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British Gas - Smart meter bullying tactics
I have Gas and electric charged by British Gas. I am fully up to date with payments. I don't have smart meters, I have not requested smart meters, I am not on a tariff requiring smart meters and I...
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Weird or what?
I have a set of electronic scales. I don't use them very often, but had a succession of small things to weigh. When you switch them on,m they autocalibrate. However every time I put something on...
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Dual EV charging
SWMBO wants to change her ageing car and is thinking of getting an EV (Soul, e-Niro, ZS, etcetera) so I'm wondering what to do about charging. The other car is a PHEV so I installed a Rolec pod to...
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OT: Laundry symbols
Sorting through my late wife's clothes prior to taking them to the charity drop-off, I found a shirt, 100% cotton, made in China. The label had a mass of those little laundry symbols, which I didn't...
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Small glass doors
We inherited a glass-fronted bookcase on teh demise of SWMBO's old man; it has a pair of sliding doors. Each door slides in a groove and has a cm wide finger hold ground in it so you can get your...
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Made me laugh!
I'm well aware that Durex is a brand name in Australia of what we call Sellotape in the UK. I subscribe to a "Word a Day" mailing list and today's word is Durex. Interestingly, for the Oxford English...
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New tyres on road roller
What tool is he using @ 28:30 to help mount the tyre on the rim Installing 2 new 23.1-26 tires on a Galion 84 inch roller. 0:00 into remove wheels from roller 5:04 unload new tires 6:38 dismount first...
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Hot point future fridge
Fridge keeps freezing and not turning off
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1 year ago
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zip tie unlock key
Looking for the little gadget that allows you to undo a zip tie but can't find the name for it so I can get one on aliexpress or ebay.
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Firefox 108.0.1 still crashing
I posted a comment about this a couple of weeks ago and now I am on 108.0.1 on Win 10 Pro/32 and it is still happening. I now run task manager all the time and as soon as Firefox stops responding, but...
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1 year ago
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Discount for using electricity away from peak times?
Haven't seen anything about this recently, but it was a thing late November. I still don't know why Economy 7 (if this still exists) doesn't do the job already. Cheers Dave R
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Mazda bringing back rotary engines as EV extenders
Interesting, but I thought they were fundamentally inefficient compared to reciprocating engines ? Although don’t get too excited just yet – this is an 830cc range-extending rotary. Shame Although...
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Roof gully bollocks
Following some rainwater ingress, the lads came today and replaced the gully between two bits of roof on our house. It seems that the original installers: 1) only used 12mm board instead of 18mm. 2)...
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Wanted: Large hole wire mesh
We have no fence on the end of our garden, which backs on to a field. Occasionally we've had hares in the back garden, probably because our pond is a 100% reliable water source. We don't want to keep...
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Google
Any way of blocking unwanted Google log in screens?
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