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July 13

Which Olympian holds the record for taking up their sport latest in life?

Hi - it's for a friend, who has a pint riding on it - she thinks no one has taken up a sport at 26 or older and become an Olympian. Can anyone here help? Thanks Adambrowne666 (talk) 01:37, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I don't know if he's the record holder, but Sir William Northam took up the sport of sailing at the age of 46. He went on to win Australia's first Olympic gold medal for sailing at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics when he was 59. He remains our oldest gold medal winner to date. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 02:07, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Actually, I don't know why I asked about who holds the record - you've answered the substantive part of the question, Jack, as ever; thanks. Adambrowne666 (talk) 02:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Jack when you said "our" were you using it to refer to Australia only or in a more general sense? Oscar Swahn, which does not answer the original question, was 64 when he won gold. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 03:39, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh, most definitely parochially, CBW. Got to get in practice for the forthcoming hostilities. Thanks for the compliment, Adam. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 05:01, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Akbar the Great, Indian Emperor Query

 Done

Hi,

when wiki page opens, shows DOB October 14 in main article and October 15 in brief summary about Akbar. All this is one and the same wiki page. When Googled, Akbar (Google brief summary says October 15.

Strange to have on one and the same wiki page, TWO different DOB.

77.70.3.191 (talk) 11:01, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

If you review the Wikipedia article Akbar, you can see the sources for the dates. According to the source, linked as citation number 2, the correct date is the 14th. I have made this change to the article. Hipocrite (talk) 11:30, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

What does he mean?

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I met this guy online and had a great connection. We ended up sleeping together on our 2nd date (I have 22, who is 28) and all was well, ZERO stupidity. This happened on a Saturday night, and I spoke with him on Monday about the whole thing. I guess he felt guilty for my actions. I said "by chance" and that is fine, the two decided to continue to know each other gradually. None of them want anything serious at this time I gave him a few days before I had made an attempt to communicate with him to avoid the appearance of a Clinger (ha ha), so I sent him a text last night saying, "Hello :) How's the week ? "I had fallen asleep before answering, but he replied with "Wow sucks!" I have no idea how to take that! The "Wow" could mean that he was surprised to receive a text from me, or maybe he was emphasizing how "shit" of the week is ...? Any suggestions? Suzi Suzi Suzi What Did You Do (talk) 18:45, 13 July 2012 (UTC) No. Even I recognise this one as trolling. In case you are genuine, ask him what he meant. Itsmejudith (talk) 19:24, 13 July 2012 (UTC) I don't see this as trolling at all, just wrong board for such a question. Personally I suggest you should just try to not read so much into each word, and just keep talking to get a feel for how he feels. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 02:35, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Sometimes we're really good at "This isn't the right place to ask this question ... but I'm going to answer it anyway". Some places are no doubt set up to help out with romantic/relationship issues. We're not one of them. What we can do is to perhaps suggest some alternative and more appropriate sites for the questioner to go to. If I knew of any, and knew they're trustworthy and safe, I'd mention them, but I don't. Bottom line: We should be making no attempt to provide answers ourselves to these types of questions. It would be simply the personal opinion of the editor, which is no more valuable than that of a random stranger the questioner bailed up in a shopping mall. Even less, because in that case they'd at least choose the stranger based on some visual information that suggested they might be able to help. Here, they don't have that. They know precisely nothing about any of us editors, and they should have no reason to trust anything we say on such a delicate and personal matter. The value of this ref desk does not reside in such things. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ [your turn] 02:59, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Signature on pieces of glassware

I have a blue vase and am trying to find out who producted this. Would appreciate knowing where I can go to find this information. The glassware has a large L on the bottom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.173.1.7 (talk) 20:27, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

A cursive L is probably Libbey Glass. See [1] for examples. Rmhermen (talk) 04:18, 14 July 2012 (UTC)