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Interesting fact
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Equivalent to what? Heat/btu generated in braking forces?
06-11-2009, 06:32 PM
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I honestly have no idea what you are talking about
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Thankyou. Learnt it today at LUL
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so does that effectively mean that the avarege train weighs 300-400 tonnes? i dont think its a fact but more of a mathematical calculation, its like saying its the equivelent of say an 8000mph moped
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who gives a shit
lol.
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obviously dont like learning, hence why the youth of todat are the way the are,
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So what sort of speed would a car be doing when i brake my train from 140mph ?
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So what sort of speed would a car be doing when i brake my train from 140mph ?
56000mph apparenly
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I honestly have no idea what you are talking about
i'm with you. this makes fuck all sense
something braking at 5mph = something going 2000 mph.
fuck me.
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Im 39 and i don't really give shit either and it's spelt "today"and its "the way THEY are" bloody chav
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Youth of today might take the time to explain the "equivalent" too. Doubt it though.
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So what sort of speed would a car be doing when i brake my train from 140mph ?
A london underground tube train does not do 140mph FYI
so I wouldnt know.
Oh snd I saw the new trains for the met line
air conditioning, and will start to roll out in May
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A london underground tube train does not do 140mph FYI
so I wouldnt know.
Oh snd I saw the new trains for the met line
air conditioning, and will start to roll out in May
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Your A northerner so wouldn't expect you to care about London underground.
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A london underground tube train does not do 140mph FYI
so I wouldnt know.
Oh snd I saw the new trains for the met line
air conditioning, and will start to roll out in May
My train does and it has air con as well
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It also works off DC and AC
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Interesting
underground works off of 600V dc
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Mine is 750v DC and 25k AC
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Those are typos, not spelling mistakes.
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06-11-2009, 08:09 PM
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I don't like trains. Public transport sucks. Hence why I'm on a Car forum not a train one.
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I don't like trains. Public transport sucks. Hence why I'm on a Car forum not a train one.
But i can drive at 140mph without getting points
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The tube train coasts into the washer. The lines are not actually live
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Did you know that the daddy long-leg spider has the most potent venom of any spider, but their fangs are too small or too weak to puncture human skin
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The tube train coasts into the washer. The lines are not actually live
No juice in the washer itself, but rear shoes still in contact
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Did you know that the daddy long-leg spider has the most potent venom of any spider, but their fangs are too small or too weak to puncture human skin
Killed a few in my time as well, wouldn't touch them if i knew that
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did you know at least 18 people who have never read this post will follow through in the next 5 mins
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Everyone knows that cochyn. At least my fact is not known by many
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did you know that WD40 was the 40th attemp at a Water Displacing fluid attempted my a chemist, hence WD40
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fastest animal in the world by far is the snake... certain snakes striking speed can top 200mph.... sod that
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Think we need a train spotters fourm!
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Everyone knows that cochyn. At least my fact is not known by many
I bow down to your genious, since no one else knew
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A ceiling tile (the old ones back in the day) contain 5-10% aspestos.
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Interesting fact
so I wouldnt know.
air conditioning, and will start to roll out in May 
