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Manhattan SX Freesat Box
Dies anyone have experience of Manhattan SX Freesat boxes? I've been asked to help a friend reconfigure hers after switching ISP provider. She was under the impression that after setting up a WiFi...
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George Foreman grill coming on too strong
Next month our Canadian grandkids are coming to visit so we got a George Foreman Grill to better cater to their tastes. Having a practice with it, and following the cooking time recommendations the...
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Transformers
Gentlemen, So in my capacious junkbox I have some 230V to 18VAC miniature mains transformers. However, the secondaries have twin 18V output windings. There are two input pins for the primary mains...
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OT: Landline or not?
On Monday we'll get the keys to our new house. We had a BT landline for about 38 years at our old place but it can't be transferred because the two properties are both on different exchange areas. I...
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OT Random Quiz - a bit like Wordle
Bored. So here we go. Got a lad on a 2 week trial. Small garden office/bar/music/TV room etc about 6m by 5m. New build. So I did some work and then asked the lad to sweep up. There are only two...
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Out of tune wind chimes
Why the hell do people put up wind chimes which are out of key? My neighbour has one which sounds almost exactly like the Windows XP "chord" sound, which is incorrectly named as it's actually a...
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Loosen big old slotted screws in Wood
Big very old slotted head screws in door jamb don't want to loosen. Any crafty tricks to encourage them please? I really dont want to damage the slots if possble.
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Aluminium roofing "slates".
Hello, another pointless question. What would be the drawbacks of having a roof made from "slates" of aluminium, so individual panels of appropriately thick (I've no idea how thick but I've been told...
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o Away
You say you don't need a relevant PhD in order to dismiss the work of a learned Professor of Economics (and a Nobel Laureate to boot) as "bullshit"? I beg to differ. You are clearly setting yourself...
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Bosch J450 Sanding Roll
I'm in need of some 80 grit and was attracted by the cloth backing of this Bosch j450 but failed to find reviews of it. Any experience (or superior searching) please?
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sprayer threads
I have two backpack sprayers (one stihl, the other makita) and an assortment of nozzles an corresponding holders. the makita seems to be all G-1/4" BSP the stihl is quite coy about what sizes it uses,...
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OT: Earthquake
We get loads of very small earthquakes in the UK, but fairly few as high as 3.3 on the Richter scale. I was on the top floor of our house when we had a quake around that size, and it was a distinctly...
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Fluorescent light starts OK but goes dim and flickering after an hour or so - ballast?
I tried looking this up on line but not much joy. I thought that once the tube had "struck" and was fully lit then there was no further need for a starter - and if the ballast was faulty then the...
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Thames Water
'Water privatisation in England and Wales has achieved just one thing: the enrichment of executives and overseas shareholders' todays Guardian I predicted this years ago when privatisation was first...
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Fibre Broadband
Giganet are laying fibre throughout the village. It's got to the stage where they are putting the cable in the ducting, and I have one of their termination manholes right outside the house. They...
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