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OT: Shoot the moon
An amusing thought landed on me last night while strolling to the pub. How about someone manfacturing solar cells that are actually fake? Like the stone cladding popular during the eighties, they...
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Battery-operated mains
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OT Copying/recording video.
I have a DVD player/recorder that has a hard disk as well as DVD slot. It also has an instruction book an inch thick. I can copy stuff from the TV onto the hard disk in the recorder. I can transfer...
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Nuts am I unfit...
Just digging a short 4 ft trench by 2ft deep (ish) to add a new gully drain connection to the main sewer chamber. Picture of moderate spoil heap: Picture of a 2ft high pile of concrete from the path:...
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new fire surround with cast iron fascia
Was thinking of a stove, but for various reasons decided to keep the open f ire. It is a Baxi Burnall fireplace with a 1930s tiled fire surround that is jus t about OK, but really does need to be...
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Gov web site doesn't like W's !!!
Sign of my age I know, but was trying to get a pension statement request logged onto the appropriate gov web site for which you have to register with the gov gateway: When I try and type in my name...
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A New Low In Delivery Practice?
I am still using the delivery arrangements I found on purchasing the property. Having no letter box, post is delivered to a box on the gatepost, and small parcels can be put in an old just about...
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Standby Diseasel Generator...
A fried of mine is after a generator that can supply around 7 to 10 odd KVA that is Diesel and is self start. I bought one of a firm up in the west midlands a couple of years ago and would have gone...
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Replacement door of non-standard height
An elderly relative whom I help with odd jobs needs a new side door on his garage as the existing one has rotted away. Unfortunately it's a non-standard height of 1770 mm. Virtually all doors on sale...
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planning in a pickle ?
Eric Pickle's latest idea has created 2 types of "permitted" development, w hat we have now and the "enhanced" version with bigger allowances but with a "lightweight" planning consultation to give the...
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Re: Cowboy plumbers - question about elderly neighbour
In article , Rod scribeth thus It -might- be the gas pipe, that is sometimes done or at least it was done whether or not its OK practice now I don't know. If they have run a water pipe outside then...
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Baxi Bermuda 552
My 28 year old back boiler has just developed a water leak from the heat exchanger. Can anybody help in advising if it is likely to be a simple gasket change or the exchanger itself. If it is the...
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New fence panels: to treat or not to treat?
Must be spring - I've just been to Wickes for some replacment fence panels to sort the garden out... Question: these things allegedly come pressure-treated and with a 10-year guarantee. Is it...
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Re Mystery Object,, Joyce Penner..
Yesterday we had Irish Rambo Rams... Dug out of the snow,, Arran Buried in snow,, Northern Japan buried in snow,, and even Israel,, South Africa ,,Venice ,, Russia,, N America,,all far too much too...
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uPVC door lock Q
Just had a mild panic when we thought one of our door keys had gone missing (now accounted for, so panic over). Anyway, consumed with visions of having to change the lock/key, I googled for details,...
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