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Replace Car Sat Nav with 10" Phablet
Sat Navs typically have say a 5 inch screen, but i can buy a *ten* inch Phablet (a tablet which can take a phone sim card) for 60 or 70 pounds on Amazon. Then get a free Navigation Android App. (like...
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watchma oil gauge
just had tank filled up to three quarters. the watchman is only registering a flashing picture of a refilling pump
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Calling John Rumm
John you are always looking for new projects, I thought you may find this interesting and a possible project: PART 2 IS AT http://youtu.be/RSMKSQagVZ4 (copy and paste ) Shed engineering is about...
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Labelling freezer drawers
I want to label the drawers on an upright freezer. They're transparent plastic with no insert for a label. Are there any markers which will do the trick? None of the ones I tried work on the frozen...
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Twin-slot shelves - imperial vs. metric
This is kind of a cautionary tale really... I have quite a bit of Spur-type twin-slot shelving. All the DIY and trades places sell it. I always thought it was standard, but the last lot I bought turns...
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OT Japan population, economics and immigration
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When does 400 = 500?
Just came to use my portable 500W floodlight & bulb goes pop. Sigh. Go to look for a new bulb, but everyone now seems to sell 400W bulbs which they state are the equivalent. What gives? And what's the...
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OT is this news?
And it has about as much skill in driving as most women drivers. A wire spool that fell off a truck rolls down a Pennsylvania motorway with cars swerving to avoid it.
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Paper pad glue.
The sort of pad where you just pull a page away from the top backing. What sort of glue is used?
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Weird RCD trip
Still trying to track down our RCD trips ... Why would switching on the lights in the detached garage trip the RCD, given that the lights aren't on the RCD? It's a split CU.
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Wallcoat and similar holes
Hi I had this house coated with this wonderful stuff some years ago, but have recently removed a fitting from the wall and need to really block up where its bracket was. When it was done originally,...
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Basin tap innards
I need to replace the innards of the two-handle basin mixer tap in my bathroom. Despite taking them apart and cleaning and lubricating them, they still bind from time to time. The current innards are...
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Remote control buttons fix?
A simple remote control which uses the conductive rubber for the contact across the PCB has failed/ become too high resistance to work - what is the latest wisdom for fixing them please?
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Bolts stopping walls spreading on old properties
My grandson asked me what the large metal discs and crosses were on some old cottages. I explained that they were metal plates spreading the load of long bolts that were tying the walls of a building...
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Calling car camera users
According to: ...it seems to include: epilepsy strokes other neurological and mental health conditions physical disabilities visual impairments (of a more severe kind, one imagines).
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