Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
Discussion
audi321 said:
Bees - if honey bees produce honey in hives, what do normal bees do? Do they just not produce honey?
Also, Queen bees. What determines that they’re a queen? What does being a queen actually mean?
I find in all very intriguing
1) Depends on the species of bee. Other social bees like bumbles make honey too, but in very small amounts. Leaf-cutter. miner and and other solitary bees feed on vegetation and pollen.Also, Queen bees. What determines that they’re a queen? What does being a queen actually mean?
I find in all very intriguing
Honey bees make lots of honey because, uniquely, they maintain a high core temperature (20c or more) throughout the winter so need fuel.
2) Any fertilised egg can become a queen. All newly-hatched bees are fed on royal jelly for the first day. If it gets royal jelly for longer, and if it's in a vertical rather than horizontal cell, it develops into a queen; the different diet and orientation turns on "queen genes". Otherwise it becomes a sterile female worker.
(Male drones grow from unfertilised eggs).
Pit Pony said:
If we want a reset.
Councils have the right to buy up any land with outline planning that isn't finished for peanuts, and build the estate, selling at cost plus 20%, offering 25 year fixed rate mortgages, with no deposit.
Why sell them? Why not build up the council housing stock and rent them as council houses. That would save fCouncils have the right to buy up any land with outline planning that isn't finished for peanuts, and build the estate, selling at cost plus 20%, offering 25 year fixed rate mortgages, with no deposit.
k knows how much paying private landlords to house council tenants and hotels for recent arrivals.While it benefited countless people the right to buy your council house was not a great idea and simply resulted in a massive depletion of housing stock which has never been replaced.
Strangely Brown said:
Pit Pony said:
If we want a reset.
Councils have the right to buy up any land with outline planning that isn't finished for peanuts, and build the estate, selling at cost plus 20%, offering 25 year fixed rate mortgages, with no deposit.
Why sell them? Why not build up the council housing stock and rent them as council houses. That would save fCouncils have the right to buy up any land with outline planning that isn't finished for peanuts, and build the estate, selling at cost plus 20%, offering 25 year fixed rate mortgages, with no deposit.
k knows how much paying private landlords to house council tenants and hotels for recent arrivals.While it benefited countless people the right to buy your council house was not a great idea and simply resulted in a massive depletion of housing stock which has never been replaced.
Cotty said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
If they are reserved seats, then booking info.
Otherwise, yeah, pressure sensors.
I wonder if some fat people with heavy cases could mess with it ??Otherwise, yeah, pressure sensors.
Pit Pony said:
My son was looking at some affordable homes in a village near Macclesfield near where I grew up in the 70s and wondering why so cheap.
Can't rent it out, can't sell it to anyone without an agricultural job or in an industry related to agriculture, with 5 miles, can't extend, can't can't can't.
My son was working in Pharma. About 9 miles away.
Worse is shared ownership though.
Council allows planning, thus making a worthless plot worth something. House builder (os social housing charity) builds a £120k house on it, and prices it at £300k, but you can buy a 50% share for £150k so making £30k profit.
You have to pay rent on the other 50% and pay 100% of the maintenance costs, so the rent to the housing association is pure greed) when you finally want to buy that 50%, they will tell you the value has gone up and you need to pay £200k
There will be admin fees too.
If we want a reset.
Councils have the right to buy up any land with outline planning that isn't finished for peanuts, and build the estate, selling at cost plus 20%, offering 25 year fixed rate mortgages, with no deposit.
Any spare council land is also developed. There's land in front of our local school, not used. This is not the playing fields. You could get 20 houses on it.
The back of the playing field has a bit of road access, if you chopped off the corner, no child would be impacted by that, and you'd get another 20 houses in.
There's a field, used by dog walkers. At the end are 2 houses. Sell off the last 50 metres and build 5 houses. No impact to anyone really. I won't mention the allotments. Perhaps we need more.
You can’t build a house in the uk for £120kCan't rent it out, can't sell it to anyone without an agricultural job or in an industry related to agriculture, with 5 miles, can't extend, can't can't can't.
