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BT HD STB (Humax)
I have BT TV which uses their supplied STB (PVR) for the extra BT channels and internet stuff like I player, etc. It also records on its own hard drive. Looks to be made by Humax. Just recently, it's...
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[OT] Customer database leaks
Well they're from spammers, aren't they. They send you what they claim is an invoice etc and ask you to take a look at it as "there's some anomaly with your payments to us" or somesuch. If these are...
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hardest wearing kitchens?
are there any kitchen fitters out there that can recommend a brand of kitchen units and fronts etc they will last a good few years? ta chaps steve
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Thinner for Evo-stik
I have a tin ov evo-stick, its gone a bit thick and would like to thin is slightly.I am not sure if it is the old or new version. It contains Heptane and isomers,solvent Naptha. I have stuff like...
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Infrared thermometers - any good?
I need to check my oven temperatures so am thinking of buying an IR thermometer (the type with a targetting laser) - what does the team think about them? - are there any at the lower end of the price...
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Bizarre Freeview set top box behaviour
My set top box has thrown a very strange wobbly. It works fine if I watch most of the 120 or so channels but if I put it onto any BBC programme it locks up and after 20 seconds or so it reboots. That...
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Is it legal to shoot tele-sales people for crass insensitivity?
As I walked out of a hospital last week having just left my fathers bedside, he had died an hour before, I received a diverted, from his home phone, call on my mobile from a salesman from a national...
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adhesive for stickin metal fire trim to render
Hello, Can someone advise on what adhesive I need for sticking a steel fire trim to fireproof render? This will be the only means of securing the trim in place; I'm not looking for something that's...
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Neff oven temperature is not accurate
I've been suspicious that both ovens in my Neff U1661 are no longer getting to the set temperature so have just checked with an oven thermometer - it shows 20-30 degrees colder than the setting in...
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9 years ago
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retrofitting leds into mr16 fittings
I've got 5 12v mr16 spots on a ceiling. Each has it's own 240 to 12v transformer. A ll are controlled by a one gang switch. I want to move to LEDs. I assume I'm best to remove the trannies and use one...
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Just purchases property, Neighbours Extracsion forbidding to add extention to my property.
Hi All, Hope you can help me with my issue. Please read below: My query and a request for advice relates to my neighbours extension where it is concerning me that the ventilation extraction is coming...
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Cold and Still
Nice cold and still day out there, a mere 4" of snow outside with snow showers passing through overnight temp about -5 C currently nearly 2 C, no wind to speak of. And the point is? Demand 48.09 GW at...
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Carbon Monoxide
I was working at the UK's celebrated Stafforshire Hospital complex recently when I realised that one of the overseers at the MTX plant was suffering f rom Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. The office he uses...
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Lifting floorboards
And another of my projects is going to involve lifting some hundred-plus-year-old floorboards. They aren't in the best of condition - there's been woodworm at some time - and they're fixed down with...
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Cleaning windows - the frames that is
We've got cast iron lattice windows on the front of our house. For those of you that haven't met them - they look a bit like leaded lights, except the diamond shaped bits are cast iron instead of...
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