Bloomsday, Festivus, Pi Day, Caturday, Diwali, Poisson d'Avril--what are some other less traditional (or less familiar to a USian) holidays that might be fun to mark on the calender to celebrate?
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posted by ifjuly
on Feb 12, 2013 -
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Candy-making wizards, help me save this date candy recipe that didn't set properly (or tell me I'm screwed and should start over from scratch).
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posted by Unicorn on the cob
on Nov 13, 2012 -
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Surely some mefite is an Elton John enthusiast who can tell me when he played a show at (probably) Exhibition Stadium in Toronto in the early nineties, or else set me right on this.
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posted by ricochet biscuit
on Oct 29, 2012 -
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In Excel 2007, is there a way to highlight all cells within a certain range (in my case, five adjacent columns) that contain dates in the future?
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posted by smirkyfodder
on Oct 15, 2012 -
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I have an antique French olive oil label. The printer's name and location appear in small print at the bottom: "Panet & Imbert" - Marseille". I would like to know when this printer was in operation. I have not found anything useful about this on the Internet.
posted by kirsti
on Aug 18, 2012 -
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Information on JLLERT (German printer?). I have an old German olive oil label. I am trying to determine just how old it is. In small print, it reads "JLLERT No. 7516 (or 4516)". I suspect that JLLERT is the printer's name. The label was used by August Grill (Schorndorf), a store that was in operation from 1912 to 1965. I would like to know when JLLERT was in operation.
posted by kirsti
on Aug 8, 2012 -
7 answers
Excel Pivot Table Help - My google-fu and excel-fu have failed me, I'm working on a tracking pivot table that will display total number of attendants in a class (broke out in gender) for each day based on a start and end date.
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posted by aggienfo
on Aug 6, 2012 -
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I bought a couple of Twinkies today and just noticed that their expiry date is August 2007. My SO has misgivings about eating something so, well, old. I contend that Twinkies are basically Cold War-era bunker spec foodstuffs. So: Perfectly Fine, or Deadly Poison?
posted by MarchHare
on Aug 3, 2012 -
41 answers
Intermediate Future Calendar: After adding the 2015
New Horizons flyby of Pluto to my Google Calendar
[14 July 2015; 11:47 GMT], I was filled with a desire to populate the semi-distant future -- say, the next +3 to +10 years -- with important human achievements/milestones that have a known date. What are these important dates?
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Jun 10, 2012 -
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My 82 year old brother can't recall his dates of military service. He was in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950's and left with an Honorable Discharge but he can't recall the dates.
Can anyone give advice as to how these dates could be ascertained? What agency should be contacted and can it be done online?
Thanks.
posted by Tullyogallaghan
on May 11, 2012 -
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When a sentence includes a date (month, day, and year), is it always proper to set off the year with commas?
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posted by southern_sky
on Feb 28, 2012 -
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In Excel I have 2 columns with dates in them. D1:D20 Start Date G1:G20 End Date. I want to highlight the cell in the range G1:G20 if the date is more than 14 days form the date in D1:D20. Obvious answer is conditional formatting, but I can't seem to create a formula with relative cell references.
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posted by willnot
on Jan 30, 2012 -
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Haven't seen my SO in 6 months. Arriveing in Bristol, UK for the first time in a few days. Want to take her somewhere romantic, awesome and private for dinner / drinks. Suggestions?
posted by servix
on Oct 21, 2011 -
5 answers
It’s my boyfriend’s birthday next week. Yay! Along with presents and activities lined up, I really really want to make him a series of date envelopes. So, he’ll get 12 envelopes, each one to be opened on the first of the month, for the next year. And in each envelope will be a piece of paper with a super fun thing for us to do together. The sticking point is, um, the super fun things. Kind, funny, romantics AskMe, will you hope me plan 12 months of super fun? Yes? Let's go!
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posted by t0astie
on Sep 1, 2011 -
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Went on two great dates with a girl I really liked. Texted for a third date and didn't get a response. Move on? Or reach out one last time?
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posted by anonymous
on May 16, 2011 -
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Excel question: How can I tally by quarter when all I have are dates? Bonus challenge details inside.
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posted by unannihilated
on May 9, 2011 -
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I'm trying to use the Google App Engine to make a Java program that goes to Southwest.com every six hours, enters in two airport codes (i.e. JFK and LAX) and two dates (i.e. 7/22/2011 and 7/29/2011) into the text fields on that webpage, and parses the HTML of the results page to find and store the lowest price on the page. I need some help getting started.
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posted by JamesJD
on Apr 2, 2011 -
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Excel Question! I have two dates on my spreadsheet. How can I accurately determine (retrieve) the time remaining on a warranty date.
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posted by TeachTheDead
on Mar 25, 2011 -
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Calendar math question: today is March 25, 2011. I found my old watch in a drawer and the time is still correct, but the watch date window says 13. Assuming the date window repeats 1 to 31 and that I always 'set' my watch correctly, what was the most recent month and year that I could have worn it?
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posted by unixrat
on Mar 25, 2011 -
11 answers
What are the historical dates you are always glad you remember? Are there any well-recognized, history book dates that help you pin your sense of history together more than other dates do?
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posted by circular
on Mar 3, 2011 -
33 answers
My boyfriend of over a year and I have a great relationship. One of his best qualities is that he's so easy-going, but that's also led to an annoyance: he rarely takes the initiative to plan our dates anymore.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 18, 2010 -
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I went out with a girl twice and she just sent me a Facebook message telling me that she's seeing someone else now and that she wants to take me out to dinner to pay me back for the previous dates.
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posted by Groovytimes
on Oct 26, 2010 -
51 answers
My anxiety prevents me from going on dates, even when a girl might be interested in me. How do I get over this?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 3, 2010 -
28 answers
Does he think we're dating? Is he waiting for me to make the first move? Beanplate edition.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 1, 2009 -
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I have an excel file with a column of dates, in the xx/xx/xxxx format. I would like to strip out the month and day information, so I could just have a column that shows the year, but excel's method of representing dates as serial numbers has foiled every attempt. Any ideas?
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posted by M.C. Lo-Carb!
on Jul 8, 2009 -
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guys, how long do you wait before you call for a second date? cause i know that we all claim not to play games, and yet, people play games.
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posted by violetk
on Jun 15, 2009 -
82 answers
I have a girlfriend and my best friend is female. Should I feel guilty having lunch with my friend?
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posted by salsa buena
on Jun 10, 2009 -
53 answers
PyFilter: I need a one-liner (?) in Python to convert 9/2/09 style dates to 9/2/2009, while also understanding 9/2/71 to be 9/2/1971. Help!
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posted by rokusan
on Mar 4, 2009 -
10 answers
What's with the white spots on these Medjool Dates? Take a look at
these pictures. I've eaten tons of Medjool dates in my life, from California and the Middle East, but I've never seen this.
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posted by exhilaration
on Oct 5, 2008 -
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Seating at a restaurant. I understand that in one-on-one situations, etiquette suggests that lady is offered the seat with the view into the room, and the gentleman takes the seat facing the wall.
This and other sites seem to agree. But what if the "wall" is floor-to-ceiling glass with nice views of the outside?
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posted by NucleophilicAttack
on May 11, 2008 -
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