Good Questions: Tackle, Highway Signs & Stadium Sod
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- It's Friday, so we're answering some of your Good Questions!
Don from Princeton wants to know: Why do we call fishing gear tackle?
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the terminology goes back to the 14th century. "Takel" meant either the "rigging of a ship" in a version of German or "to grasp or seize" in a version of Dutch.
Barb from Mendota Heights asks: From where are highway signs measured?
The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the measurements are taken from the city center. According to the Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office, the signs are measured to a major intersection or prominent building at the geographic center of the municipality.
Donna from White Bear Lake, John from Coon Rapids and Dennis from Mounds View want to know: What happens to the sod at U.S. Bank Stadium after the soccer match?
According to Steve Bush with Bush Turf, it's taken to a facility, composted and turned back into the soil.
"What you've really lost is some grass seed and some fertilizer because everything else is reused," Bush said.
Bush is often asked why people can't use the sod in their own yards. He says it too thick and heavy. It's also grown in 100 percent sand to keep it from getting messy when it's watered inside the stadium.
"If a person put this in their yard, they would never be able to water it enough," he says.