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Question for Dyson fans: filters
[This is addressed to fans of Dysons ... Dyson knockers: nothing for you here!] I've had a DC25 for 3.5 years now, and very happy with it (I had a DC01 for nearly 20 years, before that.) I clean the...
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Potterton Kingfisher - ignites but then turns off after 30minutes
Hi - I've had a gas fitter out twice now to repair it but its still not sorted. The boiler fires up ok but after 30mins turns itself off. The central heating pump has been replaced and the gas valve....
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Anyone got a Bosch strimmer?
If so, what the hell is this? The monochrome manual is no use of course http://i63.tinypic.com/2ia6ixu.jpg
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ARRIL FOOL?
BIG BEN, London’ iconic symbol of Britishness, has fallen into the hands of the French – with the legendary bell being fixed on the other side of the Channel.
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OT: cargo ships and ropes
Anyone ever thought of tying ropes round these things? cargo ship fail - Google Search cargo ship fail - Google Search
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OT:I really, really want to like Linux ...
Yup, really. Either you are very confused by what I mean by 'user' or you have sent me a link to the code that is behind the user GUI option button(for some reason)... a button that I must have missed...
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Boiler overrun
My electrician is busy elsewhere so I am running the boiler in manual mode. It has crossed my mind to wonder about the impact of no overrun facility. I suppose it would be easy to cycle the water...
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Flat rate electricity like water?
If we can have flat rate water (pay a fixed fee for as much as you use), why isn't the same true of electricity? Both cost the company more if you use more.
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Very low car tax on big cars?!
Am I reading this wrong? If I buy a 3.5 litre V8 4x4 that's 1 year old, or a Nissan Micra that's = 1 year old, both have the same =A3140 car tax? -- = "You might show me a little more respect"...
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Now you be very careful and afeared of that new smart meter;!
Its out to fry yer brains;!! With growing evidence of harm to physical and mental health caused by continuous pulsed em radiation from 'smart' electricity meters, Lynne Wycherley asks: have we...
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OT Those crazy Crazy Californians
Coffee sold in California must carry a cancer warning, a court has ruled. The judge in Los Angeles said Starbucks and about 90 other coffee sellers had failed to warn customers about a potentially...
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Stopcock turns off, needs closing off then back on to regain pressure
The house stopcock under the sink appears to be closing off when there is a sudden demand in the house, toilet flush for example. I have replaced the stopcock and fitted it the same way as the...
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OT: Overlarge Firefox icon in Ubuntu / Unity?
Yo. The other day, I think after doing an update on my Ubuntu / Unity box I noticed the Firefox icon on the desktop was massive, about 4 times the normal size and didn't respond to any 'resize' type...
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Trimming doors to fit new carpets
A good quality jigsaw with a bit of pendulum action on can usually cut a door fairly straight IME - so long as you don't try to force a cut line along a batten. Oddly enough the egg box doors can be...
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HDD question
The HDD on my desktop computer is getting noisy. As part of my backup procedures, I regularly clone it to an external HDD. If I swap the two drives, will the cloned version be bootable straight off,...
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