My son was working in Pharma. About 9 miles away.
Worse is shared ownership though.
Council allows planning, thus making a worthless plot worth something. House builder (os social housing charity) builds a £120k house on it, and prices it at £300k, but you can buy a 50% share for £150k so making £30k profit.
You have to pay rent on the other 50% and pay 100% of the maintenance costs, so the rent to the housing association is pure greed) when you finally want to buy that 50%, they will tell you the value has gone up and you need to pay £200k
There will be admin fees too.
If we want a reset.
Councils have the right to buy up any land with outline planning that isn't finished for peanuts, and build the estate, selling at cost plus 20%, offering 25 year fixed rate mortgages, with no deposit.
Any spare council land is also developed. There's land in front of our local school, not used. This is not the playing fields. You could get 20 houses on it.
The back of the playing field has a bit of road access, if you chopped off the corner, no child would be impacted by that, and you'd get another 20 houses in.
There's a field, used by dog walkers. At the end are 2 houses. Sell off the last 50 metres and build 5 houses. No impact to anyone really. I won't mention the allotments. Perhaps we need more.
This question is prompted by a report of an early hurricane on BBC news.
When I had a shop in Ilford we had a lovely customer who hailed from St Lucia. When discussing hurricanes in the Caribbean she recited a poem about when they are to be expected. I remember it started ‘June, too soon’ so it can’t be entirely accurate!
Can anyone remember hearing this?
When I had a shop in Ilford we had a lovely customer who hailed from St Lucia. When discussing hurricanes in the Caribbean she recited a poem about when they are to be expected. I remember it started ‘June, too soon’ so it can’t be entirely accurate!
Can anyone remember hearing this?
Roofless Toothless said:
This question is prompted by a report of an early hurricane on BBC news.
When I had a shop in Ilford we had a lovely customer who hailed from St Lucia. When discussing hurricanes in the Caribbean she recited a poem about when they are to be expected. I remember it started ‘June, too soon’ so it can’t be entirely accurate!
Can anyone remember hearing this?
“June, too soon; July, stand by; August, come they must; September, remember; October, all over”When I had a shop in Ilford we had a lovely customer who hailed from St Lucia. When discussing hurricanes in the Caribbean she recited a poem about when they are to be expected. I remember it started ‘June, too soon’ so it can’t be entirely accurate!
Can anyone remember hearing this?
hidetheelephants said:
blueg33 said:
You can’t build a house in the uk for £120k
Without knowing what the baseline is it's just an arbitrary number. Make it smaller until it fits the budget, cheapen finishes, build more of it in factories, find cheaper materials.Edited by blueg33 on Sunday 30th June 08:37
Cotty said:
Roofless Toothless said:
This question is prompted by a report of an early hurricane on BBC news.
When I had a shop in Ilford we had a lovely customer who hailed from St Lucia. When discussing hurricanes in the Caribbean she recited a poem about when they are to be expected. I remember it started ‘June, too soon’ so it can’t be entirely accurate!
Can anyone remember hearing this?
“June, too soon; July, stand by; August, come they must; September, remember; October, all over”When I had a shop in Ilford we had a lovely customer who hailed from St Lucia. When discussing hurricanes in the Caribbean she recited a poem about when they are to be expected. I remember it started ‘June, too soon’ so it can’t be entirely accurate!
Can anyone remember hearing this?
Pit Pony said:
Doofus said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Cool story bro. I will print that out and wave it at my apple tree and tell it to do better.
Our apples last for months, too.My apple sauce is always brown.
48k said:
Pit Pony said:
Doofus said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Cool story bro. I will print that out and wave it at my apple tree and tell it to do better.
Our apples last for months, too.My apple sauce is always brown.
Jader1973 said:
Why don’t PH put their news articles in the Motoring News section instead of GG?
I suppose because they post them directly to what they consider the main page of their site i.e. https://www.pistonheads.com/When someone comments the thread starts in General Gassing.
I don't suppose they would ever post a news article directly to the forums.
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