Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]

[Dibble]

Dr Jekyll said:

Dibble said:

Gate (on its own) or -gate (as a suffix). Which apparently doesn’t mean gate, ISTR it’s from Scandinavian languages and basically means road/street.

So Newgatestreet road actually means New road street road, interesting.

Pretty much! It’s “gatan” in Swedish, “gade” in Danish and either “gate” or “gade” in Norwegian. Finland does its own thing with “katu”. If you think Scandinavian languages are impenetrable, Finnish takes it to a whole other level (although Swedish is also an official language in Finland).

[coppernorks]

Vennel : a lane or alley

Scots I think.

[AndyC_123]

Why do trailers that cars tow have their wheels in the middle, but trailers that lorries tow have them at the back?

[98elise]

AndyC_123 said:

Why do trailers that cars tow have their wheels in the middle, but trailers that lorries tow have them at the back?

Weight distribution.

A car isn't designed to share the weight, so that's done by the trailer.

A lorry tractor unit is designed to share the weight of the trailer. That's why they have multiple rear wheels/axles

[Frank7]

The Mad Monk said:

Europa1 said:

ambuletz said:

Does anyone know what determines if roads are named street, road, lane, avenue, crescent and place? I can't think of any other ones.

Boulevard

Close.

In Bermondsey, there are a couple of short roads called “rents”, e.g. Wild’s Rents, Gibbon’s Rents, apparently it stems from the landlord’s name, i.e., if your name was Smith, and you had some properties to rent, the street where they were could be named Smith’s Rents.
We also have a couple of “Follys”, e.g. Hickman’s Folly, allegedly this comes from somewhere where there was once a clump of trees.
Trees have leaves, and the French word for leaves is feuilles, hence folly, perhaps it’s a Norman thing.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Why is it that apples that I buy from the supermarket last for weeks but the ones from my apple tree go wrinkled & mouldy within a couple of days of picking?

Are supermarket ones sterilised / irradiated or something to delay the decaying process or is it the variety of apple?

[V8mate]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Why is it that apples that I buy from the supermarket last for weeks but the ones from my apple tree go wrinkled & mouldy within a couple of days of picking?

Are supermarket ones sterilised / irradiated or something to delay the decaying process or is it the variety of apple?

Very much treated. Supermarket apples can easily be a year old when you buy them.

[Johnspex]

Can anyone tell me the formula for working out how fast, in mph, a point on the tread of my tyre is travelling? Please.

Edited by Johnspex on Sunday 30th August 19:05

[GappySmeg]

Johnspex said:

Can anyone tell me the formula for working out how fast, in mph, a point on the tread of my tyre is travelling? Please.

Edited by Johnspex on Sunday 30th August 19:05

There's no one figure... if you're travelling at x mph, any single point on your tyre is varying between 0mph and 2xmph with each revolution.

[Dr Jekyll]

4 3 2 1 .........

[captain_cynic]

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[RATATTAK]

Johnspex said:

Can anyone tell me the formula for working out how fast, in mph, a point on the tread of my tyre is travelling? Please.

Rotationally or linearly ?

[glazbagun]

It's bugging me, but was there ever a car where "spartan" was a trim level? I'm thinking maybe a Hillman Imp or suchlike, which actually boasted about its lack of frippery.

[Europa1]

glazbagun said:

It's bugging me, but was there ever a car where "spartan" was a trim level? I'm thinking maybe a Hillman Imp or suchlike, which actually boasted about its lack of frippery.

It didn't boast of it, but the Series 1 Elise.

Rev counter, speedo, fuel gauge, 2 chairs, 2 seatbelts. Oh, and a cigarette lighter.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

glazbagun said:

It's bugging me, but was there ever a car where "spartan" was a trim level? I'm thinking maybe a Hillman Imp or suchlike, which actually boasted about its lack of frippery.

Mitsubishi Evo had a trim level that was basically "starting point for conversion to Group N Rallying". I forget what the trim level was called but it was extremely Spartan and only just road legal. However, it *was* road legal and it *was* an actual trim level / model type.

[E36Ross]

Honda Civic Ek9 'Race Base'

Steel wheels, No airbags, Basic Interior, No power steering etc....

[Clockwork Cupcake]

E36Ross said:

Honda Civic Ek9 'Race Base'

Steel wheels, No airbags, Basic Interior, No power steering etc....

Sounds like a similar ethos and intent.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Oh, and also, Peugeot 106 Rallye.

[ambuletz]

Any scottish people here?

here in london Irn Bru is always very cheap/discounted compared to Coca-cola. a 2litre bottle of Irb Bru costs £1.39. compare that to coca-cola which is £2+. all the bottles and cans of Irn Bru are mega cheap.

My question is... given that Irn Bru is more popular up there than it is down here...is Irn Bru full price there? or is it one of the cheaper drinks?

[Johnspex]

RATATTAK said:

Johnspex said:

Can anyone tell me the formula for working out how fast, in mph, a point on the tread of my tyre is travelling? Please.

Rotationally or linearly ?b

Er, not sure what that means. A point on the outer circumference of the tyre must have a speed in mph, surely. It must also be faster than one of the wheel nuts as it travels a greater distance for each revolution. If, say, the tyre circumference is 1 metreand it goes round once every second it is travelling 1m per sec. The wheel nut which part of a circle of, say, 50cm circumference will only travel 50cm per sec.

I read once about the phenomenal speed the rim of the wheels on Bloodhound SSC will travel .