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bbc 1 fake Britain
good prog on now about fake Pyro glass
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OT:Day for night
Something I only just realised, having never really given the matter much thought, is that a lot of night scenes in films, both colour and black and white were and are actually filmed in daytime. With...
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OT Mattress
My wife want me to start looking at new mattresses. Any advice - Traditional v Memory Foam? Shop v on-line? etc.
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Re: OT well they wanted equality...
Advantage Campaigners say women born in the 1950s have been treated unfairly by rapid pension age changes.
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How waterproof is "waterproof" tile adhesive?
I'm thinking of building a pizza oven from vermiculite & cement. It will live outdoors. If it get wet & freezes I reckon it will crack & fail. I'll need to "render" it to keep rain off somehow. Is...
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Immersion heater timer
Having moved into a flat, I have an immersion heater which is connected to Economy 7. I want to fit a timer so I can set it just to just come on during the night rate. I have no experience of...
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OT Halfords rant
Goes to buy brake cable for bike flung it on counter boy scans it I stick my card on the machine....he asks do you have an email address ...I say no ...he asks something else...I say no anyway .....I...
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Alexa - Skill 'Smart Life'
I have just taken delivery of 4x Smart Plugs, got them working perfectly with a separate Iphone app called 'Smart Life', but I am struggling to get control of them via Alexa. The tiny manual suggests...
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Solar ?
Been bright sunshine and hitting 27C here (Midlands) today. Solar providing c. 13% as much as nuclear ? Well, well, well.
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haha
Quick and easy to fit, seal will provide protection from backflow caused by rising water levels and flooding. Contents will be unaffected and untouched. - Simple and easy to fit in 1 minute.
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30V, 5-10A bench PSU recommendations?
I have a couple of linear PSU's (Weir, both 30V-2A, 15V-4A) but they are both old and are now non-functional / iffy and I was considering something newer, lighter, smaller and with twin digital...
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Stain blocking paint
Friend says you should not use stain blocking paint on wallpaper as it makes the wallpaper very difficult to remove in future. I have followed this and it is taking several coats of emulsion to...
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Milligram scales
I am considering buying a cheap (that is essential!) scale capable of measuring tiny weights - up to 10 grams would be sufficient. I probably don't really need true milligram accuracy or sensitivity...
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OT: Sky Arts on Freeview 11 from Thurs Sep 17th
Another retune :-(. I wonder what they show ?. Andrew
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Google Earth.
Bother. I tried loading Earth pro which wiped my working Earth set up and doesn't function! Anyone care to recommend a source for G. Earth that works on W7 32bit? Processor, memory, speed look OK
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