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Senility is...
...turning on the cold tap and waiting for hot water to come out ;-)
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Powered Paint Roller????
Kaercher are advertising a floor cleaner on TV. appears to have a water tank feeding down to two paint rollers which are powered by a motor. Could this be DIY re-purposed as a powered paint machine?...
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Yodel "deliveery"
I despatched a rotary saw, carefully packed via Yodel to an eBay purchaser. Yodel was his choice. There was no one in, so the driver dumped the box on top of a pile of garbage beside refuse bins in...
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Any laser printer experts on here?
My Samsung CLP-680 laser printer is producing messy colour prints, the B&W prints are OK. There's lots of toner around the cyan cartridge, others seem clean. A test print looks OK but has a few small...
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Trouble in cold weather lighting the woodstove
"Asking for a friend": my mate has a woodstove which has "a stainless steel flue which is on an outside wall" (his description). He has read that this can mean that the flue can get very cold,...
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The continuing download saga
Open Reach notified me of their intent to replace the pole in our garden ( rot issues) so I held off bothering Plusnet further with speed complaints. Pole duly replaced Monday. No impact on download...
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What Is the Salary of a Financial Analyst?
Financial analysts play a crucial role in the global financial ecosystem by evaluating companies, investments, and economic trends to help individuals and organizations make informed financial...
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Treadmill oil v Silicone oil
Two questions: 1) Treadmill oil seems somewhat more expensive than d-i-y type Silicone Oil. Are there differences, eg alcohol content? or is it just a way to make more money? 2) My spray can of Baufix...
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Government gas hob warning
<>Just in case anyone here has such a hob, or may work on one. Cheers Dave R Important Safety Message – Corrective Action Programme for Gas Hob Elbow Joints presenting a serious risk of poisoning,...
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OT: What is Virgin Media up to.
Round here there are so many road closures and traffic lights that one has to refer to just to see if it's possiblt to get to the shops, clinic, railway station, and sometimes even with that tool to...
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Migration of phone network to digital
I'm looking for examples of where this has caused hardship, especially for disabled or housebound people. Anone got any stories to tell?
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Any good for heating 3 room flat?
I saw this heating and cooling method mentioned on Reddit as a less expensive and more easily installable option for heating three small rooms and a kitchen in a first floor flat. It's said to be...
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Porch door closer
What is the best one of these. When I get a delivery I like to ask folk to put it in the porch, but quite often they just open it sling in the package and leave the door swinging in the breeze. I'd...
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LED lights, watts, lumens etc.
Following on from previous thread, one option seems to be a bedside LED reading light. For example <>The first few lights I looked at were rated at 10W and ~1,000 lumen. This is rated at 11W and...
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replacing fluorescent tube with LED
In our kitchen we've got two 58 watt 5 foot (1500 mm) fluorescent tubes, one of which is showing signs of age. I might replace them with LED equivalents, as with current electricity prices, the...
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