I tried to google this, but various combinations of "blood" and "stone" only come up with book titles, lyrics to heavy metal songs, complaints about the economy, caveman DNA, and a few household tips how to remove blood from stone. Since home experiments seem impractical (and, uhm, inadvisable in terms of having neighbours call the police on me), I'm turning to you for answers. Help?

I need to know how long blood would be visible on stone.
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Thank you in advance for any and all input!

Where can I find accurate UK slang terms for gay in the '40s?

It was invert in the 20s/30s, but I can't find any sites that'll actually tell me what the everyday slang for them was (variations on gay + history + slang + terminology + 1940s bring up giant slang lists with no time stamp, laws on homosexuality, medical and psychological definitions/practices and treatment or terribly dry biographies and histories).
'Homosexual' was the official term, but I can't find what *normal* people used. The definitions I need are :
The polite middle class term
The common slang terms
1940s rank and file soldiers' terms
What the gay community itself used.

(story is set in London post-war with references to during the war and post-war with several different POVs, hence needing the variations)

Searching on people (gay actors and writers who were adults during the 1940s) like Wilfrid Brambell and Kenneth Williams turns out to be useless because all I get are refs to Fantabulosa and the Curse of Steptoe, biographies and the fact that Wilf got done for cottaging in the 60s. Not to mention most of said films took place in the '60s. Later films set in WW2 using gay characters only seem to use imagery and no words. Celluloid Closet has very little on 1940s UK films, and even then it's all 'implied' due to censorship. Searching through gay film lists of the '40s gets me German and American ones.

Searched : variations on gay + homosexual + history + terminology + 1940s + film + slang + UK
Gay slang dictionaries
The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo (document of gay portrayal in film throughout the 20th Century)
Wilfrid Brambell, Kenneth Williams, Noel Coward, Joe Orton, Kenneth Halliwell, Ivor Novello

When: 1870-1900
Where: New Mexico Territory, United States

Did Billy the Kid have a nickname or folk name among the Hispanic community in New Mexico? I want a character to refer to him with a Spanish nickname (in a tone of affectionate reverence), even if only a translation of "the Kid".

Searched: Billy the Kid, Billy the Kid + Hispanic, "Billy the Kid in Spanish"

Setting: Richmond, Virginia in modern day

Search terms: "crime in richmond, virginia", "richmond, virginia neighborhoods", "bad richmond neighborhoods", "bad richmond, virginia neighborhoods", etc.

Event: Vigilante in Richmond, Virginia fights crime in the "bad" neighborhoods. She also lives in one.

Questions:

1. What are the three most dangerous neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia by overall crime rate?
2. What are the public high schools in these neighborhoods?
3. Does Richmond have a drug problem? A gang problem?

How did one buy and use lipstick and face powder in the 1930s? I'm most specifically interested in Paris, Berlin, and London. This is a wealthy woman who travels (as much as is possible) and yes, she does wear cosmetics regularly.

Nowadays, you buy the makeup and the case, but in looking for vintage items I'm finding lipstick holders (such as this one and this one), and compacts for face powder (such as this one and this one) and occasionally a combination (such as this one).

So if you buy the lipstick and powder independently and then put it in the holder...what sort of packaging would it have come in? I'm trying to figure out how you wouldn't spill face powder anywhere or get lipstick all over your fingers. :) Would there have been cosmetic counters?

I only wish I could afford this vintage book right now!

[ETA: also googled on various combinations of 1930s, vintage, cosmetics, lipstick, compact, Max Factor. Found this page which is useful but not as logistical as I need right now.]

Googled: "travel time" "Baton Rouge" "Los Angeles"
I keep getting "cheap flight" sites.


How long does it take to drive from Los Angeles to Baton Rouge? Assuming normal driving conditions.

Setting: U.S., 1986

Googled: "tasers," "taser deaths," "intentional killing taser"

I keep hearing about Taser deaths, all of which are reportedly accidental, and in most cases, no one knows why the victim dies. But I'm wondering if there's any way to purposely kill someone with one.

