37, 12 February 2014 (UTC) |
This is a really personal question, and NOT a request for medical advice.
When smoking cigarettes, I have noticed that I very often need to pee, very shortly after starting the smoke. Now, this annoys me, because I have to go back into whichever building I was in, to go to the toilet, therefore only smoking a little bit of the cigarette I had just lit. Is there a relation between the two? Does smoking cause you to want to pee? KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 15:54, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
I have recently searched for some ship images on google, and found this image here on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:French_Torpedo_Boat_No._63.png
Could you please point me to approximately what type or name of the big ship with the tree tall masts on the background in the image in the left half of the image?
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.141.100.128 ( talk) 16:13, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
The Military port of Toulon was, and is still, France's main naval dockyard, so it's unlikely to be a merchant ship. It bears some similarity to the French ironclad Couronne, which seems to have operated from Toulon at the time of the photograph (1880); she underwent a major reconstruction in the following year. Most of the other major French warships of that era that I could find images of had prominent rams curving forward from the stem, for instance the Colbert. However, it's very far from being a definite identification; hopefully someone who knows more about the French Navy can pin it down. By the way, the vessel in the right background resembles the French ironclad Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship. She had gone of out service in the previous year, but wasn't broken-up until 1883. The rigging is different to the images that we have, but these were changed fairly regularly, so it's possible. Alansplodge ( talk) 18:32, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
What is the name of the flower that grows in the mountain region of Europe and Asia and starts with the letter E? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.2.69.122 ( talk) 17:32, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Don't forget, humour is supposed to be offered in small text. And everyone should sign their posts using four tildes. The Rambling Man ( talk) 21:21, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for my ignorance but I always have wondered what are those headphones that singers have during a concert onstage for? -- Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 22:36, 12 February 2014 (UTC)