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Skirting - straight or bent?
Just about to put the skirting on for my current job. The wall is (as ever) far from straight and bellies into about a 15mm dip in the centre of a 2m run, so there's a choice: either follow the wall...
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OT Who renovates reel to reel tape decks in the UK these days?
I'm looking for either a working quarter track stereo hi fi deck or somone to fix my old tandberg as I want to run through some tapes and see if they have anything worth keeping on them. any ideas?...
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Oil based varnish
Has this been banned by the EU without me noticing it? All I want is 1 litre of oil based mahogony varnish. I've Googled the sheds but can't find any. All they seem to have is quick drying water based...
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Firmware updates... on sewing machines!
How the world has changed. Partner fretting over whether her sewing machine firmware update will work or go wrong... :-) I guess when I go up to bed, my flaming toothbrush will be asking for Braun...
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OT: Quicken free, anybody?
Intuit has mad available, FOC as an aid to updating to modern versions, Quicken 6 for Macintosh Quicken 6 for Windows Quicken 99 for Windows Quicken 2000 for Windows Quicken 2003 for Windows Quicken...
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For those of you who like to see stupid people get hurt
What were they doing at 2:16?
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Roll your own rollerskis
I would like to try rollerskiing, but absolutely cannot handle the off-the-shelf ones. For various reasons, I need ones a couple of metres long, with ratchet wheels on the front and a REAR braking...
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OT Washing machine test
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washing machine will not spin/new electricity meter
Hello, I have a Hotpoint WMA63 washing machine. It was working fine until this morning. Now if I run a program, the water will run into the soap tray and the drum fills with water but the drum will...
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OT: Myth or true
Something I've been told about broadband routers. I unplug the router at the mains if I'm not going to be home all day, then when I return plug it back in again. I've been told that by doing this my...
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Tried to be too clever ...
After discussion here, bought a thumbturn lock for our uPVC front door. Ordered Tuesday, delivered yesterday (sorry, B&Q). Fitted in 1 minute. Slight downside is we need 3 more keys cut ... however...
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D_I_Y American style!
Health and Safety American style! Silo Demolition Sledgehammer Style Biertijd.com // Media » Silo Demolition Sledgehammer Style
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How the hell did the vultures miss this ?
Krauts, eh ? By Paul Homewood RWE’s new lignite power station opened in Neurath in 2012 Germany’s dash for coal continues apace. Following on the opening of two new coal power stations in...
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OT: Calor Gas
Off topic, but I am hoping someone can help. Would it be safe to keep/transport a Butane Calor gas bottle in a car during day trips? Thanks.
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Automatic line testing? Slightly long but a simple question at the end.
I live 500 metres from an ADSL 2+ exchange. But that is at the other side of the town centre, and I could belive my actual wiring run is longer, also the phone lines in our street (most of the...
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