Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]

[RenesisEvo]

Gladers01 said:

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 ??

That raises another question, why don't we have to wear seat belts on trains and buses when it's compulsory to buckle up when in a car?

Trains and buses permit standing passengers so how would you manage that? Further, they're generally driven by trained professionals (ahem...) so expectation is a lower incident rate. Urban buses average speed is pitiful so the risks are low. Coaches don't permit standing and have higher average speed (significant motorway usage) so seatbelt provision is sensible. Professional driver, also. Cars are driven by the public at large and thus the spread of risk is far wider.

Also as Google pointed out, trains rarely decelerate rapidly, which is when you'd need a belt most.

A car can decelerate far faster than the human body can tolerate, and in more than one direction too (not just straight ahead). E.g car hits tree, car stops. Train hits tree, the train will keep going. And it's rather hard to arrange for a train to come into contact with a tree that's still upright and rooted in place.

Aircraft have even more degrees of freedom and the potential to rapidly decelerate or accelerate (fall) in a number of directions so keeping passengers in place helps - see recent news for what happens when belts aren't used.

[Abbott]

WrekinCrew said:

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.
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).

The Infinite Monkey Cage has an interesting podcast Wasps v Bees

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001np29

[Mr Penguin]

Why is it that after a hard walk, a beer is the only suitable drink? I can take or leave alcohol in most cases but after a big walk water, Coke or squash won't do anything. Nor will cider or wine, but a good beer does.

[borcy]

In Northern Ireland, at this time of year, is there a massive pallet shortage?

[Cotty]

Mr Penguin said:

Why is it that after a hard walk, a beer is the only suitable drink? I can take or leave alcohol in most cases but after a big walk water, Coke or squash won't do anything. Nor will cider or wine, but a good beer does.

Usually on a walk, like yesterdays nine miles, im drinking water on the walk. The last thing I want when im finished is more water. I actually took a couple of beers with me to have on the train comming home.

[Gladers01]

RenesisEvo said:

Trains and buses permit standing passengers so how would you manage that? Further, they're generally driven by trained professionals (ahem...) so expectation is a lower incident rate. Urban buses average speed is pitiful so the risks are low. Coaches don't permit standing and have higher average speed (significant motorway usage) so seatbelt provision is sensible. Professional driver, also. Cars are driven by the public at large and thus the spread of risk is far wider.

Also as Google pointed out, trains rarely decelerate rapidly, which is when you'd need a belt most.

A car can decelerate far faster than the human body can tolerate, and in more than one direction too (not just straight ahead). E.g car hits tree, car stops. Train hits tree, the train will keep going. And it's rather hard to arrange for a train to come into contact with a tree that's still upright and rooted in place.

Aircraft have even more degrees of freedom and the potential to rapidly decelerate or accelerate (fall) in a number of directions so keeping passengers in place helps - see recent news for what happens when belts aren't used.

Well explained, I had a trip on the bus Saturday and it was a jerky old ride with the thing accelerating and decelerating in an erratic way, reaching speeds of up to 40 mph, stopping every half a mile with vertical metal poles in front of the seats, a 6 point racing harness would have been more apt! A seat belt would have been welcome but I guess costs and enforcement also play a part

[StevieBee]

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.

According to Checkatrade, the average build cost of a new home is around £1,800 per m2. The range is between £1,400 and £3,000 depending on area, materials and design.

So 'theoretically' and discounting the cost of land, it's possible to build a modest house with, say 80 m2 of space, for between £112k and £240k.

[LimaDelta]

Cotty said:

Mr Penguin said:

Why is it that after a hard walk, a beer is the only suitable drink? I can take or leave alcohol in most cases but after a big walk water, Coke or squash won't do anything. Nor will cider or wine, but a good beer does.

Usually on a walk, like yesterdays nine miles, im drinking water on the walk. The last thing I want when im finished is more water. I actually took a couple of beers with me to have on the train comming home.

You will have flushed minerals from your system drinking nothing but lots of water. Most sportspeople/athletes have electrolytes rather than plain water for this reason, and why excessive water ( hyperhydration) can actually be harmful to the point of killing you. Your body is telling you this, but you are understanding it as 'I want a beer'.

[bodhi]

LimaDelta said:

Cotty said:

Mr Penguin said:

Why is it that after a hard walk, a beer is the only suitable drink? I can take or leave alcohol in most cases but after a big walk water, Coke or squash won't do anything. Nor will cider or wine, but a good beer does.

Usually on a walk, like yesterdays nine miles, im drinking water on the walk. The last thing I want when im finished is more water. I actually took a couple of beers with me to have on the train comming home.

You will have flushed minerals from your system drinking nothing but lots of water. Most sportspeople/athletes have electrolytes rather than plain water for this reason, and why excessive water ( hyperhydration) can actually be harmful to the point of killing you. Your body is telling you this, but you are understanding it as 'I want a beer'.

