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Does a plant drink water from the leaf?
When we water the tomato plants does it matter if we water the leaves? Do the t...
Can one fairly easily harden/toughen steel?
I have a couple of weed forks which have flat tines. These are much easier than...
Photovoltaics - fixing to roof
Hi all, got an offer from the local council to have photovoltaics attached to o...
In-window A/C Unit and Current Draw
My daughter wants to install a window type A/C in two different rooms in her ho...
Changing Oil Interval
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Right to Repair
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Lesser known SSDs
M.2 SSD in this laptop, previously had a 256GB lite-on that got too small, now...
Looking for a cheap price on drive belt (rubber) for belt sander
I have a Ryobi belt sander that uses a Bando S4.5M drive belt (with cogs on the...
Window air conditioner
Does it hurt to store a window air conditioner sideways, on it's back, backwards...
"Grouting" between existing patio slabs: how to avoid dry powdery mortar
Our house has a patio of stone slabs (slightly irregular size, shape and thickn...
Burglar alarms and home security
Because of a recent burglary, I am going to install an alarm system in my singl...
OT'ish: Greedy plumbers?
I've been talking to a rural plumbing firm about a small job that I could do, b...