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Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again.
Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again. By Douglas Main, Oct 12, 2023, MIT Technology Review & National Geographic On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the...
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floating shelf - too wide
I bought a floating shelf knowing that it was fractionally too wide. Here is a link to the advert. It should be one line. hope was that I could heat one end with an electric iron. I could and did but...
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Tool kit - cordless stuff.
I am ,looking to get myself ( for Christmas) a set of tools. I am sick of asking OH for anything. I have a little rolson ( came from B&M) tool kit with hammer, screwdriver, spanner , tape measure in...
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OT-ish - bugs
We recently moved into a bungalow that had been stood empty for just over 12 months. The garden is a reasonable size and behind us are some trees, screening us from a main road. I've recently noticed...
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How to make a phonecall correctly
Why don't people give me a chance to answer the phone? There's more than 1 millisecond between me answering it, and pressing the speaker button (or lifting to my ear) to say hello. I don't expect them...
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Hybrid SDD HDD, replacing with large SDD
An HP laptop which uses a small SDD 128Mb, large HDD, I have never opened it up to take a look, but might it be possible to swap out both, for a single SDD, or just swap the HDD for a SDD? It was my...
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FB Market holiday/vacation mode
I've a few items for sale on the Market, but I am away at the moment - I know there is an holiday mode, but where is the switch please?
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Trying to recover Farcebook account after hijack
This is a new one: You’re Temporarily Blocked a.. It looks like you were misusing this feature by going too fast. You’ve been temporarily blocked from using it. b.. If you think that this doesn't...
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Glow-Worm Climapro 2 - controlling
Afternoon all, Where I am living, many houses have been fitted with a variety of Glow-Worm boilers - at least the majority of which have Climapro 2 controller/thermostats. Everyone hates them. (Worst...
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mdf scares
This from FelderOwner group I think worrying about MDF is misguided. Its sawdust bound with a urea-formaldehyde resin. In a garden, the resin won't be absorbed by plants or mammals. It's too big to...
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Improving small soakaway - best size/shape of material to use?
Hi all we have a small paved area in a corner of our property which get's a lot of rainfall. There is a small 'soakaway' (not sure if that is the correct term) in a corner of this area, leading to the...
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Strengthening a wheel clamp
My wheelclamps look great but actually the metal is square tube about 30x30x1.5. A battery angle grinder with a thin wheel would be through it in a flash. Ideas please for making it harder for the...
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Does this guy read uk.d-i-y ?
He seems to be talking about our beloved righttard conspiracy theorist loons. In this episode we discuss the recent multi-story car park fire at Luton airport and how everyone seemed desperate to link...
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International conflicts and emissions
I wonder how much emissions are being pumped into the worlds atmosphere by conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza ? And more interestingly the fact that no one cares. Another reason to swerve this greeny...
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adblocker youtube
given that I don't pay for anything on the internet and that I can't watch adverts and will not pay for 'creators' having fun....that is the end of me watching youtube since they sent me this morning...
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