Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]

[talksthetorque]

Vipers said:

But don't DVLA determine makes of car, an owner just decide he has an AC ELECTRIC if no such manufacturer is called that?

Did they have spellcheck autocorrect in 1929?

[Halmyre]

Vipers said:

Jimmy Recard said:

Vipers said:

Saw a very old AC ACEDES today, I guessed 1930 ish, checked on the DVLA data base, ziltch, on Askmid came up as registered, number plate was PN 2782.

So tried DVLA again by entering AC ziltch, BUT one other options on the DVLA site was the make as being AC (electric), this came up as 1929 vintage.

The AC company was reregistered as "AC ACEDES", so the name on the rad as "ACEDES" was part of the make and not model as I first thought.

BUT, why does it only show on the DVLA web site under make as being "AC (ELECTRIC)".

Can't post picture as on another camera and I don't have the cable to download it.


Whoever registered it recorded it as such

But don't DVLA determine makes of car, an owner just decide he has an AC ELECTRIC if no such manufacturer is called that?

AC made those godawful invalid carriage things, some of which were electric(?). But not in the 1930s I would have thought.

[droopsnoot]

Vipers said:

But don't DVLA determine makes of car, an owner just decide he has an AC ELECTRIC if no such manufacturer is called that?

No, it's based on how the application for first registration is filled in by the person registering it. There's all sorts of anomalies, and it's one of the reasons that the howmanyleft and similar sites don't always show proper information. Gets worse the further back you go, also for model names.

Someone recently listed how many different Audi A4 models were on the DVLA database - but when you read down them, you can see that many are just a model name discrepancy, with someone registering (for example) an Audi A4 2.0 S-Line Quattro, another listing the same model as A4 2.0 Quattro S-Line, and so on.

ETA - I don't know if it's better now.

[Issi]

Regarding the recent adverts for National Geographic BUGS magazines, that come with a real life insect trapped in a block of perspex, where do they get the insects from?

Is there someone out there who specialises in breeding Manchurian Scorpions by the tens of thousands?

[Hugo a Gogo]

Tailgater said:

Could you tune a K20 VTEC to 1000bhp?

1114bhp?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc_DIuk_-2c

[Thankyou4calling]

glazbagun said:

What is the average earnings and career length of a model? And by model I don't mean a girl with an instagram account but someone who manages to go six months with only income from being photographed.

I only ask after seeing a bus advert with yet another immaculate guy amd girl who I'll almost certainly never see again in anything ever. Even if you are uncommonly good looking, the market must be massively oversubscribed.

Very few people earn their living from modelling.

Yes there are models but most will do other things, acting, PR appearances, who knows what.

I knew a model well and she was fulltime but never had any money and needed a partner to support her. It's not a salaried job so to speak so you do a job and line up others(or your agent does)

Thousands competing for not much work and many prepared to do it for shirt buttons.

[SilverSpur]

droopsnoot said:

No, it's based on how the application for first registration is filled in by the person registering it. There's all sorts of anomalies, and it's one of the reasons that the howmanyleft and similar sites don't always show proper information. Gets worse the further back you go, also for model names.

Someone recently listed how many different Audi A4 models were on the DVLA database - but when you read down them, you can see that many are just a model name discrepancy, with someone registering (for example) an Audi A4 2.0 S-Line Quattro, another listing the same model as A4 2.0 Quattro S-Line, and so on.

ETA - I don't know if it's better now.

My old A5 was registered as an A5 2.0 TDi Sport QTRO.

As it was only 2 wheel drive, QTRO was a rather apt description I think...

[Ayahuasca]

Jimmy Recard said:

Johnspex said:

Is it possible to speak badly in most or any foreign languages/
For instance- is "we was" instead of "we were" or "ain't" or the equivalent possible in French or German or do all foreigners use the correct word and grammar?

French and German have widely used colloquial structures - I would think that most languages do. Spanish and Russian also spring to mind.

Grammatically they're not really quite as flexible/malleable as English (for instance in terms of word order) so it's not directly comparable but it's basically the same thing happening.

Spanish has lots of informal ways of speaking, depending on where you are. Where I am, the local dialect is the equivalent of the bd love child of broadest Geordie and deepest Glaswegian.

