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Something for the ladies
I spotted these in Lidl the other day. :-) Or Mike Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!...
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TOT: Streetlife.com?
Received a letter the other day from some mob called - inviting me to join the online community for my village. It claims that it enables useful information to be shared locally - like recommendations...
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50 shades of DIY revisited
It was pointed out to me the other day, that Poundland now sell assorted cable ties in packets. Personally I'd not say these would be safe for the unapproved uses in the book and film, but there you...
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OT mind gone blank
What is the term for smart phone screen registration,In other words where you put your finger doing what it is supposed to? My problem is that I have bought an el cheapo chinese clone phone which seem...
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CWCV in unvented hot water system - what is this?
Further to the thread 'hot water go slow' about our mains pressure hot water tank slowing to poor flow the bloke who serviced our boiler has sent me a note saying that the problem is "undoubtedly the...
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Ann: Public talk on Mathematical Tiles, Southampton, monday 16 Feb
New technology of the 1700s that still has the power to perplex and intrigue archaeologists, architects and building owners in the 21 century. title: Mathematical Tiles in Southampton and Hampshire...
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Door problem
I met up with a friend today who earns his living as a joiner. Amongst other jobs he works for a firm that sells solid wood doors. The customer comes to the showroom and chooses the doors, then Jim...
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Impression printer?
I like to print our order number on orders I receive from customers so I feed lots of A5 ish sized bits of paper through our printer's sheet feed slot. This results in much paper jamming. I reckon i'd...
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OT Amazing photographs
Colorful stars, massive snow storms, rivers that look like they're full of blood, and tiny beautiful creatures.
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OT Alzeimers
Came across this, forwarded in full. Might be of interest to some here. UCLA on Alzheimer's ..very informative Food for Thought "The idea that Alzheimer's is entirely genetic and unpreventable is...
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Ping Bill Wright SIG 8008
I spent this morning with a BT engineer looking for the cause of >100 apartments with poor Broadband speed. We identified the culprit as a Compact Line SIG 8008 on the 14th floor. With power on to the...
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repairing haadset cable
My daughter has a computer headset that she uses for gaming etc. the cable is damaged and it doesn't work properly anymore. Inside the outer insulation the different conductors are each formed from...
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Getting rid of petrol smell
I put petrol in the car and didn't notice the spill (not me) that I then stepped in. Nearly fell over from the slipperness of it. I compained to the checkout person, but she didn't seem to do anything...
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Gap between floorboards and skirting
Looking round the house, there always seems to be a small gap between the bottom of the skirting and the floor. I Googled for a reason, but just got loads of sites telling you how to fill the gap in....
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Whoops. Not CPU fan but power supply fan
Sorry folks. Got that wrong. Its the power supply fan that is up the left.H ave had the power supply out and cleaned it but that lasted about 3 hours n ow its noisier than ever. Replacement powers...
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