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Crosby
Crosby dies...what a shame
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Braincell supplement needed
Last year I purchased a dowling jig. It is pretty good for 8mm and 9mm holes. But it has nothing to support small diameter drills. I currently need to drill 3mm holes into a defined target. My...
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Simple drawing or photo-editing program wanted
I regularly want to draw transparent coloured ellipses around chosen areas on photographs, maps etc to highlight them. I have MS Paint of course, and that almost does what I'm looking for, but the...
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Non smart lobby lamp
My brain hurts! We have a 3m x 3m external lobby linking to a store and garden access. Pressure is being exerted to install illumination for key finding, boot removal etc. 3 pages of the Screwfix site...
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Amazon Return (high value)
I got a returns address for a laptop computer from Amazon just before Christmas, so I packaged it up, printed labels and booked a collection by 'compare Parcels'. It was collected on the 27th December...
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a first - locking petrol cap froze up
my locking petrol cap froze up this morning stopping me getting petrol...took until lunch time for it to thaw out regardless of wd40 injection...strange...anybody else?
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led pir floodlights
since when did the retail versions come with a bit of three core cable attached ?...ones I bought a few years ago didn't...was it because people were making a bad job of sealing their flat twin and...
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Life of eneloop batteries (before they stop holding as much charge)
We have eneloop 750 mAhr BK-4MCCE NIMH batteries (2x AAA) in our DECT phone handsets. This is the same capacity and technology as the OEM batteries which were supplied with handsets (BT 8500). Until...
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Weird debit account
Trouble with a Nat West account... If I try to use the card, or the phone via Googlepay, at a certain cafe, it has always been declined. Likewise, on the local bus it gets declined, but another bank...
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DIY Like a Pro: How to Pick a Good Caliper for Precise Measurements
I've had a digital caliper from Aldi for a while but it now randomly adds multiples of 5 mm to measurements, even though I've changed the battery. I had a quick look at the Screwfix and Toolstation...
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Frozen wheelie bins
Is ther any easy way to free these up so they stay freed for a while? The local bin men have not had a great successful round today because so many bins won't open as they are tipped by the mechanism...
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Frozen garage door
Expensive mistake today. It was -6°C this morning and I went out and pressed the remote to open the roller garage door. Lots of very unpleasant noises as the irresistible force of the door motor met...
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1 year ago
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washer/dryer on the blink
10+ year old Hotpoint (so it's really an Indesit, I think?) controls are not mechanical. It's not been any trouble, though over last couple of years it's developed a slight tendency between washes for...
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Dismantling and reassembling flatpack wardrobe
We have a Lazio two-door sliding wardrobe (one door is mirrored) bought from Harveys/Bensons For Beds that needs to be disassembled for an impending house move, then reassembled at the new place. Does...
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Samsung American FF redundant wiring connector?
Took delivery last week of a model RS6aA8830S9 and had to hake the freezer door of to get it in the kitchen. No prpblems there whatsoever. Put the door back on OK and then started to connect up the...
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