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July 10[edit]

Magazines' Polls (Rolling Stone for example)[edit]

How do these polls actually work? If it is an album, on Facebook or Twitter on the comments page, does the reader have to write the name of the album itself in the rose selected by the magazines, for example, or is there another system? Reader surveys are very popular at Rolling Stone; I have tried many times to contact them without success, and that's why I am here to address you. Then another thing, how do they count preferences? Thanks a lot to those who want to answer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 14:45, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Looking back at 2020 in 2070 or 2120[edit]

"We don't answer requests for opinions, predictions or debate." --2606:A000:1126:28D:E530:308D:8AAB:802D (talk) 16:04, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

In 2070 or 2120, would people look back at what happened with COVID-19 in 2020?

Pretend that now is the year 2070 or 2120, so that "50 years ago" or "100 years ago", respectively, would then refer to the year 2020. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 15:29, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Stimulus check - no info[edit]

My daughter was due to get the $1200 stimulus under the U.S. CARES Act. She filed her tax return electronically, in Mach I think. She got her deposit directly deposited to her account. She hasn't gotten the money (either by check, debit card, or direct deposit). When she tries the website to find out about the money, it says that they don't have enough information. Neither she nor I can find out what information they need or how to provide it, and they don't give a way to contact them.

How can we find out what the hold-up is? Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 16:30, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ask the IRS; we’re not qualified to help you. Good Luck! DOR (HK) (talk) 23:07, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's the point - I don't know of any feasible way to contact them. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 23:10, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Is there an IRS office in your area? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:36, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Coronavirus Tax Relief and Economic Impact Payments
Contact Your Local IRS Office

~ 93.136.74.131 (talk) 15:45, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any long stretches of lit dirt road?[edit]

Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 19:57, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Lit dirt? Do you mean literal dirt (as opposed to figurative dirt)? How long is "long"? Saline Valley Road, CA is 95 miles:[1] -- long enough? (I've probably been on longer "jeep trails", but those might be "figurative dirt roads"). There are probably longer ones in Australia, and elsewhere. --2606:A000:1126:28D:20AC:E64A:14AD:A6E4 (talk) 21:10, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Trans-Taiga Road is gravel (figurative dirt?). 2606:A000:1126:28D:20AC:E64A:14AD:A6E4 (talk) 21:39, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can tell, the English language mostly uses "lit" to mean "illuminated", and the answer is "what do you mean by long?" I'm not sure an obtuse answer was considered helpful. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 21:50, 10 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, the two examples are long roads, but not artificially lighted. (A "lit road" is not a term familiar to me) 2606:A000:1126:28D:20AC:E64A:14AD:A6E4 (talk) 22:00, 10 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

See lit and dirt road. --Lambiam 09:50, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well what's the longest you've got where anything else lit is a side effect instead of the target? There might be a dirt road who's lighting wouldn't be there if it didn't parallel a higher quality road which is kind of cheating. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 15:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]