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thpn
Okay, I have these two cousins. They aren't exactly the brightest in our family, but they are excellent thinkers. Here are some of the topics they seem to discuss. Give me our answers and I will tell you what they think:

1. The difference between a highway and the interstate?

2. How come whenever a dog runs away or gets stolen we call it 'lost', but when a person is stolen or runs away we call it 'missing'?

3. Which boils quicker, hot or cold water?

(I'll add more the next time I see them)

Last edited by thpn on Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:05 am; edited 1 time in total
Bikerman
thpn wrote:

1. The difference between a highway and the interstate?

2. How come whenever a dog runs away or gets stolen we call it 'lost', but when a person is stolen or runs away we call it 'missing'?

(I'll add more the next time I see them)


1. Presumably one connects States and the other doesn't (we don't have interstates in the UK).

2) Because a dog is legally the property of the owner and a human being is not.
Soulfire
Guess bikerman got that.

Here's one for you:
Why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways?
Indi
thpn wrote:
Okay, I have these two cousins. They aren't exactly the brightest in our family, but they are excellent thinkers. Here are some of the topics they seem to discuss. Give me our answers and I will tell you what they think:

1. The difference between a highway and the interstate?

2. How come whenever a dog runs away or gets stolen we call it 'lost', but when a person is stolen or runs away we call it 'missing'?

3. Which boils quicker, hot or cold water?

(I'll add more the next time I see them)

1.) Depends. The Interstate Highway System is a US thing, so I can't answer your question exactly. In Canada, though, we pretty much have roads, highways and freeways, but those are really the technical terms, because in common language, we call freeways highways, and highways we either call highways or roads depending on our mood.

But to be technical (although I'm not 100% sure of the finiancial responsibility stuff):
Roads: These are the responsibility of the city/municipality. For example, Toronto is responsible for it's own roads. They are generally short, and have low speed limits (<50 km/h) and little in the way of traffic control (like few lights, mostly 4-way stops).
Highways: These are jointly the responsibility of the province (state) and the city/municipality. The city gets some amount of tax dollars per kilometer of highway, which they use in combination with their own municipal tax dollars to do maintennance. They are moderately long, and have medium speed limits (50-80 or rarely 90 km/h), and generally very good traffic control (lights on every intersection and painted lines and cross-walks).
Freeways: These are the responsibility of the province, except cities/municipalities are responsible for their on/off ramps. They are generally long and have high speed limits (90-100+ km/h), and no traffic control (because there are no crosswalks or intersections).

Something similar may exist in the US, where the responsibility for roadways may be divided between city, state and federal governments.

2.) Bikerman answered, but I should add that we generally don't call a person "it".

3.) Water only boils at one temperature - the boiling point. The speed at which it boils is dependent on the mass of water, the pressure and the heat transfer rate.
xeroed
Soulfire wrote:

Why do we drive on parkways and park in driveways?


because americans can't make up their minds...

how about: why do we fill our garages with meaningless Junk and then park our $25000 cars outside?
Bikerman
Quote:

3. Which boils quicker, hot or cold water?

Unequivically and confidently I can state that hot water boils quicker.

The more interesting question is which freezes quicker - hot or cold ? In certain conditions the answer can be hot. This is due to something called the Mpenmba effect and is not completely understood. Part of the explanation is that hot water evaporates quicker than cold and there is therefore less water to freeze after an interval. Other factors are thought to be at work though.

Chris
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