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Samll problem with garage door remote
I have an automatic garage door operated by remote control. I have 3 remotes , two of which are Hormins, the manufacturer, the other an independent remote. Mostly they work fine, but after dark...
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OT: Harrys folly?
Guranteed to reduce the range and treble the fuel consumption of your electric car! Accueil — EP Tender
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OT: The unravelling of Yarns..
A major shipwreck kills yet more immigrants at sea. A major shipwreck threatens the Tories and the 'stay in campaign'. The Washington times uncovers dodgy climate change data and links it to the...
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OT: VTOL X-Plane
Anyone got any spare fans? VTOL X-Plane Phase 2 Concept Video "program seeks to provide innovative cross-pollination between fixed-wing and rotary-wing technologies" Whh...
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Combi Central Heating Pump issue ?
I have added a rad to my sealed system and since then half the rads in my h ouse are not getting hot, basically those downstairs are cold. The pipe fro m the boiler goes to the upstairs rads first...
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Grauniad: Interesting article - what's the most radioactive city in the world?
Not what you might think. or Ionising radiation is a fact of life for us all, but for some cities it’s a daily source of worry – and not just the ones near Chernobyl
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Makita impact screwdriver, review...
Following some discussion here, I bought one of these in December but have only just got round to using it: Makita 6935FDZ 14.4v Cordless Impact Driver (bought this cheap NiCad one because I already...
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Lighting spur off power
I want to install some lighting in the coats cupboard in our hall. The only place I can get a feed is from an adjacent bedroom. So, I install a 3A fused spur from the socket in there, label it up as a...
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Chromecast Audio
Just got a couple of Chromecast Audios, missed Worrie`s 14 quid sale earlier in week, ebay now has several vendors with them less than the 30 quid RRP. Finally solved the first world problem of DAB...
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OT DAB and Jazz FM
On my DAB radio, I have two stations with very similar names: Jazz FM and JazzFM Only difference is the space. The second one is on the list of broadcast stations (having just done a rescan) but comes...
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syphonic wc
I have a syphonic wc, probably put in in the early 60s, just marked with "Standard" on the back of the pan. It appears to be leaking a steady dribble past the air purge "bomb", as evidenced by the...
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Vertical blinds - suitable glue?
I have lots of vertical blinds, which need the lengths shortened. What would be a suitable adhesive for forming pockets at the bottoms, where weights go please?
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8 years ago
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[OT] Cheap postage
I sometimes see an item from a UK seller on Amazon which is so cheap that it hardly covers the cost of postage. I pay 54p for a second class letter (74p if it's thicker than 0.5cm) but some sellers...
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Boiler broke ;-)
Started getting a bit chilly in here late yesterday evening. Rads cold. Quick look at the boiler showed no water pressure and a bad leak underneath. Switched it off. Went to bed. Took the casing off...
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Beekeeping and hive building
Maybe I've simply missed any recent posts but are any current group contrib utors into beekeeping? Ive been building my own hives for a while now using 19mm WBP ply and softwood rails, exposed cut...
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