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Assume inheritance tax is payable on agricultural land at the current rate of 40% and speculate on the possible consequences. to be paid some land would almost certainly need to be sold it would likely be sold to a business. Individual farmers are less likely as earlier IHT would likely have...

There seems little choice but to remove material from the existing top. Removing material from the front will reduce strength where there is probably maximum stress and least space for reinforcing what is left. Therefore the back and sides need a trim. If it leaves the top unsupported, some...

Seat belt laws were introduced 40 years ago in 1983. Drink driving laws 56 years ago in 1967. They were seen at the time as an threat to civil liberties. That they have now become embedded as reasonable and sensible is largely due the passing of time - only pensioners and almost pensioners...

The lack of gutters, fascia, pointing could just about be described as technical details with which he might not be familiar. But bits of roofing underlay (or whatever it is called) untrimmed and hanging off the side is not a common feature of finished buildings - it is a matter of very simple...

The rules are clear. Speed and you risk points, a course, or a ban. Road conditions, time of day, etc are not an excuse. It is not unfair, unlucky or a scam. 20 years ago I managed two tickets in a couple of weeks. First - 45 coming into a 30 limit at about 1.00am. Second - bright sunny...

The role of an MP is defined on the Parliament web site - the UK public elects Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons. The voting public in the UK have an opportunity to remove or re-elect the majority party at least every five years...

Unless the public are supportive of changes mandated to avoid dangerous climate change, the casualty would be democracy. An analogy. The maximum speed attainable by a displacement hull is 1.4 x sq root of the waterline length. Note speed boats etc have a fundamentally different hull...

Using a disc sander - how is the blade held - radially or tangentially. Held radially for narrow tools may be a useful alternative sharpening method. For plane blades I would be concerned that the difference in abrasive speed on inner and outer edge would make it difficult to achieve a...

The term "woke" has two interpretations - ignoring the past tense of wake. aware of social and political issues, especially racism, an active awareness of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those involving the treatment of ethnic, racial, or sexual minorities a criticism in that...

An old, blind Marine wanders into an all-girl biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a shot of Jack Daniels. After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, "Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?" The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep...

There may be two separate routes to innovation. The above may be simpler to understand - it is evolution of a principle or something that may already have existed at a different scale on land. Possible examples - ridge pole for basic shelter, drying rack for meat, fish or skins, "bed" to raise...

Imposition of a 20mph limit in itself is a relatively trivial issue. But it is symptomatic of a society which seeks to control all activity, however trivial, through regulation, legislation and ultimately enforcement. It is that to which I take exception - the thin (or increasingly thick)...

I'm sure that evidence can be assembled to demonstrate that a 20mph limit in towns will reduce both the frequency and severity of accidents. I am also sure that it is possible to enforce adherence to said limits by either camera technology or police presence. Taken to its logical extreme any...

Gas vs electric seems to depend on the relative cost which per KW from October will be ~27p for electricity and ~7p for gas - a multiple of 3.9. The co-efficient of performance of a heat pump is (AIUI) typically in the range of 3-4 depending on manufacturer, ambient temperatures etc. Thus gas...

The UK Parliament web site describes the role of an MP as - "The UK public elects Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent their interests and concerns in the House of Commons." Parties publish a manifesto describing that which they intend should they be elected. Individual prospective MPs may...

The focus on air source heat pumps seems heavily weighted towards wet systems which can be disruptive and costly unless a new build. There seem to be two approaches. A wet system retains radiators/underfloor for space heating. As the temperature of the water from an ASHP (45-50C) is below...

The changes may have relatively little impact on 2050 net zero as: most manufacturers have switched resources into EVs, and limited ICE development. By 2030 new car buyers will have a choice - increasingly obsolete 10+ year old designs or EVs which will have benefitted from another 7 years...

At a guess the original installation may have had a high level cistern with the toilet pan back against the wall, rather than forward of the cistern. I suspect that careful measurement and replacement with a more compact unit may allow the door to open, but the space is limited and may only be...

I have noted this, read some of the other comments in the thread, and done some further simplistic research. Probably familiar to some but a surprise to me - and possibly to others! BS1362 deals with characteristics of fuses. A 13A plug top fuse should carry a minimum of 150A on start up...

I am in the process of doing the electrics in my new garage/workshop. It is being done on the principles used in my previous workshop which worked fine for 10 years. Plug from existing socket on ring main to a double pole fused switch. 1.5mm cable to a number of sockets on a spur. It is...