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how to stain wood
"So I watched this video yet I still don't know how to stain wood" Thanks for Watching "How to DO it". This is Part 2 of a 3 part episode on "How to Rehab a Wood Shelf". Part 1 was Sanding...
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dashcam problems
New Nextbase 322gw with rear window cam module. the rear module is plugged in the camera freezes. Tried all different start up procedures but no difference. Back to shop where they gave me a new rear...
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Shortages and rationing
Shortages and rationing coming our way.....panic buy now ! ..... this time we need to ...... I've done mine freezers are full ..... this is the big one.....
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Hidden ceiling insulation
I have a loft conversion with a sloping ceiling up against the rafters. Going over it with a thermal camera it can see the rafters, and it appears some of the bays have been 'forgotten' in terms of...
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Jupiter, Saturn, Appulse, Conjunction, Occultation
Having been corrected by A.N.Other better informed than I, I googled and found this ... 21 December 2020: Jupiter and Saturn will make their closest approach since the year 1623. – In-The-Sky.org.
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Year planner.
People used to give me a desk top diary so I never acquired one for the PC. Anyone care to recommend something that will work in Firefox and be happy on W7 pro 32 bit?
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OT: Talking of pandemics ...
I would be interested to hear what some here (so not the trolls etc) think of this: covers the progress of Covid / the Pandemic over this year (and why it makes sense to stop fucking about with...
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DIY Astronomy for Jupiter and Saturn?
Just been out (17:00 PM on Sun 2th Dec) to spot the impending occlusion of Saturn by Jupiter. At about 11 o'clock from Jupiter and about "a couple of mm" away is another, fainter, object. Would this...
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Two batteries in an 07 Transit diesel
I bought it new and I was surprised to find that two large batteries were wedged together under the seat. They do not have the + terminals connected together. I tried to find out why there were two...
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me
I've apparently been operating on some sort of automatic pilot for about a fortnight, followed by almost complete amnesia. It only became apparent last week. I'm just out of hospital, very confused...
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Free electrical goods from Amazon!
It's a bit of a palaver, but what you do is: Find an item that you want, but select one of the ones from a market place seller that has a non-fused 3 pin plug. One that is 'fulfilled by Amazon'. When...
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"Kinetic door bell"
I'm planning to get a Byron plug-in wireless kinetic door bell to replace the battery powered bellpush wireless set that we've had for a few years. Any comments from those with experience? The problem...
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OT Electric Car Manufacturing
With almost every brand having an Electric Car on the market or coming soon, it leads me to think, are there some generic designs of motor, and controllers that these firms are all using (like Lotus...
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Hand cranked Rawdrill
Here's one I have never heard of before, a hand cranked Rawplug drill. It uses the old manual hammer Rawlbits, bit in a hand cranked hammer drill. It was in spring this year when I picked up this...
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OT wee bint
woo hoo the wee schemie bint got what she has always wanted a closed border....
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