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WILL I LOSE MY HOME?
So you have a full time job earning £30,000 with FedEx in Hull delivering parcels for them. Very good. Do you have to drive very far? (You're not pulling anyone's leg here are you? - other than your...
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Radiator Bodgery
I know this is an outrage and I should be hung drawn and quartered for even contemplating it but needs must (!) I have an old 6-foot single radiator in the bathroom which is beyond the end of its life...
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Micro USB issues ...
I've recently discovered the wonder of magnetic USB cables where a connector tip is plugged into the USB socket, and a cable with a magnetic connection just sticks to it to charge. The premise being a...
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Clock repairer recommendations
I appreciate that this is OT for a DIY group, but can anyone recommend a go od clock repairer, ideally in Yorkshire? The broken clock has been overwound, so I guess that means a new mainspring . It's...
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OT Virtue signaling celebrities. (Various)
Don't these hypocrites make you sick? It's time to put up or shut the f**k up. Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/paul.j.watson.71 FOLLOW Paul Joseph Watson @ https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet
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Echo horticultural equipment
Does anyone have any experience of this brand? Bill
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Painting rusty bathroom radiator
Been redecorating my Bathroom The radiator has gone a little rusty around the edges, would like to rub down and repaint. Question is firstly, what sort of primer? Am gonna remove the rust spots best I...
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PTFEed Joints weeping
3 plumbing joints done with ptfe tape all leak. I mostly don't use ptfe to seal joints. 2 of the joints are 15mm compression tee (with one male end, o ne female end) onto an extension piece, the other...
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OT perhaps
Ordered an external h/d from Tesco on Sunday evening. ?3 delivery charge. To be delivered 3-5 days. A bloke in a white van delivered it this morning. Not bad is that.
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OT: YouTube - How to save 51 billion lives ...
Yea, not 51 Billion* - but certainly a few. How to save 51 billion lives for 68 cents with simple Engineering (Standard level of YouTube production excepted...) * "Of all the 100 Billion people born...
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CPC LED floodlight
Got a flier from CPC today and one of their special offers is a 100w LED floodlight. By the high price, I'd guess it's not an equivalent 100w one. But doesn't give details of the light output. Which...
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Stepladder
I need to do occasional stepladder work - trimming trees and my neighbour's laurel, plus cleaning the caravan roof and seasonally draping Christmas lights. My existing stepladder is not really high...
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Radiator pin hole leak
As per the title, one of the rads has developed a leak (very minor) in the panel which appeared overnight. I realise that the only real solution is replacement and since it is a smal l bathroom rad,...
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electric sliding gate
I need one. Contacted six local suppliers. One came out top have a look but now ignores my emails and calls. The job would be easy and straightforward. Does anyone know of a supplier/installer not too...
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Aerials
Mate is restoring an '80 Rover SD1 police car, and would like the period aerials it was fitted with. Any ideas which don't cost a fortune? New would be best, since the cars is being restored to 'as...
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