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Maximum Fines - Dumping?
Harrow council have been putting up signs discouraging anti-social dumping of rubbish at various grot spots through out the borough. In some locations they have now been fitting slightly hi-tech CCTV...
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New Immersion cylinder - OK to leave second coil disconnected?
Today I've bought a new immersion cylinder with 2 coils. Hope to connect it to the existing rayburn and water tank tomorrow. The second coil is for fitting to a solar vacuum water heater in the...
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Android Tablet
I used to use Groundhog as my newsgroup reader on my old Asus tablet. I recently upgraded to a Samsung tablet and now I can't find a way to post. I'm having to use Google groups to post this. Any help...
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12v Tyre inflator/compressor recommendations
My £8.99 unit purchased from Halfords several years ago has died. It looks remarkably like my next door neighbour coincidentally had a very similar unit which he lent to me which I think was RAC...
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Re: How clean catalyst in gas soldering iron?
the catalyst doesn't add anything. NT
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Careful, it's heavy!
What's the world coming to? I just bought 2 bags of seed for my parrots. Each one is 12.75kg. I picked both up at once and carried them easily, yet each ONE says on the back, "it is recommended two...
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Lost car keys
Can't get a replacement due to an unresolved issue with the V5. And no, they don't fit Adam's van. Is there such a thing as a key finding device that can help track them down - obviously it's not...
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Copper tank for electric immersion and Rayburn and Navitron Solars
My hot water tank leaks: rather than replace it with a similar maybe I should upgrade so that it works with some Navitron Solar panels but how? I have an electric immersion in the top, hot water out...
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Building regs and my man cave
Anybody know their way around them? I'm not convinced the council do :( The latest thing when he came over for what we thought would be signoff is: - Must have fireproof p'board on the inside of the...
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Christmas is expensive this year
New tools (to replace the stolen ones) £1300 New cooker (to replace the one the gf destroyed by leaving the grill on with the glass door closed) £450 Fruit machine (because I am worth it) £100 New...
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Stopcock
Not being crude. The cold water stopcock is under the kitchen cupboards and is the usual nightmare to get to. I'm not getting any younger and sometimes wonder about turning off the cold water if...
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OT: Happy Christmas
Last Monday, I placed an order online with Waitrose for 6 bottles of champagne and a bottle of sherry, to be delivered. On Tuesday, they sent me a note of dispatch, and gave an order number, linked to...
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Microsoft Wireless Mouse 4000
I would quite like to dismantle mine to clean out the accumulated gunge. Any ideas how to open it up?
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Gridwatch Xmas e-Card
Nice touch :) "You are receiving this because you donated to Gridwatch. And to let you know it was appreciated, and it has helped enormously. Thank you Webmaster."
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This AEI Chart Shows Why ItÂ’s Hard to Give Poorer Americans a Big Tax Cut
This AEI Chart Shows Why It?s Hard to Give Poorer Americans a Big Tax Cut It?s quite impossible to offer people a comparatively huge tax cut when they?re paying a comparatively tiny percentage of...
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