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cafe

Anyone know where I can find a picture of someone sitting in a cafe or coffee shop, by a window, reading a book? It seems there isn't one in either article.

148.197.121.205 (talk) 15:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Go to http://images.google.com and type in "cafe reading book window" (without the quotes) and you'll get plenty to choose from. Dismas|^(talk) 16:48, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

You might try Wikimedia Commons, Category:Café [1].--Aspro (talk) 16:56, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

1950's style dress name?

What's the name of the dress I associate with the 1950's, Donna Reed, and the movie Far From Heaven? It has a high waist, fitted torso part and a very full knee/mid-calf dress? (Sorry my fashion vocabulary is terrible) --70.167.58.6 (talk) 16:12, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Have you looked through Category:Dresses? Dismas|^(talk) 16:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

One website suggests "full dress" and another "swing skirt". 75.41.110.200 (talk) 17:09, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Possibly Empire line? --TammyMoet (talk) 18:12, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I started by Googling "what type of dress did Donna Reed wear?" and ended up with Fifties Dresses, a useless eHow article, and lots more that could be explored. You might want to check on Shirtwaist or Shirtdress as well, although I haven't found an illustration yet. --LarryMac | Talk 18:15, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

A-line? Corvus cornix_talk 18:54, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Dior's New Look. See [2] , [3], [4], and [5]. Oda Mari (talk) 19:52, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Men who just keep on doing it

There's a point beyond which it becomes physically impossible for a woman to become pregnant, but men can potentially keep on impregnating women forever, God love 'em (assuming any manner of infirmity or dysfunction doesn't get in the way). A case in point is the father of Lili Boulanger, who was aged no less than 77 when she was born. Is this a record?

Could I please have some names of other notable people whose fathers were at an advanced age when they were born. Or notable men who fathered children at advanced ages. Thanks. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 18:35, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Charlie Chaplin @ 73 --Aspro (talk) 18:38, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

James Doohan, Scotty from original Star Trek, had a daughter born when he was 80. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 18:41, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh, how crazy. His first 4 kids were born some time during his first marriage 1949-1964. His final child Sarah, born in 2000, was at least 36 years and possibly as much as 50 years younger than her siblings! Doohan had a grandchild born in 1987, so Sarah is 13 years younger than her nephew. I can't see him calling her Aunt Sarah any time soon. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 19:02, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Larry King's most recent child was born when he was 67. What a bunch of jerks. Comet Tuttle (talk) 18:47, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Anthony Quinn fathered a child at 78, and then another one at 81 (when his first-born son, Christopher, was 57). I remember a 90's late night show (can't remember which one) presenting "footage from a recent Quinn family get-together" which looked something like this---Sluzzelin talk 19:06, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I was just reviewing his article, and it seems he had at least 13 children. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 19:41, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Apparently Saul Bellow's youngest daughter was born when he was 84. --Antiquary (talk) 19:39, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Comment: If this is going to serve to populate a new category, I suggest the title is rephrased.--Aspro (talk) 19:45, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Tony Randall fathered the first of his 2 children when he was 77. Talk about a late starter. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 20:27, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

More about his marriage here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:08, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

See Isaac#Birth of Isaac.—Wavelength (talk) 00:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

"And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech" (Genesis 5:25).—msh210℠ 20:06, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

A Google search on "oldest father" gives a lot of hits about 94-year old first-time father Ramjit Raghav. That link is currently red but WP:1EVENT may be the only ting preventing him from satisfying Wikipedia's notability requirements. He is mentioned at List of people with the most children#Fathers although he certainly doesn't fit the list name. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:23, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Rupert Murdoch had his first child when he was 27, and his most recent at 72. --Kateshortforbob _talk 12:15, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, from the above sample, the oldest new father who had pre-existing notability was Saul Bellow, still coming up with the goods at 84. Having a son who's young enough to be your great-grandson - how weird that must have been, for both parties. Thank you, everyone. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 20:38, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Ramona Ripston

For the past 40 years Ms.Ripston has been in the center ring of California politics. I'm amazed I can find no extensive biographical information for her in Wikipedia. Must she give her permission for such an article, or does Wikipedia assist in not providing her information?134.201.253.22 (talk) 19:50, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Her article is at Ramona Ripston - feel free to expand it if you feel it's lacking, just remember our policies on sources, neutrality, biographies of living persons etc. To answer your questions - we do not require subjects permission to have an article on them though they do have to meet our notability criteria. Our biographies of living persons policy sometimes leads us to not have an article on a specific person but otherwise we do not suppress articles on people without very good reasons. Exxolon (talk) 20:05, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I added {{US-activist-stub}} to the article. (Not sure 'activist' is the optimal category but seems more appropriate than politician.) RJFJR (talk) 21:22, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I do find intriguing the idea that Ms. Ripston has been in the "center ring of CA politics". In fact, I find very little to indicate she's been involved in politics in an way, and certainly not partisan politics. --jpgordon^{::==( o )} 16:36, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

What kind of bird is this?

File:A little bird in Lapland.jpg I and my father visited Lapland in last August, and when we settled in the wilderness by the river in the arm of Finland near the border to Norway, we saw this kind of bird. It is very small, and runs and flies extremely fast. It feeds on mosquitoes and other small insects, which it consumes in mid-flight. It has no fear of humans. If we sat still, it even came up to our legs and hopped onto our shoes to be better able to catch insects. It also frequently came into the open part of the interior of our tent - it couldn't get into the actual sleeping area because we had the mosquito net in place. Can anyone identify it? If possible, give the official Latin name, so we can look it up in a bird book. JIP | Talk 21:52, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

I think it is a Lapland bunting. --Quartermaster (talk) 21:55, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

The official latin name is Calcarius lapponicus. That's assuming I'm correct (and I may not be correct). --Quartermaster (talk) 22:11, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Definitely not a bunting - wrong bill. Some sort of pipit? Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:13, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Could well be a pipit. Have you looked at List_of_birds_of_Finland#Pipits_and_Wagtails? Thincat (talk) 00:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, most probably a pipit, but I still can't identify the exact species. Most probably a Red-throated Pipit, since we saw it in northern Lapland, and the article says it's found in northern Scandinavia. Although comparing the photograph I took of it with the photograph in the article, the one we saw has slightly darker belly plumage. JIP | Talk 20:32, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Or a Rock Pipit? Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:24, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

A bird-watcher friend would describe this as an "LBJ" or "Little Brown Job"! Alansplodge (talk) 09:59, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Are any more pictures available? - ie views showing the plumage from different angles. Snowman (talk) 00:38, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Juvenile Bluethroat moved to File:Luscinia svecica -northern Lapland, Finland -juvenile-6.jpg. Snowman (talk) 22:10, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

FURNITURE

I'm looking for any information on the Peter Engel Manufacturing company in New York New York. He was a reproduction antique furniture maker and I believe his company was in operation in the 40's. Specifically I'm looking for information on the company and if there are any people around now who were part of the company for contact purposes. Thanks. angel.babe1@cogeco.ca — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronushka1 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 2 March 2011 (UTC)