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A bit of forward thinking can be useful
Don't always go for the obvious! Four years ago we had a central ceiling light fitted in the lounge of our bungalow. At the same time I put in replacement wall lights and the single wall light switch...
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Driving a sound bar
My TV has a sound bar. It is connected by an optical cable. The TV itelf is connected to an ethernet switch, an HDMI cable and by coax to TV aerial distribution amplifier. I have a computer...
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High viscosity grease for worm gears (telescope mount)
I bought an EQ2-mounted telescope and (foolishly) decided to strip and clean it. The slo-mos' worm drives were packed with black gunge which I scrupulously cleaned out. This was a mistake; the gunge...
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OT: Freecycle offer
"OFFER: CITYSPORTS walking treadmill, speed goes up to 6mph, machine needs some work. (Thetford)". Ah, ok, 'needs some work'. This probably means that there is no speed control, we had one like that....
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Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?
Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off? Would they work installed upside down?
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Why don't car batteries have a better state of charge indicator?
Why don't car batteries have a better state of charge indicator (the little green float)? It could be on the side and go a few inches along a sloping tube, telling you the precise battery charge...
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Car leasing rant.
The last three cars I have leased I was able to digitally sign the finance agreement. With this latest mob (VW Finance) they want me to print the form out, fill it in with pen and send it to them by...
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Hybrid econ0mics
I have a HPV it does 9.3 miles on electric only on a full charge. Full charge consumes 8kwh. 1 kwh costs me 28.1p. 8kwh costs £2.25 This works out at 24.17p per mile 1 litre of petrol costs £1.65 or...
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Re: The digital pound good or bad
At the moment whatever you call a pound has no value except what others place on it, so I don't see the difference. All money today seems to be just like selling debt from one organisation to another...
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Rawlplastic ?
What modern stuff replaces Rawlplastic ? I have ragged holes where 2 plugs, holding a curtain rail, have pulled out of old plaster and I need to refix? If it was just filling the hole, that's no...
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Audi A4 seems a bit dead!
Hi, A friend has a 2010 A4 that has just been serviced and MoT. It drove back fine, parked up, and locked using the remote. All fine. Two days later she says that it won't unlock using the remotes,...
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LED kitchen lights / battens
Currently have two single 70 watt 6 foot fluoros on the kitchen ceiling. 4,000 Kelvin and apparent;y 6200 lumens each. Thinking of changing them for LED battens. Will two of these from Wickes: an...
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Skip not been collected
Is there a downturn in the building trade, because the skip company still hasn't picked up the skip after two weeks? Two or three calls ought to be enough?
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Well that's annoying
Without much thought, I used a 110mm *P trap* to connect our kitchen/dish washer waste to the soil system. Three years later I happened to notice it was overflowing and totally plugged with congealed...
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They must have had three leccy bill in!! Solar on Kings chapel!!!
<> Cambridge City Council approved the plans yesterday Cambridge City Council approved the plans yesterday
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