the mains lead thread

On Sun, 19 Jun 2022 18:42:10 +0100, Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk wrote: More likely to be ES. I sometimes have to edit the punctuation in the headers of messages I'm replying to, before ES will accept it. This results in a new thread starting.
Posted by Custos Custodum in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago 
Looking for bathroom door lever handles with lock

On Fri, 5 Aug 2022 09:10:08 -0700 (PDT) Murmansk snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: Like this, only levers instead of knobs?
Posted by Rob Morley in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 3 years ago 
Touch Lamp

On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 19:50:22 +1000, Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nThat's not right. A Philips Hue bluetooth bulb will work fine. Not when it is a smart bulb. Doesn't happen with a Philips Hue bluetooth bulb. > faulty breaker within about 15 minutes of me calling it in.
Posted by zall in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 3 years ago 
OT: George (ASDA) £8 trimmer/clipper. Any good?

On Sat, 03 Dec 2022 03:30:51 +1100, Brian Gaff snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: I just mow it back to a stubble with no plastic thing on the hair trimmer. Much quicker and easier to do. Not stupid enough to waste my time shaving the head.
Posted by Rod Speed in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 3 years ago 
Mitre Saw Blades

On Sat, 31 Dec 2022 17:58:25 +0000, GB snipped-for-privacy@microsoft.invalid wrote: That's not what a metal cutting blade looks like, though. Probably get away with sawing through a couple of rusty nails in a plank of wood, but constant metal cutting?? I doubt it.
Posted by Cursitor Doom in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 3 years ago 
Special delivery (signed for post) is pointless

Deliveries actually requiring a sig was supposed to be re-instated from 1/5/2022, but round here if I take more than 10ms to answer the door, the postie seems to forge an "X" on their PDA and shove it through the letterbox, rather than return the item.
Posted by Andy Burns in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 2 years ago 
Toy Trains

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:46:51 -0500, micky snipped-for-privacy@fmguy.com wrote: You can usually snip everything after the actual search terms, so start at the ampersand and remove everything to the end. Your long link becomes https://www.google.com/search?q=Reggie+van+Gleason+III
Posted by Jim Joyce in Home Repair 3 years ago 
Self tapping fixings

On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:25:30 +0000, alan_m snipped-for-privacy@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote: anywhere but https://www.screwfix.com/p/easydrive-self-drilling-low-profile-wafer-screws-4-8-x-22-x-200-pack/7483h Got an assortment of spire u clips off ebay.
Posted by Lawrence in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago 
Extra TVs off the Roof Aerial

On 16 Feb 2022 at 22:20:18 GMT, "john west" snipped-for-privacy@mail.invalid wrote: FWIW, I've got a loft mounted aerial with a run of good quality cable to a 2-way splitter downstairs feeding 2 freeview TVs - works fine. Might be worth trying without an amplifier?
Posted by RJH in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago 
Sahara sand

On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:07:12 +0100 alan_m snipped-for-privacy@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote: We have an elderly aunt living in southern Spain. She told us that it was very heavy there and following a rain storm it turned into a horrendous mud. Thankfully she is pretty stoic.
Posted by pinnerite in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago