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AA/AAA - Dead ones bounce
I thought a late April fools joke, but no it is not... If you drop a cell onto a hard resilient surface, it will or will not bounce. A dead one bounces, a good one does not due to its changed internal...
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That IKEA SDS drill ...
I don't remember anyone actually buying one and reporting back, so here's a redneck tear-down ...
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What a place to work
Let's start off with the important stuff - I wanted a brew as I had just driven for 2 1/2 hours. Once WE had signed in (that is myself and an apprentice) watched the induction video, shown and signed...
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OT Advice requested about disposal of Amateur radio gear
This is not an ad* so please bear with me and the usual reasons for the OT posting here, being that it's one of the few groups I know of with sensible people still populating it. Following untimely...
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DAB and FM combi aerial
Has anyone had any experience of using these combined FM and DAB aerials by Antiference? Any good? Antiference is a leading TV reception & media distribution manufacturing company
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Re: How unlock my fb account
Not by sending blank messages I suspect. Brian
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OT; Customers....
Message left on Sunday morning. "My kitchen taps need new washers, can you come around and give me an estimate".
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OT Cost of French nuclear industry.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/us-france-nuclear-areva-idUSKBN0M71AB20150311
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OT; Is it taxed?
Saying to Mrs Handyman only today that, with the new 'disc less' road tax system, if you see a car parked up you wouldn't know if it were taxed or not. But you can find out;
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Best way to trace wiring
I will soon be refurbishing shower room. First thing I want to do is replace the lights, currently 4 x halogen spots but will replace with a central mounted LED fitting. The light switch is located...
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Electrical safety mats in workshops
Hi all, Does anyone use these in their outside workshops when operating items like lathes etc? They should provide a bit of extra protection in the event the equipment becomes live and there's too...
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OT Robots.
Truely astonishing stuff. A bit creepy in fact. I can't actually decide if it's faked up or not.
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OT: On-line Driving Licence Renewal
Apologies for the OT - should really post to but that's been taken over by idiots and I know that there are a few of us here who are of an age where we have to renew our licences every 3 years! I've...
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Alluminium clamp.
I need to clamp a cylindrical object to a flat surface. Diameter is approx 47mm - but I'd be using a rubber strip between them. Obviously, I could make up some steel straps easily enough - but...
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Oh dear. Natural nuclear power responsible for half of all global warmth.
Jolly good thing some of those isotopes last millions of years or we would be in a permanent ice age I wonder if we should try and stop it - after all we have no idea what god's plans are to...
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