Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2013 October 2

= October 2 =

Frosty Scar....??
Hey so my friend was over last night and she dared me to let her give me a frosty so I said yeah and it has left a mark. I have searched whether or not it will scar, but every page I have been to explained their frosty to be blistery and burn like, where as mine only looks like a bruise I guess. Will mine scar? Or am I just being paranoid? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LaDadadaDiDada (talk • contribs) 06:40, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * What's a frosty? I know about a snowman and drinks called frosty, but they make no sense here. HiLo48 (talk) 07:31, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * According to our article Aerosol burn, a "frosty" can be a slang term for such. If that is the intended meaning (or for any other, really), we can't provide an answer since we don't give medical advice (and there is no way for us to determine if this specific injury will leave a scar on you, even if we had an answer for "in general"). Bit of advice though, don't let people inflict random injuries on you, especially if you think they might leave a scar.Phoenixia1177 (talk) 07:44, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * So much for scarification then. :-) StuRat (talk) 09:20, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, it seems like the OP is worried that it won't scar. Go figure. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:18, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * This speaks for itself folks. μηδείς (talk) 18:40, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Lunch figures
Are there any statistics on how much the average person spends on lunch outside the home a day for different countries? 11:54, 2 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clover345 (talk • contribs)


 * Googling "average worldwide spends on lunch" gets a few quick figures. USA-$10, Japan-¥591, Canada-$8.80, UK £7.81. Australia $32 week(?) on lunches --220  of  Borg 13:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing those figures are only for those who eat lunch at restaurants. If you average in those who don't, that should bring the figure way down.  Also, whether weekends are included would change the results, as weekend lunches tend to be more expensive, although perhaps fewer people eat lunch out on the weekends (being more likely to have dinner out instead). StuRat (talk) 14:27, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * No need for guessing: the first link from the Google search above says "Americans go out for lunch on average twice a week and spend $10 each time. That means they’re spending $936 annually"; so that $10 isn't a daily average. Likewise the figure of £7.81 for the UK seems to include spending on snacks through the day and the drinks that people unaccountably buy from Starbucks etc. It also only applies to "office workers". AndrewWTaylor (talk) 16:04, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * This topic is a classic example of our systemic bias. For a huge proportion of the world's population lunch is just another time for a subsistence farmer to eat a share of his meagre supply of food. There is no defined cost for such an activity. HiLo48 (talk) 22:18, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Shadowjams (talk) 20:42, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

How fast does a Syrian Civil War soldier reload his rifle? I'm trying to find a comparison.
You see, I found a clip of an American Civil War soldier reloading his rifle - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWh3w9atTw It takes 20 seconds for the usual trained soldier, and 17 seconds for this highly-trained officer. (And that's to ready one, single, round. And it was so easy for a rookie to stumble in these steps.]

But can anyone show me / us how fast a Syrian Civil War soldier reloads his rifle? I sure hope he's orders of magnitude faster than our soldiers were! --2602:30A:2EE6:8600:DD37:71B1:9626:F2D4 (talk) 21:10, 2 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Most soldiers in the Syrian Civil War will be using semi-automatic or full-automatic magazine-fed weapons, meaning the answer to your question depends on what you consider "reloading": the gun is ready to fire again almost immediately after firing a shot, changing magazines takes a few seconds, and re-filling a magazine may take several minutes. --

Carnildo (talk) 01:08, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay. Video links? Gotta see this... --2602:30A:2EE6:8600:DD37:71B1:9626:F2D4 (talk) 01:49, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Equipment of the Syrian Army shows that, as one would expect, the regular Syrian Army is equipped with the AK-47 and AK-74. Syrian rebels are armed with a mixture of weapons they've taken from army depots and stuff they've received from foreign backers, reportedly including the Saudis and Quataris and reportedly the CIA. The assault rifles included in that are surely East European and/or Chinese (Norinco) AK-47 copies and perhaps AK-74s as well.  Both types (and their copies) are capable of fully automatic fire; as their articles note, the practical rate of full auto fire of the 47 is about 100 rounds per minute - although the recoil of particularly the heavier-calibre 47 is such that sustained full auto fire is rarely effective and most soldiers will shoot only short bursts.  A video of someone firing an AK-47 variant on full auto is here and an AK-74 here. As with most modern assault rifles, the AK-74 has a variant which is a full light machine gun, the RPK, which is intended for sustained automatic fire. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 09:36, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Any breech fed weapon is going to be slow. All current militaries and police forces (I cannot think of any exception, but if someone knows of one that would be interesting) use magazine fed firearms, with maybe a tiny number still using revolvers in some unique roles. The reload speed for most magazine weapons is very fast... under 5 seconds by someone only minimally trained. It should be mentioned that full auto is, in a military context, usually understood as suppression fire. Shadowjams (talk) 20:41, 6 October 2013 (UTC)