(The scenario I'm envisioning is roughly as follows—the MC is attacked by a Taser-wielding guard (who is trying to incapacitate him rather than kill him), manages to get a hold of the weapon, and turns it on his attacker. Is there anything he could do with it that is more likely to kill the other guy? I suppose worst case scenario he could just beat the poor sod to death, but that isn't nearly as much fun as zapping him.

I should also mention that the guard is a healthy young guy and the MC is older, but has the advantage of being very sadistic and very angry.)

I've searched combinations of "Celt(ic)", "torque", "torc", and "wear". I've found lots of both historic/archaeologic sites and jewelry sites, but none of them have told me what I need to know. It's like I'm the first one to wonder this, which is obviously insane.

How do you put a torque on? Even the store sites didn't tell me (one did say "ours have some spring to them", but a lot of the ancient ones are very thick and rigid). The opening is rarely more than two inches across, and since it's fitted around the neck I can't imagine that it would fit over the head, but I could be wrong. Does anyone have one, or know how this worked?

Thank you!

Setting: Jericho, Kansas in 2022
Event: A tornado forms in early summer.

1) Will the sky turn green before the tornado starts to form?
2) If the sky doesn't turn green, what color will it turn? 
3) How big is the chance for multiple tornadoes in one day in that one town?

Search: Tornado on Wikipedia, on Google I searched for tornadoes in Kansas and tornadoes.

Edited: To clarify question three.

EDIT: Great Googly Moogly, you guys are FANTASTIC. This is more information than I could have ever hoped for, and I thank all of you who commented from the bottom of my heart. You've all answered all the questions I could come up with, and even more. Thank you all; this post question is answered~~


Search terms: Various googled combinations of "telemarketing" "telemarketer" "position" "location" "work" "business" "where", etc. Also have read several commentaries on people's reactions to telemarketing and telemarketer's reactions to their jobs, but those were not useful.

Setting: Modern day, insurance company, (USA, but it isn't important)

I am writing a story to be told in the point of view of a telemarketer. I am familiar with everything about the job other than where it would be taking place. I do not want my character to work from home, but don't know where she would work otherwise.

If she is calling for a fictitious insurance company (selling home/auto/health/etc. insurance) what is the place like where she would work? Is it a call center? How is a call center laid out? Does she work for a local agency? What is her desk like? Are cubicles involved?

Also, what are her hours if she works full-time (I am aware of the hours legally allowed for telemarketing, but what hours would the company want her to come in)?

Her working for an Insurance company is flexible, so information on other businesses is still helpful.

Any information is appreciated.

I don't want to just assume the fact that all guns sound slightly different. Do they?

For instance, if someone with exceptional hearing (werewolf in human form if that helps you any), heard a gun fight start in a warehouse, would he be able to tell the difference between what the bad guys are using and his team's guns? If it helps I'm assigning them a P228 SIG Sauer, and a Desert Eagle .357, thanks to the wonderful information I've gotten from this community's tags.

Thanks in advance for any help!

When: 1900
Where: New Mexico, United States

I'm writing a 30,000 word fanfiction novella in three days. (Procrastination makes it happen.) The latter 20,000 or so of it takes place on a fictional cattle ranch in New Mexico. I'm trying to situate it geographically. Currently, I'm working off of the real JX Ranch near Tucumcari, NM, and I'm wondering if anyone here from New Mexico could chime in with recommended areas that would be appropriate to the time period. I'm looking for a plausible location that would be scenic and austere.

Searched: New Mexico, Santa Fe, Las Cruces (too far south I think), Albuquerque, Taos, Sangre De Cristo, Tucumcari, history of New Mexico, all on Wikipedia; "New Mexico ranch" on Google; stared at maps (which is how I usually research geography.)

Setting: Fantasy world. Port city that gets a lot of rain. Loosely based on medieval England (sort of) so I'm using that as a model for some of my buildings.

The MC (short woman with a fairly small build) is in the nicest room in an inn, and she needs to climb out a window. However, I'm having trouble finding information about how (or even if) the window would have opened and the mechanics of it. Also, would the windows at this time have been made of glass or of something else? I know later it was kind of wobbly glass that distorted the view, but I don't know about the Middle Ages.

