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September 19

Wine bottle corks

Hello. I'd like to ask what exactly one is supposed to do with the cork of a wine bottle once one has removed it? Is one supposed to put it back in the wine bottle after one has poured some wine, or can it just be thrown out? Are there any official recommendations about this from wine manufacturers? Thanks. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 07:04, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Replace the cork if you can, but it may have swelled out. If you're not going to finish the wine straight away, it is better to use a rubber "wine saver" (Google it).--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:44, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

How to replace a wine cork [[1]] It also explains when you should not re-use the original cork. Wymspen (talk) 10:34, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Wine bottles aren't single serving? --Jayron32 11:05, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Used Wine Corks are often too damaged by the Corkscrew to remain an airtight Bung for bottling of wines, but they are sold for use in craft projects like wine cork wreaths, wine corks boards and keeping bugs off Australian Ockers. The following scenario left an open question: A diner orders and pays for a bottle of wine brought to his table at a restaurant where he expects to meet his date, who does not turn up. He tells the waiter that this leaves him with twice as much wine as he cares to drink at one meal, and asks to have the cork so that he can take home the remaining wine. The waiter (where this actually happened) protests that the restaurant cannot allow this because to do so would violate their state liquor license which permits "only to serve, not to sell, wine". In the event that I know of, this legal objection was made to vanish by magic means To Insure Prompt Service. DroneB (talk) 11:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Stelvin caps solve the problem nicely, as does the goon bag. --TrogWoolley (talk) 11:42, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Flags in Hunting

May anyone know why flags are used in hunting? Thanks. Omidinist (talk) 12:15, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Does this answer your question? --Jayron32 12:24, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Yes. Thank you, Jayron. Omidinist (talk) 19:03, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Correct location of Wagah

https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wagah states that Wagah is in Pakistan, not in India. This is false since according to Google Maps (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wagah/@31.604757,74.5719473,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x391912bcf27f495d:0x325315a52b19a1a9!8m2!3d31.604757!4d74.574136), Wagah is in India and Pakistan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.148.220.33 (talk) 14:05, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

This issue should be discussed at Talk:Wagah, and not here, since the correct place to discuss problems with articles is article talk pages. --Jayron32 14:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Uber seatbelts

I'm in a bit of a bad mood right now because I feel that my life has been put at risk.

I often ride with Uber where I live in Kyiv. The standard of traffic, cars, and drivers in Kyiv is not what can be expected in the rest of Europe, and every few days I ride with Uber and sometimes I feel I'm in real danger. I would feel much better if I had a nice tight seat belt (and it would be good if the driver wore one because they can prevent secondary accidents) but these are not always provided.

This page from Avis car rentals says that "It is compulsory for all inside the vehicle to wear a seatbelt [in Ukraine]." I'm not a lawyer and I'm not asking for legal advice but I infer that it is also compulsory for vehicles to have seat belts.

Uber's feedback options have no provision for complaining that an Uber car doesn't have seat belts. (It does have really good provision for complaining about driver performance.) My actual question is a starting point for further action:

Does Uber say anywhere that drivers' cars should have seat belts? I can't find it on their site. If not, how can I discuss it with them? The site seems to be designed to discourage new topics.

Hayttom (talk) 19:43, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

@Hayttom: The Uber website help page [2] says you can ask questions via the app or Twitter. This page I found via Google implies that there is a seat belt law but it is widely ignored [3] RudolfRed (talk) 20:03, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

If they won't do anything about it, you could consider wearing a motorcycle helmet while you're riding. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:01, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Put "driver failed to provide a vehicle with adequate safety devices" under driver review. --Khajidha (talk) 22:26, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

And then beware of assassins. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:44, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you all. I found the place in the app for complaining that there were no seat belts. I hope I don't get blacklisted. Hayttom (talk) 05:44, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Resolved

While this isn't legal advice, note that per Seat belt legislation, the existence of legislation making it compulsory to wear seat belts if they are fitted doesn't mean it's compulsory for all cars to have them. It's very common that legislation for safety devices grandfathers in existing vehicles given the cost etc of installing them after manufacture. Seat belts are generally easier to install than say airbags, still this often happened. Legislation requiring rear seat belts are fitted generally predates legislation requiring they are worn, and in many developed countries the legislation requiring them to be fitted is in the 1980s or earlier so very few current vehicles can legally not have them. In fact, they may now require them of most vehicles or there may even be standards requiring improvements depends on cost e.g. [4]. But in the developing world, things may be different e.g. our article suggests it was 2002 in India, with no mention of it ever applying to vehicles which aren't new. I have no idea where Ukraine fits into this. Whatever the requirement for general private vehicles, many countries have additional requirements for passenger service vehicles. However while Uber sets their own standards, they generally seem to feel that they can ignore any legal standards especially those specific to passenger service vehicles that they don't agree with. Nil Einne (talk) 13:50, 20 September 2018 (UTC)