[Dr Jekyll]

Why are girls called Natalie invariably brunettes?

[anonymous-user]

It's a harrowing topic, but what happened to the assets used in the 7/7 Bombings such as

Jermaine Lindsay's Fiat Brava
The rented Nissan Micra
The houses that were occupied by the bombers
The "White Widow"'s children
The families of the bombers
The bombed train
The bombed bus

[Jonboy_t]

Sometimes we can se the sun and the moon in the sky at the same time, what can people in Australia see when that happens? Do they just get nothing?!

[R E S T E C P]

I'm in Scotland (but not a native), and not a fan of football.

When I'm flicking through radio stations, I can always tell in a split second when I've hit a football talk show, because the people talking have the strongest Scottish accents I've ever heard.
I hear Scottish accents every day, and have been for 20+ years, and yet I never hear ones quite as strong as when people are discussing football.

Why?

[ScotsDave]

When a "state of emergency" is declared for a natural disaster etc, what does that entitle the region to over and above normal rescue, resources and where does it come from?

[MissChief]

R E S T E C P said:

I'm in Scotland (but not a native), and not a fan of football.

When I'm flicking through radio stations, I can always tell in a split second when I've hit a football talk show, because the people talking have the strongest Scottish accents I've ever heard.
I hear Scottish accents every day, and have been for 20+ years, and yet I never hear ones quite as strong as when people are discussing football.

Why?

The ones talking tend to be from Glasgow, because Glaswegians believe the rest of the country doesn't exist in football terms. It's rare to hear them talking about anything other than the two Glasgow clubs and even when they do it's only for a few minutes.

[Obi Wan]

Why do you have to reheat rice but supermarkets selling supermarkets selling sushi don't have to? Also, when people modify cars, why do they stick on those awful deep dish steering wheels? I see a lot of them on Porsches.

Edited by Obi Wan on Tuesday 6th September 00:26

[FlyingMeeces]

Obi Wan said:

Why do you have to reheat rice but supermarkets selling supermarkets selling sushi don't have to? Also, when people modify cars, why do they stick on those awful deep dish steering wheels? I see a lot of them on Porsches.

Edited by Obi Wan on Tuesday 6th September 00:26

You don't have to reheat it but most rice that isn't sushi rice (special variety prepared in a specific way) tastes 'orrible cold.

[Kenty]

Jonboy_t said:

Sometimes we can se the sun and the moon in the sky at the same time, what can people in Australia see when that happens? Do they just get nothing?!

Yep your right because it's dark!

[Hugo a Gogo]

MissChief said:

R E S T E C P said:

I'm in Scotland (but not a native), and not a fan of football.

When I'm flicking through radio stations, I can always tell in a split second when I've hit a football talk show, because the people talking have the strongest Scottish accents I've ever heard.
I hear Scottish accents every day, and have been for 20+ years, and yet I never hear ones quite as strong as when people are discussing football.

Why?

The ones talking tend to be from Glasgow, because Glaswegians believe the rest of the country doesn't exist in football terms. It's rare to hear them talking about anything other than the two Glasgow clubs and even when they do it's only for a few minutes.

1 in 3 Scots are from the wider Glasgow and Clyde region though

but I refuse to believe that anyone who's lived in Scotland for over 20 years has heard the strongest accent ever on the radio, perhaps if they've never been in a pub or on a bus

[Shakermaker]

ScotsDave said:

When a "state of emergency" is declared for a natural disaster etc, what does that entitle the region to over and above normal rescue, resources and where does it come from?

It will get government aid money, from the national pot, rather than just the usual money that would have to come from the county/local authority region.

There will be other things, but that's my understanding of it.

You'll also get a senior politician in a brand new hi-vis jacket turning up for the cameras as well.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Kenty said:

Jonboy_t said:

Sometimes we can se the sun and the moon in the sky at the same time, what can people in Australia see when that happens? Do they just get nothing?!

Yep your right because it's dark!

I thought the dark was quite a good time to see the moon? If the moon is visible in daylight here, is it not visible at night there? Seems a good question from the OP.