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OT: Computer chair
I seem to be spending more and more time at the desk in front of the computer/laptop and I'm not sitting comfortably. This is home use for a retired man. Elsewhere I'm being pointed to Herman Miller...
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OT: Talking of tyres ...
First tyre thread for 2021. ;-) We are considering changing the 'Happy shopper' 100% Teflon tyres that came with the 407 daughter got recently but trying to find a balance between potential risk...
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Skylo concealed cistern
I want to know if i can replace the Push Button Flushing Valve with a Lever Flush. I sm looking at the Skylo Compact Concealrd Cistern which apparently only comes with a push button valve fitted?
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3 years ago
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electric cars and frosty roads
I skidded on a small patch of black ice yesterday morning in the electric car so I immediately got off the accelerator pedal, as I would normally do, to allow me recover control. Trouble was as soon...
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help with dead CH programmer
bit of help need from anyone familiar with CH systems My daughter has just bought a house which she will not be moving into for some time the Honeywell st712 programmer is dead no live feed to it and...
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adhesive for model planes
Does anyone know what might be suitable? Bill
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?Fixing? a socket wrench
Hi All, Happy New Year for the non Grinches among you. I was about to throw out the wrench for my socket set as the ratchet slips. Then I thought maybe it could be welded or brazed so it can be used...
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UPVC Door locking
HI All We've been in this house now since 2006 (new build) and two of the most-used UPVC doors are playing up, when trying to lock them.. (I do understand the 'JFGI' thing - but Google returns so many...
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OT Car running at tickover on high RPM
Any suggestions? Normally it's 750RPM but today it's 950RPM. It had a reasonable run of 120 miles a couple of days ago and fired up straight away this morning so I do not think it is the battery. Any...
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3 years ago
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OT APP?
watching the Rab C Nesbitt dvd's ? Mike Looks At The Map - Episode 11 If you just look at it from overhead, Glasgow looks like a cramped little Central Business District, surrounded by highways and...
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Thinners for Tipp-ex
In years gone by, it used to be 1:1:1 Trichloroethane as the ideal thinner. I know that was outlawed. Have several bottles of genuine Tipp-Ex (as apart from some water based stuff) The Warning...
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3 years ago
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Cheap Chinese rubbish
China is Fallout 4. Snyder Enterprises https://i.imgur.com/U1AxIet.jpg Snyder Enterprises
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3 years ago
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Gas boiler, controls and prog/stat
What is the relationship between the controls on the boiler itself, the thermostat/programmer in the hallway and the heat in the rooms? Our previous boiler was an Alpha CD32C and the boiler controls...
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TP LINK WR9841 weird issue
Woke up to discover power supply had failed. After the usual trawl through the 100 or so wallwarts I have, obviously I was never going to have the 9V one I needed, so I resorted to using my universal...
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£200 chopping board from Russ Andrews
"This raises the speed of reaction to the feedback energy and as a result reduces the time smear?" Blimey. Russ Andrews Has added a new pair of audio equipment supports to its Torlyte Platform range,...
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3 years ago
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