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A friend of mine was born on August 21, 1959, at 6:45 a.m. EDT. He wants to know whether there were 49 or 50 states in the U.S. when he was born. Does anyone know what time President Eisenhower signed the Hawaiʻi Admission Act that day? Thanks.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 05:31, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, thanks for the effort. Another friend found this for me, which says 4:00 p.m.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 05:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A technical point: It wasn't the Act itself that Eisenhower signed into law that day. He signed it back in March, shortly after it had been passed by the Congress. Then there was a referendum in June, which approved the change from territory to state. What Eisenhower signed on 21 August was the Proclamation, required under Section 7(c) of the the previously-enacted Act, that Hawaii was now a State. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 19:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I am looking for a list of the Royal Honours and Awards designated to individuals and organizations based in Bermuda. I know that Wikipedia has various lists scattered around, but is there any way to amalgamate these? Alternatively, is there anyone apart from the website creator that I can e-mail asking this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apples88 (talk • contribs) 13:26, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is the right place to ask. Wikipedia doesn't have a single creator - it's "the encyclopaedia anyone can edit". It's made up of contributions from thousands of people. The people on this page are volunteers that help people find the information they're looking for. I don't know much about honours or Bermuda, myself, but if you wait a couple of days I expect someone will come along that does know where to find the answer. --Tango (talk) 17:08, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i have 2 six-packs of bottled beer in the original paper cartons in good condition and i was just trying to find out if they are worth anything or should i throw them away? any help you could give me would be appreciated lindy watts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.108.134 (talk) 22:47, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Beer does go bad with time, this article can give you an idea of how long different beers can last. Unique Ubiquitous (talk) 23:15, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As far as value, there may be some beer fan somewhere who might be interested depending on how good a beer it was to start with, although there's no market such as exists for (most) aged wines. Your best course would be to google for relevant websites. If the bottles were very old, the brewery itself (or its successors if taken over) might be interested for research or museum purposes, as might The National Brewing Centre's Museum if you're in the UK.

That said, if you do contemplate drinking it, the best thing to do is simply to open each bottle, sniff it, pour it (looking out for anything anomalous, but remembering some beers are meant to be cloudy and/or have sediment), and taste it. Your senses should tell you if it's drinkable, and there is (speaking strictly from personal experience) little likelihood of anything seriously inimicable being in it.

ObPersonal: About 12 years ago I acquired an 18-bottle crate of beer brewed in 1982 (to commemorate the 10th anniversary of CAMRA). Over the intervening years I've opened about 14 bottles: only a couple have been in a condition possibly unfit (and in any case not palatable enough) to drink: the rest have so far proved perfectly imbibable, although all had undergone various lactic fermentations and perhaps other processes rendering them somewhat different from what was originally intended, a couple of them very interestingly so. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 84.21.143.150 (talk) 12:02, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]