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Where has all the rubber gone?

Posted by srig8@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 234 comments

Has anyone noticed a distinct lack of bees?

Posted by English_Joe@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 68 comments

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We wouldn't notice if it were bees specifically as something else would fill that niche, but pollinator decline generally is an issue.

Are there any van experts that can help?

Posted by Tight_Impression_464@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 12 comments

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I have a swb citroen berlingo (identifal to partner). I built a conversion that probably cost me £400 in wood and material. It folds over the front seats when they fold down (they fold flat) and this is nearly 10ft so plenty of space. I got a custom mattress on top. Mine was from 2016 and cost £8k, and had 25k miles on it (add on £400 for an inevitable cambelt you will need to do given theyre ten yrs at this age). There are loads about that used to be WAV vehicles which make great campers but arent great cars as theyre full of ramps etc. I really like it. It is small enough to be a car and large enough for two people to sleep comfortable.

What does BMAPAIWTY mean in UK pubs…?

Posted by pendo88@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 181 comments

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Pretty normal to the point that I wouldn't think twice about the landlord/lady doing it, especially if I've bought one for them, but obviously in the corporate environments you seem to describe it would be less common.

Does a heat pump actually save money?

Posted by KawazakiMotorcycle@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 312 comments

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The UK has an annual consumtion of 75bcm of gas and an industry calculated(gov thinks lower) possible reserve of 450bcm. This would last 6 years maximum. There is theoretically 50 years of natural gas in the Bowland shale but only a % is recoverable and it would cause unpredictable earthquakes and tremors (unlike US fracking). So we don't have decades - maybe one, tops. Agreed about nuclear.

Does a heat pump actually save money?

Posted by KawazakiMotorcycle@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 312 comments

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The assumptions about electricity prices raising also applies to gas, no? As in, gas is cheaper *for now* up until it runs out (UK has max ten years if we drill baby drill). So really we should be binning off gas and our reliance on the petrol states and relying on a (green) nuclear/renewables mix - would you disagree?

How do you tell your location to 999?

Posted by supremethinking@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 288 comments

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Of course they are - emergency services are increasingly relying on it because it is free. Have you tried ringing a control room? They frequently don't know how to use grid refs

How do you tell your location to 999?

Posted by supremethinking@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 288 comments

How do you tell your location to 999?

Posted by supremethinking@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 288 comments

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What really puts lives in danger is moving to a proprietary system run by a private company on the very edge of financial collapse. At some point they are going to start rinsing the emergency services.

How do you tell your location to 999?

Posted by supremethinking@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 288 comments

What is your view on fox hunting?

Posted by Appropriate_Emu_6930@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1129 comments

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Shooting is way better. Far more efficient for the amount of time, less resources and less cruel. Only leaves foxes injured if the person doing it is incompetent. It's why the local RSPB employs it (and holds their nose doing so)

What’s something going on in the UK people need to be aware of?

Posted by ChanceDesign5322@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1313 comments

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It wouldnt work in the UK however - it would help, but we couldn't introduce enough wolves to solve the problem now. We should reintroduce them for moral reasons rather than using the deer population as a reason.

What are these trap things found in the ytorkshire dales?

Posted by GriccoK@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 300 comments

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The deer population is now so massive, and the land so divided by fencing, that reintroducing wolves at their natural density wouldnt even put a dent in deer populations. Not that this is an argument **against** introducing wolves, just against the idea that they would affect the deer populatikn.

Men, do you have somewhere to escape and decompress from life that isn't the pub? If so, where?

Posted by Kapranos@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 709 comments

Can I mine coal on my land?

Posted by crazyjesus24@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 212 comments

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Legalities aside, if there are historic bell pits on the surface seam I'd make a fair wager that there's no coal left. T'owd man was pretty good at getting everything that was easy and most stuff fhat wasn't. You might find that whatever you can get without sinking a shaft onto the seam isn't of a high enough grade for you to use in a steam engine.

Van life looks so cool—do people ever just end up doing it without really planning to?

Posted by ImGalaxy@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 220 comments

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The upsides are the money. I lived in my car for a bit and spent virtually nothing, a small van would be the same. Obviously £80k for a big kitted out sprinter is not that, and is just a hipster lifestyle choice.

What is the worst county in the UK?

Posted by catjellycat@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1464 comments

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It's really interesting to delve into the philosophy of what "wild" really means - which is an absence of human presence (which is the true definition of a national park). Rewilding is really a fantasy in the UK, and one reserved for a very wealthy elite.

Why do we have such a lack of convention on how men and women greet each other for the first time in the UK?

Posted by strattad@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 222 comments

Why do we have such a lack of convention on how men and women greet each other for the first time in the UK?

Posted by strattad@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 222 comments

Why do we have such a lack of convention on how men and women greet each other for the first time in the UK?

Posted by strattad@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 222 comments

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It's been in precisely the same places your hand has been, including the door handles you've used to enter wherever you are meeting. Unless you only meet people in remote moorland at tens of metres distance

Where is the most 'wild' place in the UK - most untouched by humans?

Posted by Mbee904@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 387 comments

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It's not even just about size, many of them don't meet the IUCN definitions of a national park at all, and some of them [don't even meet the definition of a protected landscape](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_protected_area_categories)

Where is the most 'wild' place in the UK - most untouched by humans?

Posted by Mbee904@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 387 comments

Where is the most 'wild' place in the UK - most untouched by humans?

Posted by Mbee904@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 387 comments

Friend who owns a mechanic shop says he can't find any young mechanics for work and has been searching for months, a cousin who's a young mechanic says no one is hiring and can't find a job, why is there such a disconnect between employers and job-seekers?

