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Synch tablet to PC
Santa bought me an android tablet for Xmas. Apparently I have to synchronize this with my PC. I've plugged in the USB cable and clicked on the 'Computer' thingy. Two new things have appeared;...
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Motor home 12v interior lighting - inverter?
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes A thought about replacement, with a bit of mechanical ingenuity, an emergency light unit would provide the parts to make a good replacement. Probably a darn...
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Free text Usenet
Helps if you understand German. Welcome to the Open-News-Network! | open news network
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Newsgroup reader numbers
I am wondering what the readership of newsgroups is. Obviously, it is at least the same as the number of posters and a group like d-i-y would probably attract a fair number of lurkers. Can anybody...
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Audio-video distribution
I have a modest (compared to some I know) home cinema with a Marantz AV amp feeding a 7.1 speaker setup, a TV and a projector. I'd like to feed both video and audio to another room (or perhaps two)...
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Patio door lock bolts?
House move. Back patio doors are typical metal frame sliders with a single Euro cylinder lock. So they need top and bottom bolts added. Any favoured brands? Yale are cheap, but look a little on the...
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chain so use....newbie
My wife bought me an electric chain saw and the more I read about them the more I fear them, Still I have said to her for years every man should have one! Anyhow will there be any real issues sawing...
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O-rings
Having, hopefully, fixed my shower unit using O-rings I already had, where would I have had to go to get an O-ring of a specific size and thickness?
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Expansion vessel or relief valve?
I've had to top up my Alpha HE CB33 combi boiler (which is, I think, about 6-7 years old) every day this week, and prior to turning up the CH temperature, it was every few days. Obviously this...
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RC Clocks
Reception by my radio-controlled clock has been rather intermittent over the last fortnight or so. It was off for a few days before Christmas, was back on yesterday, but is off again this morning....
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OT Gridwatch
Unusual set of figures Boxing Day at 0815. Total demand right down at 28.2 GW (not surprising), coal about same as usual at 12.3 GW, same with nuclear at 7.6 GW, wind almost nothing at 0.2 GW (so...
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Re: News.individual.net, bad news if you're not german
Are you sure? My reading of the HMRC site was that this is the purpose of the 'mini one stop shop' - you pay HMRC and they pass it on to the relevant national equivalent.
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OT: Need advice as to how to tactfully tell neighbours to shove off
Hi guys, I'm slightly Aspergerish and have lived alone in various places over the last 25 years in the UK and abroad quite happily with no adverse interactions with dozens of different neighbours at...
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News to warm the hearts of most UK.D-I-Yers...
I'm sure most here will be cheered by arch parcel basher's City Link having gone phut: Sad for the drivers, natch - IME /some/ of then were very good. Parcel delivery company City Link, which employs...
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I need one girl friend
I am your missing boy so who who miss me and who who love me
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