Beer also has an amount of electrolytes in it so not a terrible idea after a walk or in hot weather:

https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/beer-could-help-you-...

No more than 2 pints are recommended, but then if you're on holiday somewhere warm, that's like 4 or 5 all inclusive beers.

[popeyewhite]

bodhi said:

LimaDelta said:

Cotty said:

Mr Penguin said:

Why is it that after a hard walk, a beer is the only suitable drink? I can take or leave alcohol in most cases but after a big walk water, Coke or squash won't do anything. Nor will cider or wine, but a good beer does.

Usually on a walk, like yesterdays nine miles, im drinking water on the walk. The last thing I want when im finished is more water. I actually took a couple of beers with me to have on the train comming home.

You will have flushed minerals from your system drinking nothing but lots of water. Most sportspeople/athletes have electrolytes rather than plain water for this reason, and why excessive water ( hyperhydration) can actually be harmful to the point of killing you. Your body is telling you this, but you are understanding it as 'I want a beer'.

Beer also has an amount of electrolytes in it so not a terrible idea after a walk or in hot weather:

https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/beer-could-help-you-...

No more than 2 pints are recommended, but then if you're on holiday somewhere warm, that's like 4 or 5 all inclusive beers.

After a days hiking I used to enjoy a pint of ice cold diet coke and a few bags of Walkers cheese and onion crisps. Quick carbs energy replenishment, just like beer but no alcohol to make me feel dozy.

[bodhi]

popeyewhite said:

bodhi said:

LimaDelta said:

Cotty said:

Mr Penguin said:

Why is it that after a hard walk, a beer is the only suitable drink? I can take or leave alcohol in most cases but after a big walk water, Coke or squash won't do anything. Nor will cider or wine, but a good beer does.

Usually on a walk, like yesterdays nine miles, im drinking water on the walk. The last thing I want when im finished is more water. I actually took a couple of beers with me to have on the train comming home.

You will have flushed minerals from your system drinking nothing but lots of water. Most sportspeople/athletes have electrolytes rather than plain water for this reason, and why excessive water ( hyperhydration) can actually be harmful to the point of killing you. Your body is telling you this, but you are understanding it as 'I want a beer'.

Beer also has an amount of electrolytes in it so not a terrible idea after a walk or in hot weather:

https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/beer-could-help-you-...

No more than 2 pints are recommended, but then if you're on holiday somewhere warm, that's like 4 or 5 all inclusive beers.

After a days hiking I used to enjoy a pint of ice cold diet coke and a few bags of Walkers cheese and onion crisps. Quick carbs energy replenishment, just like beer but no alcohol to make me feel dozy.

Diet?? Ugh, I'd have one less bag of crisps and a real Coke tbh.

[President Merkin]

I can't bear the sugar. I wouldn't have ten sugars in a cuppa, the amount in Coke is obscene.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

bodhi said:

Diet?? Ugh, I'd have one less bag of crisps and a real Coke tbh.

Real full sugar Coke? Ugh. Can't stand the stuff these days. I prefer Coke Zero.

[bodhi]

I'll take any amount of "real" sugar over artifical sweeteners personally. Taste rank, give me a headache after a couple of cans and slightly dodgy guts.

I used to be fiercely on the Pepsi side of the fence until they added sweeteners, not so much any more.

[popeyewhite]

bodhi said:

I'll take any amount of "real" sugar over artifical sweeteners personally. Taste rank, give me a headache after a couple of cans and slightly dodgy guts.

I used to be fiercely on the Pepsi side of the fence until they added sweeteners, not so much any more.

When very cold I find diet coke has a sharper taste than full-fat. Pepsi was always horrid.

[borcy]

bodhi said:

I'll take any amount of "real" sugar over artifical sweeteners personally. Taste rank, give me a headache after a couple of cans and slightly dodgy guts.

I used to be fiercely on the Pepsi side of the fence until they added sweeteners, not so much any more.

I'm opposite, I don't think I could drink a full fat coke now. Just tastes weird.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Pepsi max cherry or iron bru extra if diet, Dr pepper or Fanta lemon if it's a treat

But usually just fizzy water for me

[StevieBee]

President Merkin said:

I can't bear the sugar. I wouldn't have ten sugars in a cuppa, the amount in Coke is obscene.

Different type of sugar isn't it? There's a similar proportion of sugar in an orange.

[hidetheelephants]

The stuff in pop is often high fructose corn syrup, which is crack to refined white sugar's cocaine.

[popeyewhite]

There's no sugar in Diet Coke. Aspartame?

“JECFA also considered the evidence on cancer risk, in animal and human studies, and concluded that the evidence of an association between aspartame consumption and cancer in humans is not convincing,”

https://www.who.int/news/item/14-07-2023-aspartame...