Posted by ThatOneCloneTrooper@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 549 comments

When will we stop seeing shrinkflation?

Posted by tyger2020@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 5 comments

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You won't. Capitalism is reaching a state where there is nothing left to cut (enshittification). It might stop being due to inflation but companies will just use the environment or health reasons as an excuse to do it instead.

Why do people buy branded painkillers?

Posted by Sideways_Underscore@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 443 comments

Is there a definitive difference between chicken strips and tenders?

Posted by NotBruceJustWayne@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 143 comments

Is there a definitive difference between chicken strips and tenders?

Posted by NotBruceJustWayne@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 143 comments

Can I report a cat scarer to the council as a noise complaint?

Posted by Low-Bat-1441@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 80 comments

What single thing would you like to ban immediately?

Posted by Woody-Pieface@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1579 comments

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If you want an answer it's because he's a campaigning politician and not a leader, and everybody can see that. People like him are great to have in the house but they're not capable of leading it.

What's some British slang that really confuses tourists?

Posted by JimmyNeutronisaNerd@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 349 comments

What's some British slang that really confuses tourists?

Posted by JimmyNeutronisaNerd@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 349 comments

If you could, would you take Mondays or Fridays off work?

Posted by futurewriter2022@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 980 comments

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I do compressed where I work a 9.6 hour day then take off a day a week. I alternate Mondays and Fridays though so that every two weeks I get a 4 day weekend.

People who grew up in, live in or have worked in small towns. How do attitudes and ways of doing things, differ from larger cities?

Posted by HallowedAndHarrowed@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 50 comments

could i just walk into a church on a random sunday?

Posted by Orange_Box_@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 348 comments

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I think you're being chastised for saying it repeatedly, for no discernible reason, to people who didn't ask. It's not that nobody agrees it's that nobody cares

could i just walk into a church on a random sunday?

Posted by Orange_Box_@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 348 comments

could i just walk into a church on a random sunday?

Posted by Orange_Box_@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 348 comments

Why do we keep outsourcing our government tasks to terrible companies?

Posted by CuriousHuman111@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 207 comments

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We haven't got the right balance right in the UK between federated power (e.g more local powers to councils) and federated responsibility. It makes sense that stuff like the NHS and the military have centralised national supply chains

Are Americans still welcome in England?

Posted by PrinceDorito@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 1456 comments

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I tell any American friends visiting that when they're outdoors they need to use their indoor voice, when they're indoors they need to use their library voice, and if they ever find themselves in a library just shut the fuck up

What have you done/changed recently that has massively improved your mental health and how?

Posted by No-Communication2985@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 61 comments

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Accept that it's really hard, and a really long process, and that it'll go up and down. I've lost 8kg over the past two years but I stress eat so it sometimes goes up and down. For me, it was relaxing my meals at work with something low calorie, which crucially took no time to prepare (I am lazy), as well as getting active by walking somewhere every day.

People who work away and stay in hotels - what do you eat and how do you stay in shape?

Posted by Traditional_Fox2428@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 102 comments

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Ah so what you're saying is that liquid meals make you feel less full if you chug them but that the effect disappears if you drink them slower. Got it.

People who work away and stay in hotels - what do you eat and how do you stay in shape?

Posted by Traditional_Fox2428@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 102 comments

People who work away and stay in hotels - what do you eat and how do you stay in shape?

Posted by Traditional_Fox2428@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 102 comments

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It's gruel, which is a pretty traditional porridge style substance, with a very flashy marketing team that annoys a lot of people, including the consumers. Ive been using it for weight loss and for car snacks where I would otherwise have a maccies

People who work away and stay in hotels - what do you eat and how do you stay in shape?

Posted by Traditional_Fox2428@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 102 comments

What is the UK metal detector etiquette when being helped to find something?

Posted by Single_Elderberry_56@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 100 comments

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This reminds me of a time I crashed my car in a ditch and was stood next to it, and a bloke pulled over in a land rover with loads of bits bolted on. He winched me out (the car was upside down) and pulled me to the nearest town with orange flashing lights, and the whole time looked absolutely delighted

What will Nursing homes of the future look like?

Posted by Brave-Conclusion6069@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 144 comments

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I'm dead into caving, so my plan is to retreat into a local cave, strip off and let hypothermia take me. Shouldn't take long once elderly and it's not a bad way to go.

What things do people get most evangelical about?

Posted by Dopey_Armadillo_4140@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 299 comments

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It's because of our unhealthy obsession with death, where as a society we are very keen on preventing any particular reason for death, rather than accepting it as an inevitability and choosing a good one. Once you've quit smoking, done dry January, and started doing Peloton there's only really acai berries left

What things do people get most evangelical about?

Posted by Dopey_Armadillo_4140@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 299 comments

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Lots of our soil is brilliant (found the thing in evangelical about). It's better than the Mediterranean and parts of Asia, which is why they eat loads of fish and we eat loads of root vegetables

What is something UK related that is very different on Reddit than in reality?

Posted by HallowedAndHarrowed@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 579 comments

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Seeing normal human reactions as some sort of chore isn't introversion, it's a mental abnormality. I'm an introvert and maintaining social relationships within your community is just a thing you need to do. Same with work. You may regret taking a contrary approach when you need help in the future. I'm glad I know my neighbours, at least for the little things like when I forget to put the bins out, and also for the bigger things like crime prevention and emergencies.

What is something UK related that is very different on Reddit than in reality?

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