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I have a couple of friends who own electric cars (Nissan Leaf). The cars have a heater (heat source pump) that runs off the battery. It is very efficient - a guesstimate calculation was that a half-charged battery would run the heat pump for 24hours. The batteries do suffer in the cold and when...

A friend cycled through Iran a few years back. He had a great time, found people really welcoming (including the border guards). Might have been partly due to the way he entered the country and method of travel. He fell very ill while in the country and people could not have been kinder or taken...

I might be about to be shot down in flames, partly because I'm going to make a very broad generalisation. Someone said 'stand up for your rights'; they don't live in the UK and it made me think that it is probably time to mention a fundamental difference between UK and North American...

Ken, if someone attacks you are allowed to defend yourself (in the UK) with anything that comes to hand. That could be a frying pan, a golf club, a bottle. It could be a knife. If you were walking down the street and someone threw a punch at you, you retaliated by stabbing them, that would...

I feel that the current law is really pretty good. It allows a police officer to apprehend and confiscate when someone is carrying a sharpened object (rather than something explicitly a knife). Very recent laws such as the 'anti zombie knife' law have been brought in not for the sake of...

It amazes me, too. There are several plants in australia that require elaborate prep - one is severely carcinogenic without leaching in water for 5 days, plus cooking. Another requires soaking, then grinding the seeds to remove an enzyme. How on earth did people work this out?

I remember that one. He was a prize prat. An entitled idiot who was out to insult everyone then say "I didn't do nuffink". Someone tracked down the court number to prove it was a real case, I believe (mostly because it was thought he was just a troll).

This is worth reading 20 times over. 'herbal' remedies are still potent chemicals. It is extremely difficult to know the potency of the plant you have in your hand (think how much the strength of chillies can vary, even from the same plant). Then there are the interactions between the chemicals...

Oats, the oft-overlooked 'super' grain, has useful amounts of Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenyline, Threopine, Tryptophan and Valine. 200gm a day is 100% for an adult.

I've run this by Tony and I'm hoping that you're happy to help. Friend of a friend is crowdfunding to raise money for a specialist trike for their disabled son. Details here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lincolnstomcattrike?ref=pageredirect It is the sort of thing where lots of...

Useful info - thanks. I guess that helps people decide what to do. I had a major fall in the lake district (rock climbing). The MR team left my boots on; just strapped me in the stretcher and ran me down the mountain. Boot and sock weren't removed until I arrived at hospital. I was guessing my...

Never appropriate to give aspirin to someone who is suspected of having a fracture (or about to have surgery). Aspirin promoted bleeding. Broken ankle question - hmm - I'm guessing that you would do this if you suspect that swelling is restricting blood flow or there is sign of rapidly...

That is a good summary. Not many realise how hard it is for the tenant farmers. I can remember visiting my cousins when I was 6, they still had a snowdrift up to the eaves of the house at the back. No electricity, just kerosene lanterns. Damp stone cottage, bleak as heck. They loved it. Jackie...

Those Bainbridges are my cousins - the children in that program are still farming, but not in that location. Jackie desperately wanted the farm, but it was a tenant farm and sadly she was not able to take on the tenancy when her father retired from farming.

Humous is a decent 'binder' for fillings in sandwiches and doesn't make the bread soggy. Does she like marmite? I'm sure you know that vegans need to keep an eye on Vit B intake (not a problem for those of us who like dark beers).

For urgent work, yes, the NHS is quick. An acquaintance's wife fell ill, rushed to hospital. Diagnosis of Dilated Cardio Myopathy made and transfer to a specialist unit at another hospital within 12hours of her falling ill. Stabilised in specialist heart unit and operated on as soon as she was...

Definitely value in annual checkups (post a certain age). I'm over the acceptable BMI, swinging between 26-29 So the doc sees that and wants me to lose weight - then looks at me and rethinks; I look skinny, you see. But my cholesterol levels are well above healthy levels, despite a really good...

We have a slow cooker, just getting into using it. Did a gammon joint in it last week - nearly 10hours on low, the meat was falling apart when finished, fantastic flavour. Sunday a spanish chicken dish - Ingredients part cooked (browned chicken, sauce thickened) in frying pan before being...

I bet that the 'gel' doesn't burn at all, only evaporated ethanol from the gel will burn. Given that the tin is very enclosed, little air is getting in, vapour escape is restricted, it isn't surprising that the burn rate is so low. They probably design it like that. Would be interesting to see...

Hmm, sounds very dodgy, for all the reasons you've given and more. There are some hedgerows in york (mostly degenerated to just trees now) that are known to be at least 250years old (there is documentation & maps, the hedges delineate fields that were leased) . One species in them - Hawthorn.