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February 1

Forgotten joke

When I was a child, there was a tale....That one Governor said to the other governor.."Long time between drinks" I heard the tale a million times but can't remember what it was about. I think the saying was between the Gov. of North and South Carolina. I also think there had been a bet between them, that somehow was resolved, and then this comment was made. The comment,as I remember was appropriate(SP?) but funny. HELP! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.121.138.65 (talk) 04:29, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

I added a title. StuRat (talk) 06:37, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

►  "It's a Damn Long Time between Drinks" at NCpedia ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 10:01, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

There's some more background and links at Quoteland. Matt Deres (talk) 12:58, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Tangentially related maybe... From the BBC article, there is the commonly reported urban myth that '...upon resumption of service [after WWII], announcer Leslie Mitchell started by saying, "As I was saying before we were so rudely interrupted ..."' Astronaut (talk) 12:57, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

How are flags made?

When I see pictures of "real", full-sized flags flying, they often seem to be made of many pieces of cloth stitched together. Is this style universal, or are there some full-sized flags made using a single piece of cloth? --Lazar Taxon (talk) 19:32, 1 February 2014 (UTC):

You need to ask a vexillologist. --Aspro (talk) 01:22, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't know any, though, so I thought I might try here. --Lazar Taxon (talk) 02:06, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Does This help any? --Jayron32 03:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

A search at youtube is more helpful than that Jayron. And still unhelpful enough (one relevant video of any length, and only American flags) that I didn't bother posting it when the thread was begun. μηδείς (talk) 04:00, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

That link to a google search doesn't help answer this at all. ManOfTeeth (talk) 08:51, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

How big is a full-sized flag? The flags I typically see at sports events and outside people's houses are usually one piece of cloth. ManOfTeeth (talk) 08:51, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

If you would like to ask a vexillologist directly, you can use this contact form. You seem to be describing the difference between "sewn" and "printed" flags. A single piece of fabric with the design digitally or silk-screen printed on, such as those waved at sports events, will be easy to make and comparatively inexpensive. This site suggests there are two grades of polyester fabric used for flags (in the UK, anyway) and that woven polyester is a higher grade fabric than the knitted variety. A sewn flag, where fabrics of different colours are sewn together and embellishments are added using an appliqué technique, will be time-consuming to make and correspondingly more expensive. This flag maker puts the life of a basic knitted polyester digitally printed flag at 3-6 months and suggests that purchasers requiring official ceremonial flags, like embassies, would opt for a "superior" sewn construction and woven polyester. - Karenjc (talk) 11:07, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Note that none of this is unique to flags. That is, clothes or other fabric items can also be made of different pieces of material for each color, or one piece of material with a print on it. The separate pieces construction is superior in that the colors are less likely to fade and it's impossible for them to flake off, being dyed all the way through. There is a risk that the stitching between pieces could give way, but that could be fixed. Also, if one piece of fabric is ruined, a tailor could replace the piece. Printed textiles could be patched, but that would never look quite right, so they are really considered disposable. StuRat (talk) 15:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

How to find these people + email question about a person

Names <redacted>, were patients in psychiatric hospital Søndersøparken 1 Viborg Denmark. That's all I know. Interested in finding other people from there too. By the way; how do I find out what the email of <redacted> (Facebook) is, she doesn't respond?--78.156.109.166 (talk) 20:01, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia guidelines I've removed the names of the people involved here. You **REALLY** shouldn't go around saying 'so-and-so was a patient at a psych hospital' on a public forum!

Have you asked the hospital? — If she doesn't respond, maybe she doesn't want to hear from you. —Tamfang (talk) 08:01, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

It's hard to believe that the hospital would give out that information! Doctor/Patient privilege, etc. If you know the person is on Facebook, you can make a 'friend' request - and if they actually want to talk to you, I'm sure you'll then be able to ask to exchange email addresses. If they don't respond to a friend request, then you should probably drop the idea. SteveBaker (talk) 16:34, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

The IP geolocates to Viborg, Denmark, the location of the clinic mentioned in the query.

There exists a lengthy thread on the RD talk page which refers to the above IP address / maybe the OP.

--Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 18:12, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Hard to tell about Denmark, but in the US it would be highly unethical (and possibly illegal) for a hospital to give out information about patients without their permission. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:06, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Can I remove this? Maybe hide their names in the deleted rev, at least?--78.156.109.166 (talk) 19:45, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

You want Wikipedia:Requests for oversight where they can remove information from the history of a page. You need to give them a link to where you posted the information. We just look at your contributions . . . WOW! That is a lot of contributions for an IP! Ever thought about making an account? - Anyhow send a link of your original post and someone will restrict access to it. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 21:35, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Who are "we"? How do I easily see number of my contribs?--78.156.109.166 (talk) 09:34, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Anyone can see your contributions. When they click on your IP number in your signature they get it. You can click on the "contributions" link on the upper right corner of any Wikipedia page to see it. When you are looking at someone else's talk page or user page there is a link "User contributions" on the left to see their contributions. Look and Enjoy! Richard-of-Earth (talk) 19:48, 5 February 2014 (UTC)