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outside overflow pipe dripping from header tank
My outside overflow pipe to the small header tank in the attic has started dripping.I have had a plumber in who has confirmed that there is nothing wrong with the float dripping stops when the heating...
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OT Breakdown cover again - prices for existing customers
Maybe one for law experts? I took out breakdown cover last year for my car at £66.94 and the renewal is £77.28. After a bit of typing on their website - a very similar car to mine at a nearby...
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Flange?
What's the best size of flange to get? I'd prefer a black one.
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Stainless steel - possible to solder or weld?
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Quick electrical question
I have bought 3 new shaver sockets, which I want to install side by side in our bathroom. Is there such a thing as a triple width surface mounted back box? I'm not sure of the height, but probably...
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Quick question - Notepad on W10 will only run minimised - X-post
Subject says it all. I can start Notepad and it appears in the task bar but it won't display on the screen. No idea if this is a recent W10 "feature". Initial searches not helping. Cheers Dave R
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Best diameter hole?
What's the best diameter hole to drill through a length of wood to simulate a vagina? Is circular best?
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Where to buy long lengths of square elastic (not the covered dressmaking type)?
I'm after some long ( metres) lengths of elastic. They're for an old Kum-Bak tennis trainer where the ball is suspended on a length of elastic. The ideal is plain square (I suppose round would be OK...
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Grrr. Microsoft edge installs new version withut asking
Turned my PC on today and the first problem was lack of USB keyboard or mouse, so I resorted to unplugging and re-inserting the USB connector on the back of my PC. I noticed that the hard disk light...
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OT: New product at Tesco's ?
There was a display in our Tesco's yesterday for: "Steak and Ale Pie, Hot Shot Hot Dog, and Chicken Tackle Masala." Does nobody proofread these things?
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Vintage electrical backbox - how to replace?
I'm re-wiring a 1930's bungalow which must have been rewired in the 1960/70's(?). I've come across a old double socket backbox, which is 60mm deep and was mortared in - took the best part of a morning...
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OT: What's with the Proms this year??
The BBC fuck up everything they take over. This year its the Proms. I tuned in to find a bunch of coons playing what sounded like Jazz. Jazz! At a prom concert?? WTF are they thinking? Honestly I have...
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OT: Number of tablets per card in a blister-pack
I'm on various medications, long term. These are prescribed and dispensed as 4 weeks = 28 tablets at a time. Depending on tablet size, these are on blister-pack cards of 7, 14 or 28 tablets per card,...
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Mimeograph letter or not?
How to tell? Googling the phone number then its from an estate agent making out its a personal letter of house purchase and private phone number . So just junk mail, but interesting in telling whether...
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Blood pressure
Anyone in here have bother with their blood pressure? I've been pushing my luck for too long, overweight, not enough exercise, too much drink, but my BP has always been (upper end of) normal. I had a...
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