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One for the hardware types.
I have two computers - an Acorn and PC - sharing via a KVM switch. Works exactly as I want. Thing is the mouse. Has to be PS2 to be shared. The KVM switch is PS2/DVI. And I like the PS2 Acorn...
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Using a blowtorch to melt out a door lock
I've just read the second recent article in the local paper about break-ins using a blow torch. Googling with my subject line brings up dozens of examples. Is this the burglar's response to bump-proof...
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Value of money and cost of technology
Just having a sort out and decided to get rid of an old digital camera. I found the receipt inside. I paid $350 for it - it only has 3.2 megapixels. It was bought in April 2004
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How do I handle this?
New house has a few wonky window handles but I'm damned if I can see how to tighten or remove them. There is a hole under the open handle but there is no screw in it, and no sign of a pry off cap....
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Kitchen cupboard fell off wall
I came across a kitchen wall cabinet that had nearly fallen off the wall. It was in a fairly modern house - last 15 years I'd say When I examined the wall it consisted of a layer of plasterboard and...
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Too flat a flat roof?
We have just had the shell of an extension built which includes a flat roof . Firring strips have been used to produce a fall to one side however this fall is around 20mm over the 3000mm span i.e....
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Shower pump failing
All of a sudden our 12(?) year old Salamander twin shower pump isn't sounding quite as smooth as it did. Something of a slight rasping/child's windmill sound which makes me think it's not in the best...
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Ikea chair spares
We have an Ikea Tobias chair - a few years old - where the plastic seat has cracked. Apparently, this fault is quite common. I don't want to glue the seat together, mainly because it will look awful....
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Old tools
No not you lot these Do any of you know what they are? I've not been around for a while as I've been living in 3 different holiday lets waiting to complete on our new workshop, sorry I mean new...
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No hot water with my Glowworm Fuelsaver F boiler.
I was told that the board needed to be repaired. Where can I get this done? Is it cost prohibitive? What would be a good replacement boiler?
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New Kitchen - which 'sheds' are best
A new kitchen is being planned and looking around much of the carcasses seem similar. Around us we have Wickes, B&Q, Homebase and Howarth Timber. Howarth seem marginally better but does anyone have...
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Paint varnished furniture?
My sister has some old chairs and other items made by Stag Furniture. The wood is quite dark and she wants to lighten her rooms so is going to paint them white. I said that once she does she'll never...
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OT Ultimate socialism.
For some of the brain dead here to read. China's "social credit" system, which will assign every person a constantly updated score based on observed behaviors, is designed to control conduct by giving...
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Will Duke EnergyÂ’s Brunswick nuclear plantÂ’s flood barriers stop Hurricane Florence?
Will Duke Energy?s Brunswick nuclear plant?s flood barriers stop Hurricane Florence? BY JOHN MURAWSKI, Sep 12, 2018, Hurricane Florence is shaping up to be the most powerful storm to ever threaten...
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Cottage wetroom
Shower installed. Now stressing about boxing the soil pipe run to the toilet. Simplest is tiling on waterproof ply over treated timber frame. Damp area and rot issues due to no ventilation? Can't...
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