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Other side and a down the line view of Yosser's wall
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Multiple front door locks
The main door of my flat has 2 yale type locks and a Mortice lock. The mortice lock key is the only one I ever received. It's only when the plumber came to do some work that I realised the possible...
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2 years ago
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Cracks in walls?
When it was freezing cold over winter I noted that our back doors were catching, but they've since sorted themselves out. I'm aware that's not unusual. Recently I've noticed a crack in some plaster...
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2 years ago
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Greying ceiling above boiler
The ceiling and wall/ceiling corner above our boiler is slightly grey having got that way over some years from previously 'is the ceiling a bit grey there' to now 'it definitely is, yes'. There's no...
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2 years ago
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Thinking abut a cordless hedgetrimmer
I'm cross--posting to DIY and to Gardening. I have had two Bosch AHS 55-26 (corded) hedgetrimmers in the last 10 years. I cut a lot of hedging, in three different gardens, and this is a great cutter:...
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2 years ago
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OT opening an Excel document stored on Google Drive
A friend of mine works from home since last March and they use Google Drive to store stuff and Google Sheets for spreadsheets. Problem is some stuff needs to be in Excel as some "customers" can't use...
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2 years ago
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PC Power supply
The power supply in my home build low profile HTPC has become very noisy. It is a Zalman ZM500-GT 500W and very good until recently. I want to replace it with a low noise job but do not want to spend...
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2 years ago
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OT - Smart meters and EDF Energy
Tuesday. I was called from a Manchester number by the usual Asian phone jockey. To my surprise it was a genuine call. My Smart meter had stopped sending data (allegedly) and an engineer needed to call...
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2 years ago
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Everest Windows
My wife bought a bungalow a few years. The previous owners had installed Everest double glazed windows. We could not visit the property because of Covid restrictions but there is a camera in the...
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2 years ago
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Amazon
I guessed at Jeff Bezos' email address and fired off a complaint. Lo! And Behold! It got a response from a senior exec and the replacement is promised for tomorrow, although I'm not holding my breath...
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2 years ago
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NHS app and vaccination passport.
Heard on the news they're likely to use the NHS track and trace app as a vaccine passport. My phone is a Galaxy S4. Works just fine as a phone and camera and the things I want a phone for. But too old...
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2 years ago
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Nice electrics - shame about the rest...
<>Sadly noted that my first reaction was "the electrics look better than expected". Oh, well. Cheers Dave R Ipswich landlord Martyn Williams has been fined more than £11,000 after his property in...
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2 years ago
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Finger twitching nervousness
This W10 new desktop facility is really getting on my tits, almost more so than the Amazon fiasco (qv). I almost don't dare to touch the mouse pad lest the display all disappears up into the top left...
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2 years ago
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So much for freedom from EU regulations
self drive cars to be limited to 37mph? No. Its 60km/h. So much for doing things differently
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2 years ago
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Wickes timber ordering
One of the few local suppliers which seems to have some timber I want has been Wickes. I assembled my order - three different products - and tried to book delivery and pay. I got a message saying no...
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2 years ago
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