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:You mean [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Central_Canada_wildfires|these]]? — [[User:Avocado|Avocado]] ([[User talk:Avocado|talk]]) 11:52, 28 June 2023 (UTC).

:You mean [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Central_Canada_wildfires|these]]? — [[User:Avocado|Avocado]] ([[User talk:Avocado|talk]]) 11:52, 28 June 2023 (UTC).

Sure do. Just heard on my news outlets that NYC, other airports are shutting down over the dense smoke. Canada’s article needs Current Event template on it. I’d state something there, but the article is protected. I’ve got smoke all over the place, and a glitch.

Sure do. Just heard on my news outlets that NYC, other airports are shutting down over the dense smoke. Canada’s article needs Current Event template on it. I’d state something there, but the article is protected. I’ve got smoke all over the place, and a glitch.

== County haul ==

== County haul ==

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Would it be halfway-plausible for a young lady from a small provincial Russian town (more specifically, from Kostroma) to have the name “Adelaida” (Russian for Adelaide)? And, would it be halfway-plausible for her to be a flight instructor specializing in fighter jets such as the Mig-29 and/or the Su-27 and their derivatives? 2601:646:9882:46E0:7DE6:4D87:FC8E:D68 (talk) 12:50, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What’s up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:05, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why what? 2601:646:9882:46E0:7DE6:4D87:FC8E:D68 (talk) 13:15, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why do you think someone from the rural areas can’t have a particular name or career? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What’s up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:19, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Well, as far as the name, because it’s Western in origin, and there’s very little Western influence in Russia outside of the Moscow and St. Pete areas — and as far as the career, it’s because rural parts of Russia are very impoverished, so it’s hard for someone from those areas to get into a high-skilled occupation (and doubly so for a woman to get into a highly-skilled and traditionally male-dominated line of work). But, of course, there are exceptions to (almost) every rule (barring the laws of nature, of course) — and, besides, Kostroma is not that much of a backwater (not like Sretensk, for example — which is so far away from the core part of Russia that it’s actually more Chinese than Russian now)! 2601:646:9882:46E0:7130:A393:E500:58CF (talk) 01:06, 22 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It would have to be very old or very recent according to a coworker who moved from Georgia (when it was part of the USSR) to the United States. She told me, and I have verified it with a quick Internet search, the women were phased out as fighter pilots in the 1970s. It was just a few years ago that women were allowed to begin training as fighter pilots again. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 14:01, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Beethoven’s song “Adelaide“, “Adelaida” in Russian, was also popular in Russia, and Kostroma is not a godforsaken place in the backwaters of Russia. Is the person in question alleged to be a a flight instructor now, in 2023?  —Lambiam 18:50, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the info! In case you must know, this is for a work of fiction that I’ve recently started — and it’s quite a story to explain why the character in question must be a woman named Adelaide, must be from Kostroma and must be a flight instructor who can fly fighter jets! So, from what you’ve told me, this combination is unusual but not…