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How secure is your house????
How to open Yale type lock in seconds. (Without damaging it). Picking locks is easy once you've made a bump key. Plus: learn to prevent break-ins. Bump keys are available at...
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Foam in wheelbarrow tyres then become flatproof ?
Foam in Allotment wheelbarrow tyres become flat proof ? What kind of foam might we be able to get in the U.K. ? For the shirts and stickers..sulfurcitydesign.com For the talk..Southern Offroad Mowers...
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Annoying Christmas presents
My family know by now that I am not a very willing recipient of presents. Mainly guilt due to being too idle to bother buying anything for them. However, this year, in an attempt to cooperate in the...
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Underfloor Insulation
I'm thinking of insulating a suspended timber floor with 90mm insulation board. It's quite tricky to access, with pipes and wiring making it more difficult. I'm thinking of getting some 1.2 x 0.6m...
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Impressive Toys for jobs
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OT: What I want to know, is why scientists would bother....
...when we already have Diane Abbott. RESEARCHERS are close to bringing back a breed of giant cattle, known as aurochs, back to life after they died out nearly 400 years ago.
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DIY behaviourism?
I and some of my friends, being vulnerable people are installing wireless door intercoms on our houses. The problem with these devices is, that, unlike their wired brethren, you cannot instigate a...
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Electrical fails (mostly by the same Spanish idiot) - hilarious!
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Correct wire used at last
After suffering several burnouts by using stranded 2.5mm cable for my 8.5 kW sauna, I finally used 50A 10mm cooker cable and have solved the wiring problem. Good job I don't do it for a living.
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OT Ministry of silly walks??
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Screwfix Chainsaw
Whilst away I was 'found' a job to do needing a chainsaw. Quick look around gave me a Screwfix Titan 2kw mains for £34.99 (30% off usual price). Not bad for the price and sorted what I wanted sorting...
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OT: Is it worth getting boiler serviced before house sale?
It's many years since my last house move but one might be on the cards for next year. The boiler (Glowworm 30SXi system boiler) is about 10 years old and going fine but hasn't been officially serviced...
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OT OR MAYBE NOT: Do it yourself with a robot:
"Compared to a bad marriage, a robot will be better than a human"
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OT: Rabbit
During the night there was a hell of a commotion, then a loud crack. I got up this morning to find the catflap broken off, and this lying on the floor. I assume the cat didn't fit through at the same...
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Not cross-threading the new immersion heater
Not cross-threading the new immersion heater! I am having trouble putting the new immersion heater in, just starting the thread correctly. Is there a knack to this that I just haven't learnt?
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