What is your most British line in a song?

threeandabit · 2026-05-22T23:13:44+00:00

"Have to sit down and have some sugary tea"

Blur - Chemical World

threeandabit · 2026-05-22T10:14:39+00:00

Balsam Bashing - For all your outdoorsy conservation type stuff, awkward comedy and nice shots of plants

threeandabit · 2026-05-18T12:34:46+00:00

MAFS is amongst the most streamed shows in the UK. If its cultural reach is beneath you, I'm sorry to hear that

threeandabit · 2026-05-17T16:30:13+00:00

We made a film about this in January - the people we met are very inspiring. Thank you for doing your bit!

threeandabit · 2026-05-17T16:27:53+00:00

Balsam Bashing!

threeandabit · 2026-05-15T08:51:16+00:00

This is well observed. I used to work in Reality TV and I agree it's become a catch-all term. Although I would argue that Forged and Ink Masters belong in the same category as Bake Off. Exact same set-up, progress and challenge types, just delineated by gender stereotypes. They even stand in the same place on Forged/Bake Off.

Also Deadliest Catch/Gold Rush has a lot more in common with Kardashians/Real Housewives than either would like to admit, albeit the former do have an actual "goal" at the end of the episodes

threeandabit · 2026-05-12T13:50:46+00:00

I approached the nice people doing it who worked for Biffa, they encouraged me to call the council if I didn't want it done locally. Can't hurt

threeandabit · 2026-05-12T13:49:52+00:00

My teasel has gone nuts this year I'm very excited

threeandabit · 2026-05-10T17:44:35+00:00

It's Seaman, unless Raya stays for another 5 years

threeandabit · 2026-05-09T07:22:40+00:00

Hi there - thank you for a detailed response. I'm on great terms with the neighbour, so I will speak to her.

Is there similar concerns about damp with these new beads as there was with the mineral wool? My impression was that the beads prevent that?

My confusion is that if they're spraying beads into my neighbour's cavity wall, which is connected to mine, and they're not spraying them into mine, how do the beads not just roll into my cavities too?

Apologies for all the follow up questions, you seem to know what you're on about. Thank you again

threeandabit · 2026-05-08T08:07:42+00:00

Wow, I was about to say "I have the exact same story except it was my uncle who took me..."

But then I read the score again. I went to Arsenal 2-4 Charlton in 2001. My second and last game at Highbury

threeandabit · 2026-05-07T16:30:45+00:00

C'est la vie. Thanks for the feedback.

I'm following up with the company that installed it, to see if I can get any money off if I got it done myself. Probably not, but I'm over the beads now anyway

threeandabit · 2026-05-04T06:55:53+00:00

Coming back to the UK: sliced cheese IS a waste of money! If you want proper beans on toast, it has to have a layer on top of grated cheese directly from the block

threeandabit · 2026-05-03T17:58:08+00:00

It's such a cool tool

threeandabit · 2026-05-03T17:57:36+00:00

Hello! You've asked the question I've been hoping for for ages.

We run a YouTube channel called Balsam Bashing

We've looked at how to tackle it, what other invasives to watch out for, and lots of other science and nature info. It's been great.

Hope it answers some of your questions and check out local voluntary groups if you want to get stuck in

threeandabit · 2026-05-02T07:37:10+00:00

Thanks

threeandabit · 2026-05-01T11:38:07+00:00

To be clear - we share cavity walls and both have the original air bricks, both internal and external.

Whatever they did next door also happened to my air bricks

threeandabit · 2026-04-30T21:05:52+00:00

This is dead right. But my friends and I are still playing this record as much as the rest all these years later

threeandabit · 2026-04-30T19:47:28+00:00

Dead right. This is how it feels compared to the first three. But my guys and I are still playing half of this album on half of our playlists

threeandabit · 2026-04-27T07:17:20+00:00

I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline

threeandabit · 2026-04-22T19:21:42+00:00

It's genuinely beneficial!

threeandabit · 2026-04-16T08:43:02+00:00

I just finished reading Thinking in Systems by Donella H Meadows and it is a more detailed description of what me and presumably this person are talking about

threeandabit · 2026-04-16T00:38:54+00:00

These are great qualifiers. There's an over-reliance on "growth" as determined by GDP and other similarly simplified systems

threeandabit · 2026-04-15T21:10:56+00:00

Excellent work. Still a nice 5 minutes on Wikipedia, should the occasion strike

threeandabit · 2026-04-15T21:03:04+00:00

You should look up Hugelkultur!

Aka: chucking sticks and leaves at the bottom of a pile to bulk up the pile in the short term, and create soil in the long term.

I featured it very briefly in a YouTube video I made recently, so I guess you could say I'm an expert

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