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February 15[edit]

Claiming winnings from keno games in 2010 and 2011[edit]

I need to know how to claim winnings off old keno tickets? Ive checked the games/numbers, now, do i take the ticket back to the pub? They are from 2010, 2011 and 2013? Thanks. Leanne.

If there are no instructions about how to claim on the backs of the tickets, I suggest you ask whoever originally sold them to you.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:46, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You'd think it'd be pub-lic knowledge. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:02, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Identify the Fruits[edit]

I was having brunch at a fancy restaurant and 2 kinds of fruits where offered that I've never seen before. They were delicious, they seemed exotic, and had a citrus taste. I've included a picture of the 2 fruits. Can someone help identify them?

Thanks _{Hia10 (talk) 11:47, 15 February 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

Googling "fruit white flesh black seeds" suggests to me that the bottom one is dragon fruit. Dismas|^(talk) 13:20, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely dragon fruit. I believe the other is a persimmon. Matt Deres (talk) 13:51, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure from experience that the top one is a purple mangosteen. Nil Einne (talk) 13:54, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

So do we have 2 kinds of fruit or 3 ? StuRat (talk) 19:45, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think there are two pieces of purple mangosteen at the top, and some slices of dragonfruit at the bottom. Nothing there looks like any persimmon I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of persimmons). Looie496 (talk) 19:57, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you guys! There are 2 fruits. There is definitely no persimmon; I know persimmon very well. _{Hia10 (talk) 20:04, 15 February 2014 (UTC)}[reply]

It's possible the two pieces of mangosteen were from a single specimen that's been broken apart. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:57, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it looks to me quite a lot like it's just one mangosteen broken apart (although difficult to say for sure if the OP didn't try to match them up). And sorry if there was confusion there but when I said 'the top one' I meant both top pieces were mangosteen not persimmon as I only saw two kinds of fruit and one of them looked a lot like (purple) mangosteen which I have experience with from Malaysia and is also sometimes for sale here in NZ albeit at a rather expensive price. I originally specifically contradicted Matt Deres but then decided I wanted to sound less argumentive and it wasn't necessary. But perhaps it would have been better if I at least said 'not persimmon'. Nil Einne (talk) 12:59, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're very kind, but I am happy to be corrected in this. I'm not a fruit expert (!) and was just going off the pic in the persimmon article of the split fruit, which looked superficially like the piece on the right hand side of the OP's pic. Matt Deres (talk) 22:54, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, Matt. The colour's too dark for a persimmon. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 01:51, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]