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= April 6 =

journal articles on foot fetishism comparisons in western vs eastern culture
Is there a website that shows the perspective in Eastern Culture and Western Culture when it comes to point of view of foot fetishism because I want to know why is it look down upon in Eastern culture and it is not in Western culture? Please and thank you. Donmust90 (talk) 02:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)Donmust90Donmust90 (talk) 02:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Who says it's not looked down upon in western culture? I mean, there's weirder stuff out there, but that doesn't mean that foot fetishes are normal. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:02, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * It's typically made fun of. That qualifies as looking down on it. And isn't this like the third time you've asked about this? Are you telling us more about your personal life than we need to know? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:29, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Some of the works listed here seem on-target. Matt Deres (talk) 17:39, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Maximum banknotes through ATM
Considering that most banknotes worldwide (regardless of the denomination) have roughly the same thickness, what is the maximum amount that ATM's cash dispenser can handle at once (when withdrawing)? Taking USD as an example, how many 100$ bills can pass through the dispenser hole? Thanks. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 14:34, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * By googling the phrase maximum number of bills an ATM can dispense, several good candidates to answer your question came up. -- Jayron 32 14:36, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * While ATMs which push a batch of notes through a slot in one bundle will obviously have a limit (I have seen both 30 and 40 notes quoted) there are others which dispense the notes one at a time into a tray below the slot - and logically such a machine should be able to dispense every note loaded into it (usual capacity is 1000 notes) - though as cards generally have a withdrawal limit that isn't ever going to happen. Wymspen (talk) 17:41, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I'm not sure what the point of asking how many can be dispensed at once since they normally only spit out either 10s or 20s. And then there's also a limit to the amount you may withdraw through an ATM in a given day. I think for my bank it's $400. And the ATMs dispense 20s. So, that's just 20 individual bills. Not that large a stack for what are normally new to almost new bills. † dismas †|(talk) 22:19, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Many nationwide banks are significantly higher. But since the cost of living's way more in places like NYC or Silicon Valley than much of America it wouldn't be surprising if some local or regional banks are ~$400. At least some New York City ATMs have let you select how many 50s and 20s you want for a long time. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:07, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's just cost of living but norms and security concerns. E.g. in NZ it can be $3000 [//www.westpac.co.nz/daily-transaction-limits/]. I think rarely, you mat still get $5 in some ATMs but it's probably not very common that they only have $5. Some modern Westpac ATMs let you choose how many of each specific notes you want from those available but in the two or so I've used they only had $10, $20 and $50. However $3000 is still 300 $10 notes so quite a lot. This suggests that the maximum is $2000 per transaction from a machine but it's because of a 40 note limit  and you will need to make multiple withdrawals to withdraw more than 40 notes. With the new ATM which let you choose notes, It seems likely you could make 3 withdrawals limited to 40 notes and still not have hit even half your daily limit. Even without that, I think $100 is still very uncommon so you can easily hit the limit with a $3000 withdrawal limit. So I question the earlier implication that it never happens. (Probably also the reason why it is mentioned.) Nil Einne (talk) 05:08, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * This is a bank in Malaysia with a RM10000 limit [//www.cimbbank.com.my/en/personal/banking-with-us/ways-to-bank/self-service-banking.html]. I don't know if they have ATMs which let you choose notes (probably some bank in Malaysia does, when I last used ATMs in Malaysia they generally seemed far more advanced than the ones in NZ at the time) but RM100 is the highest note denomination possible (Malaysian ringgit) and I don't know if you can even get these in ATMs much, or RM50 is still the normal limit. Either way, it seeems easily possible to hit the 30 note limit (also mentioned in that page) 3 times while still not hitting the 7 transaction/RM10000 limit. Even if you can find RM100 in ATMs, I strongly suspect quite a few don't have and if such an ATM is also out of RM50 notes at some stage (you only need at least 7 RM10 or no more than 197 RM50), or you can find an ATM which lets you choose, you can even hit the 7 transaction limit solely while withdrawing the maximum each time. BTW, of the number I've used in NZ, and the few I used in Malaysia, none of them had anything other than the push out through slot dispenser. Mind you, I'm not sure whether there is some security measure which will block you if you try to make that many consecutive withdrawals. Incidently, considering that the US is still a somewhat cash heavy society even if not as much as Malaysia or Japan, I'm surprised it's so low with some banks there. But maybe the concern is if you have more than $400 you'll be hit by Civil forfeiture in the United States [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks&t=4m42s] Nil Einne (talk) 05:36, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Isn't $1 New Zealand like $3/4 or $2/3 US? Still very high by US standards of course. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 09:11, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * You can Google for an exchange rate calculator, whereby you will see that you are grossly in error. According to this site, NZ$1 is worth (today) about 72 US cents. Akld guy (talk) 09:54, 7 April 2018 (UTC) I struck out part of my reply after realizing you said threequarters to twothirds of a US dollar, not 3-4 or 2-3. Akld guy (talk) 09:58, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Just for fun, a bit of history... the first ATMs I ever saw (this must have been around 1975) belonged to the Royal Bank of Canada. They did not dispense loose bills, but little paper packets each containing one $20 and one $5 bill. And they would not dispense more than two (2) packets in a single transaction: if you wanted $100, you had to do two transactions, which then cost 25&cent; each. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 00:42, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The British press, news websites etc. ran stories last year about the 50th anniversary of the first ATM in Britain. This Daily Telegraph article gives some interesting facts about the rather convoluted procedures.  Hassocks 5489 (Floreat Hova!)  20:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Store name I'm hearing incorrectly?
I'm watching a comedy routine on Netflix by James Acaster. In the routine, he's talking about buying bananas at a store which I can't quite make out the name of. Partially due to his English accent and partially due to me not being familiar with the store. It sounds like he's saying "pret ah mahn-jay" but, due to his accent and my ears, I can't make out what the name of the store is. I think it would be funnier if I knew what store he's talking about. Does this store sound familiar to anyone? Thanks, † dismas †|(talk) 22:15, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Pret a Manger 87.114.101.1 (talk) 22:22, 6 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I had found that via a poorly spelled Google search but I didn't see any bananas on their online menu. Or really any plain fruit. † dismas †|(talk) 23:18, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
 * "Fresh fruit including apples, bananas and fruit salads accounted for five per cent of Pret’s total sales last year". Pret A Manger hails impact of fruit. It's basically a slightly pretentious sandwich shop - they sell items of fruit individually (and rather expensively) for office workers who are buying their lunch rather than shopping for the family. If you look at the image which accompanies our article, bananas are on the left in the rack, just above the apples and oranges. Alansplodge (talk) 00:34, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Or Pret-entious. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 08:11, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Très drôle! Alansplodge (talk) 16:14, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Much of Pret's stock isn't bought "for their lunch", it's bought for someone else's lunch, i.e. with someone else's corporate money. Pret is the go-to shop for buying a few platters full of mixed sandwiches and fruit for a lunch during a meeting. That's a less price elastic market than buying one's own regular lunch. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:09, 7 April 2018 (UTC)