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Production type

Under which production process does sanitaryware and wooden vanity products comes in?

Mass production / Batch production / Continuous production — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.79.41.90 (talk) 12:58, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

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What are "sanitaryware" and "wooden vanity products" ? StuRat (talk) 13:50, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

"Vanity" is used in the interior decoration industry to mean certain types of fixtures for the bathroom, I think, so my guess is "sanitaryware" and "wooden vanity products" probably refer to various types of fixtures and furniture for the toilet or bathroom. --PalaceGuard008 (Talk) 14:36, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

I have 2 questions about the Deleware Valley in New Jersey Which parts of Ocean County and Mercer_County,_New_Jersey are part of the Delaware area?

1. Is Princeton part of the Delaware area? 2. Which parts of Ocean County and Mercer county are part of the Delaware area? Thank you! Venustar84 (talk) 19:32, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

The Philadelphia TV and Radio broadcast area is considered to cover "The Delaware Valley". TV and radio reception in Southern Ocean County is better from Philly, and cable TV in that area carries both NYC and Philly stations. Geographically, Mercer County is on the Delaware itself, but Ocean County's watershed is on the Atlantic, not the Delaware. Trenton, NJ, and Tom's River, NJ are are on the borders of both the NYC and Philadelphia local news coverage areas. People in Mercer county and southern Ocean County seem to me to have an accent closer to that of South Jersey than North Jersey. μηδείς (talk) 20:09, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Missed Princeton--that's slightly over the border into the NYC area. It is covered on NYC local news, but not normally Philly's. μηδείς (talk) 20:15, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

stereotypic movement disorder

Hi! I would like to ask about this kind of disorder! I just read the article and i came to think about Myself coz im 27 years old and still i enjoy thumbsucking everytime i sleep. So how can avoid it? Or maybe i have already mental disorder?Stefan padilla (talk) 22:19, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Hello, Stefan. I'm afraid that we cannot help you beyond pointing to the references in that article: we are not allowed to give medical advice of any kind (and, frankly, why would you trust medical advice from random people on the internet that you don't know anything about?) If you are concerned, consult a doctor. --ColinFine (talk) 23:47, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Thom Hoffman

Hi im from New Zealand Have come across a journel type diary what looks to be of a Nurse J. Hofman Otahuhu Auckland New Zealand Who what looks like travelled on the ship M.S, SIBAJAK on either the date 18.12.1952 or the 7.1.1953 there are two dates on this passage ticket but are all written in another launguage there are also train tickets,photos and various notes in another laungages.there is also what looks to me to say "Life form T.W.G Hofman Wassenaar Holland (7 letter word goes here cant read) graves 57 What i was wanting to know if there was any conection between the to and if so im sure they would want this journal back Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.63.21.32 (talk) 23:53, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

There is actually a lot of information available about the Sibajak. Many of the people who sailed on it were emigrants from the Netherlands to New Zealand or Australia. You can probably infer that J. Hofman emigrated to New Zealand in 1953 and perhaps lived in Otahuhu, and that Thom Hofman is a close relative who stayed in Wassenaar in the Netherlands. The thing you can't read probably gives his address. Tracking this any farther would take work -- obviously there is no guarantee that she is still alive, since she would have to be in her 80s or 90s now. (There is an actor named Thom Hoffman from Wassenaar, but he was born in 1957 and the name is a pseudonym.) Looie496 (talk) 18:15, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

OP, perhaps you could try contacting one of the Netherlands societies [1] [2] in NZ, probably the Auckland one [3]. Alternatively, New Zealand is small enough that just asking in the right place may help, perhaps if you write a letter asking in one of the community papers (probably the Manukau Courier [4]) or alternatively perhaps if you can convince Ana Samways to mention a few details in Sideswipe [5] may result in the former owner being identified and if they or their descendants/relatives/friends are interested in obtaining what you found, them contacting you. Nil Einne (talk) 21:04, 16 March 2013 (UTC)