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Oil leak onto new block paving
Wife's old car is dripping a couple of drops of oil per day. Won't be an easy fix - it wasn't noticed on the old tarmac - but sticks out like a black blob on our new block paving. I want and easy way...
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12 v LED lights, red or white
alf of them red and half white (or yellow). I'll switch on the different co lours separately. And I want a diffuser over them so they don't look like a pile of LEDs. r oyur local theatre supplier for...
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Belling fan oven failure
We inherited a built in Belling double oven when we moved into this house. The oven is probably 30 years old. The top of the two ovens stopped working a while ago, so wifey just uses the bottom oven,...
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OT: my broadband
Fat lot of good it will do. Bill https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11023364/DFP%20re%20broadband%20Nov%2028th%202013.jpg
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Repairing a phone handset
I have an elderly Binatone CTT500 caller display corded handset, which did what I needed of a desk telephone. It's now faulty: when it's plugged in to the BT line, but on-hook, the off-hook light...
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10 years ago
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How to evaluate silver plate v solid silver
I have an item that is silver but would like to determine if it is solid (doubtful) or just plated. From what I can gather solid has a hallmark which this hasnt. Plated will attract a magnet which...
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Weather proof cable connector
I need a couple of weather proof cable connector like Ebay item 141119598452 but am gob smacked by the price of £7.07 each! Any suggestions on where to but them for a sensible price? Mike
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Cockups
Following on from Brian's wee cockup earlier what's the most embarrassing, damaging, etc. wrongly addressed email you have come across? Mine is when a major competitor of ours sent our sister company...
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10 years ago
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Happy thingy
Now I know we inherited Halloween from the Americans, but it seems they are now attempting to force Thanksgiving back on us. By tradition, we do not have holidays or celebrate this, unless very...
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10 years ago
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Various
Notice board - will be with us in 2 weeks. Can you think about what will be on it? once this is sorted I intend to liase with Shiela Dyer as I respect her sense of design and layout. If she agrees I...
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OT:Christmas sorted ...
Due to a dabble with a "spare" £30 last year, I now hold just over £400 of Bit and Lite Coins. So, as per subject line - that's Christmas sorted ;)
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10 years ago
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Slightly OT Crapper mapper
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ironmongery World, WTF
Today came though the post from these people, entirely unsolicited and without my having ordered it, what looks like a nice iron gate latch, heavily galvanised. There was no paperwork with it so I...
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Patent cost?
I'm just looking for a rough and ready idea of how much it would cost to take out a patent on a fairly simple electro-mechanical gadget. The thing is someone seems to have stolen a design for a gadget...
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A4 inkjet colour paper for newsletter?
Hello. our tenants & Residents group wish to produce a newsletter for distribution to about 500 people in our area. Our problem is that of 'size of gsm'. The newsletter will be A4, coloured, printed...
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