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OT A sane article on flooding
Instead of the drivel some people here seem to read. The only way to reduce the risk of severe floods is to manage water across entire catchment areas – and possibly build artificial lagoons
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OT Britain spends more of foriegn floods than our own.
Britain has sent more cash to overseas countries recovering from flooding than it has made available at home, figures show
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Jigsaw + saw guide
I need to make a number of cuts to worktops, it's at work so the finish doesn't have to be amazing but I want an edge straight enough to glue a strip on afterwards. Do folk tend to find this...
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Keeping damp at bay in an unheated garage
The garage is unheated and damp, and I've noticed mildew on things. I have left the doors and windows open for a couple of days and that seems to have helped, but I'd like to do a bit better. There's...
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Spur lightweight alluminium shelf brackets.
I've got some of the rather old Spur lightweight shelving system in use which I'd like to modify. It's the type that has a single 'T' slot in the support, rather than the more common twin slot type....
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tap washers without holes
I need to replace all four tap washers in my bathroom. Trivial job or should be, but the taps need 5/8 washers without a central hole. (The washers fit tightly into a circular brass recess at the...
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Consumer unit RCD oddity
We have a 3-years old split-load consumer unit, with a separate RCD for each half. I had to replace 3 old wall-light fittings with some new ones yesterday. I switched off the CU lighting circuit MCB,...
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OT: Remember those discussions on the VW diesel "cheat"
Someone has reverse engineered one example of it, and explained what it did and how:
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HDMI connection problem
I was given an Amazon FireStick for Christmas. It works well connected to the second HDMI socket on my TV. The TV has two HDMI sockets, each of them for input only logically enough; the TV input is...
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Bosch dishwasher problem
Oh botheration. Today the dishwasher has gone on the blink. Thank heavens it wasn't a few days back. Bosch Classixx SGS 43 CO 2 GB/35. Some years old. It is used daily. After a brief look at it I...
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Tile cut question
Questions for the tile experts: In image one do I take the off cut around the internal corner and then start a new tile which in turn would be cut and that cut off taken around the next corner, or do...
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OT Camoron the traitor
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OT: What a knob
End of year Darwin award: The man died after an apparent robbery attempt with two accomplices who fled the scene, leaving behind condoms and money scattered
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118mm halogen flood LED replacement?
I have a security fitting with a 500W 117mm halogen lamp. The lamp has failed, and I'm looking at a LED replacement to save energy as it spends a fair bit of time on. The fitting is a good quality one...
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LED Fluoresecent replacements ????
What's the latest re replacing 6 foot / 70 watt T8 fluorescent tubes with a direct replacement LED equivalent? When I last looked a year or too it was far too expensive despite the undoubted saving of...
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