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OT: Photo CD software
Can anyone suggest some suitable software (not bothered if it's a 'traditional' program or one of these new-fangled 'app' things) for creating photo CDs please? It's got to be: *Preferably free...
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news.btinternet.com issues
Anyone else having problems connecting to bt's news server ? Not been able to connect for a couple of days so have set up an account on which seems to be working (unless you can tell me differently :)...
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Using printer paper for wallpaper
Have a rather *out of the way* corner, where the wallpaper needs some repair. The finish on there at the moment is an emulsion paint on top of wall paper. I have some proper wallpaper paste and since...
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That's hard work for an electrician.
Job spec "projector socket not working in classroom 8 - needs fixing ASAP" My job report sheet says "Switched on the switched fused spur that was labelled up 'projector switched fused spur' "...
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Electricals: what kind of switch do I need for this?
Hi, leccies, I've got this single to three phase converter running a lathe motor; 230v in, 230v out. I'd like the ability to swap phases over so I can reverse the motor to run the lathe in the...
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Wood Burner Flue
A quick question. This is an 1890 terrace. In the front room we have an open fireplace with a gas fire that just vents up the flue. Open flame type with non-flammable coal look alike blocks (what's...
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Plastic hob top rivets?
Hi al, Anyone seen these available anywhere please? They (4 off) are a small plastic 'rivet' type thing that retain the hob top onto the oven itself. For some reason, one seems to have fallen to bits...
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Electrical Count
Someone selling a house has been told by the buyer's solicitor that the property needs an "Electrical Count" - the solicitor didn't know what one was. Any ideas?
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OT:Poisons ...
just watched an episode of Breaking Bad, where a character manages to assassinate the entire management of a cartel by taking an emetic, and then presenting them with a bottle of "Zafiro Anejo", which...
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Samba Mobile
It looks as if Samba have taken the money earned by its customers watching ads and run with the profits.
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Laying vinyl on vinyl
I have a vinyl floor in my kitchen and bathroom and it's skanky. I'd like to replace it but I've found that it's pretty well stuck down. Could I lay a new floor on top of the existing vinyl floor? If...
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Mortar blade for angle grinder
At last a project where 'use an angle grinder' is correct answer. Need to remove a load of poor pointing on a patio ... advice is to use a mortar blade in a 4" angle grinder. Anybody used these .......
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The best way is to put the drill in reverse
I needed to drill some holes through softwood. They had to be 4mm diameter and the wood was 125mm thick. The 4mm drill bit wasn't long enough, so I used it as far as it could go, then got a bit of 4mm...
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Ronseal pump fence sprayers with Ronseal one coat fence protectors??
Does anyone know if you have to use the sprayable Ronseal one coat fence protector with the Ronseal pump fence sprayer,or can the normal none sprayable protectors,the kind you put on with a brush be...
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Memory
Katie, who is 11, was helping me in the workshop today. She told me how some of her class been in trouble for filming the teachers covertly. Of course I told her how, in 1965, I'd made a sound...
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