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SOT: An Amazon trick
I think we know the ideas we just don't like it. I picked the stuff off of the shelves, usually the heavest first in the bot tom of the trolly or more usualy basket so I donl;t squash the more delicat...
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Extractor fan through roof tiles Q.
Having got my "roof feet" in June (and having to wait until last week to know it was a success) the next project up there looks like being one to take the output of the bathroom and cloakroom...
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Pendulum clock runs *fast* in hot weather
But, but... CoG would be a first-order effect, and drag and viscosity of air or lubricant an second order-effect? Thomas Prufer
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Wooden worktop by sink with water staining - any way to revive?
Getting closer and close to our son being a home owner. In the kitchen there is a nice wood worktop which has turned black around the sink. Yes, it was a rental property. Looks like a wood block work...
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B&Q Diamond Card
B&Q must be struggling. I've just received an email saying that from 3 September the Wednesday Diamond Card discount (10%) will be restricted gardening products. Instead, they say, they will be...
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2 pin shuttered electrical socket belgium
I am trying to put back a 2 pin plug into a European socket (Belgium). The live and neutral seem to be shuttered and the earth is a round pin that com es out of the socket. I have applied some force...
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OT: How much money have base-rate mortgagees saved ?
It's now almost 10 years since 'base rate' was cut to 0.5%. This means all those people with base-rate tracker loans have been paying almost nothing and in cases where the loan was baserate minus 0.5%...
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OT - Junk Mail
Should senders of junk mail have to pay local authorities the cost of disposing of the rubbish, especially if the junk mail is for a service that is not available to the recipient?
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Totally OT - Medical
I often find myself wondering why so many people - perhaps mainly women - have legs that crank outwards below the knees. They walk with thighs rubbing yet feet apart. Is it a result of uncorrected...
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Annoying Parker ballpens
I have quite a few of these, the ones with button on top. The button works fine to get the point out into the writting position, but press again to retract the point and quite often they jam with the...
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The fire alarm and the office chair
We have three mains powered, battery backed, linked fire sensors. Last week - beep, beep, beep - then silence for several minutes. Usually the sign that a battery needs replacement. None of the three...
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OT - VOIP
How to Be Prepared When Landlines Get Replaced How to Be Prepared When Landlines Get Replaced
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3d printer problem.
How do you make it easier to get abs off the glass build plate. I just ended up pulling flakes of glass off the surface trying to remove a print.
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OT scare stories
After the ITV news full of scare stories with the black news reader frowning furiously I switched to Sky news, where there were the same scare stories but a different black news reader frowning...
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Gap sealant for oak skirting
I just bought some Osmo Medium Oak gap sealer to seal the gap between some oak skirting and a parquet floor, but the colour is more like pink than Medium Oak. Can anyone suggest a sealer that is...
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