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DIY Safety
Lotta helpful tips here:
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Silver soldering zinc-coated steel
I know that silver soldering galvanised steel is possible with low-melting point solder, but is it feasible to file down the steel sufficiently to remove the coating and thereby make standard silver...
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Update KB5001716 trashed my computer
Has anyone else installed this and had problems ?. KB5031356 went in ok and I think an update for Edge went in too but that never gives any warning or ask permission. Then KB5001716 took ages,...
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Dr. Wissler and Dr. DeWitte, who have done similar research on the Black Death,...
Dr. Wissler and Dr. DeWitte, who have done similar research on the Black Death, saw a way to test the hypothesis about young people. When people have had lingering illnesses like tuberculosis or...
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Are Erbauer and Titan the same?
We all know that Erbauer is a Screwfix own brand of cheaper tools with the downside that you cannot buy spare parts when things go pear-shaped. Last year when the brushes on my ELU SDS drill wore out...
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Hotpoi nt Aquarius WMF 760 - Qs.
Bought in 2010 Just noticed the drum feels like the bearings are going. Anyone know how long it is from here to total failure with 3 loads a week ? Zero point in even trying to replace them. So in the...
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I'm being polite to ChatGPT!
I've spotted myself being very polite to ChatGPT! What's next? Saying please and thank you to the light switch?
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Lithium battery fires
They provide their own fuel and oxygen from what I understand, and are near-enough impossible to put out. What about dumping dry ice on them to cool the fire out?
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Loft Latch how?
Toolstation 97670 loft latch fitted as per instructions, it closed & latch but won't unlatch. Presume it needs alignment adjusting. So umm, how can it now be opened? Preferably without total...
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Fruugo Shower of b******
If you haven't heard of them you're lucky These people pose as local suppliers but having placed and order for spare parts for my car I got an email saying it was being shipped from China. ( Shenzhen...
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Rat!
I zapped this with 6000 volts and caused it to squeal. Dunno how it got in my house. It won't be doing it again. It's about 8 inches long. The brown-green stuff is the peanut butter bait.
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OT: Word security settings
I have just encountered a situation I have never encountered in my life (at home or at the workplace). I wondered if the collective wisdom of the group could assist. I received a 1997-2003 Word file...
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Schematic drawing
It occurs to me that, in case I forget how it all works, or to help anybody else who might have to dive in and sort it out, that a record of the interconnected knitting between my Hi-Fi, TV (plus PVR,...
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Anyone having problems with NHS app
I have tried twice on separate days to order a repeat prescription using the app on my iPad the initial screen opens without the sign in facility and none of the icons displayed do anything? Does it...
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uk.d-i-y
The toxic right wing nutjobs have basically taken over the group. These days it's mostly daycare for elderly blowhard loons.
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