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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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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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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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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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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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Bloody Amazon!
Been waiting in all day for a parcel delivery, and then receive an email saying not only has it been delivered, but that is was handed to me personally, BUT NOTHING HAS ARRIVED AT ALL. Obviously now...
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2 years ago
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Cooked something with gas whilst boiler was off - Need to purge pipes before using cooker?
Whilst the boiler was off, I cooked some eggs using the remaining gas in the pipes. Right now I am the only one home so I'm not worried about anyone using the cooker to blow everyone up. I have purged...
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2 years ago
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Dimming an LED
Think it's generally known that dimming a tungsten bulb reduced its efficiency dramatically. In other words, a 100w dimmed to half brightness used a lot more electricity than a 50w on full. Although...
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regarding charging: follow-up
Following the suggestion here that the charging voltage for Circuit C was too high ("C: 14.6V, +0.01A") I checked with an accurate meter. The voltage was 13.86V. That accords with the very low...
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2 years ago
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OT - let's bring it home
Football as we used to know it was a local community matter. Let's bring it back home! Bring in a law which enforces professional football clubs to have at least 51% fan ownership similar to how the...
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2 years ago
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Shower pump and tray combinations
I'm planning to refurbish my en-suite bathroom (actually shower room plus toilet and basin) and would like a shower with a bit of urge - meaning with a reasonably powerful dual pump to produce a good...
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2 years ago
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Web site errors
Just in the last couple of weeks I am getting a lot of errors when trying to access some websites that previously I've not had a problem with. The error message is "The connection to the server was...
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2 years ago
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series to parallel
My neighbour has two infra-red beams across the two entrances to his property. The alarm condition is 'open circuit'. The receivers are close together so the two alarm outputs are connected in series...
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2 years ago
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New smoke detectors and heat alarm.
Had new smoke alarms and heat detector fitted yesterday, with radio link for synchronising operation.
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2 years ago
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