Googled variations on "medieval architecture," "medieval taverns," "medieval inn construction," "medieval inn window," and "medieval tavern construction materials" but my Google-fu is weak. Thanks for any help!

ETA: Someone asked about the specific time period within the medieval era. I'm fairly flexible since it's fantasy, but the middle centuries would probably be best.

Setting: New York (and possibly other environs around the world), mid-to-late 1960s

I am looking for information on the preparation of cow brains for eating and the way in which one eats them.
--In 1960s New York, would they be commonly sold at butcher shops? Would there be any particular neighborhood one would go to in order to purchase them, or any transplanted culture which might particularly favor them for food? How much would one cost?
--Besides frying them, how would you prepare them? How do they have to be prepped before cooking (washed, processed, etc.). Do they have to be cut up like muscle meat? Is it possible to mash one up like a potato and mix it with something? Do they fall apart easily?
--What does a plain cooked one taste like? What is the consistency, texture, aftertaste like?

I have looked up "cow brains," "brain recipes," and an assortment of other keywords on Google--most of what I've found is information on recipes and the historical context in which brains might be eaten (as well as a vegetarian screed about the hypocrisy of meat-eaters who eat steak but not brains and an article on mad cow disease and its effect on the brain cuisine of the Midwest). Wikipedia suggests that it's "mushy" and "flavorless," but I'm hoping for something a little more specific.

Thank you in advance.

Anybody out there speak Polish? I have a few words and phrases that I'd like translated from the English. Thanks in advance.

( a few swear words behind the cut )

Okay, I've got a fic where one character gets hit by a car at some point and needs to be hospitalized. But they don't die.

How hurt can someone be after getting run over without dying? How much blood loss is there, how quickly would the ambulance have to arrive, what?

If it helps, the character gets hit as she crosses the street, the driver is drunk and speeding. There's going to be blood (obviously) and the character blacks out. (I also want to scare the readers into thinking she's dead.)
Any ideas?

EDITED: Okay, I apparently should've gone into further detail. Sorry about that. ^^;
The driver, even being drunk, sees her and tries to stop/swerve aside, so the car doesn't hit head-on, more of to the side. The force is enough to knock her down, and the car ends up slightly on top of her arm, breaking it. She hits her head on the pavement, as well as fracturing a rib. She faints because she hasn't endured a lot of pain, so this is new/too much for the pain tolerance.
(Can't add more because I have to go to work. If this doesn't help, let me know.)

I need to know the correct word in Latin for a daughter addressing her grandfather. I've done searches using Latin + Translation and Grandfather, I know the Latin for Grandfather is Avus but I wanted to check whether it is correct to address someone as Avus or if there is a more colloquial term (or if a child would be more likely to call them by name). They are speaking English in the current day but she was brought up in Rome c. AD 50 (they're immortal) so I wanted her to call him by the name she would have grown up with and also clue in people there who speak Latin of their relationship.

Googled various combinations of the title, but I'm too afraid to turn off safesearch and haven't found much. Also lurked on LJ communities for amputees.

Takes place in a small town in modern day Alberta, Canada.
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Thanks for your help!

How long would it take for someone to die from being trapped in a walk-in freezer? The freezer can be any type: meat, ice cream, etc. If it helps, the setting is Cleveland, OH in the early 1970's and the person in question is a man in his late 30's.

I've tried searching using various combinations of terms like 'walk-in freezer,' 'death,' 'hypothermia,' etc. I used google, howstuffworks.com, wikipedia, even yahoo answers, and have found nothing definite.

Setting: Modern day, various locations (roadtrip story!)

Searched: fixing slow lead in brake line, brake fluid chemical,

Problem: My character's car has a slow leak in the brake line, resulting in complete brake failure and the car is now off on the side of the road. What could my character use to (1) plug the hold in the brakeline and (2) use to replenish the leaked brake fluid?

Ideally, I'd want something long term, but if it's a temporary fix and they have to go to the mechanics, how long would repairing the brakes take?