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OT:Uber
Can someone explain just why some Uber drivers want to be effectively employees? With sick and holiday pay? When I was made redundant and went freelance, the holy grail was to get self employed status...
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news.plus.net
Anyone finding the servers running slowly in the past couple of weeks? I'm getting time-outs when posting.
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Proper tool for the job
1) Half the price of latest Crapple merbile fern 2) Works on the Moon, Easter Island and Antarctica. 3) Monthly sub is 1/3 of fern contract. Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy...
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Energy prices to rise?
Co-operative Energy became the first energy supplier in two years to announce a price rise of 3% to standard rates, now GB Energy has hiked theirs by 30%!
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CPC Delivery
I placed an order online with CPCFarnell on Wednesday afternoon, after 5 pm, with normal speed delivery, 3-5 days. It arrived the next morning at about 10 am, by courier. Now that is service. I placed...
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7 years ago
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Twin and Earth into Flex
My daughter's house has a room with a vaulted ceiling in one room. It is rather hopelessly lit with a couple of wall lights and a couple of Gu9 lights at one end of a couple of joists near the apex....
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7 years ago
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Planned obsolescence
You have to have a kind of grudging admiration for the way that some washing machine parts are designed to last *just* longer than the warranty. Our six year Hotpoint's main bearings are on their way...
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Security advice on buying euro cylinder door locks (online or not)
Good day, I want to upgrade my Euro cylinder door locks to higher-security ones. Unsu rprisingly, these locks are cheaper on eBay than at my local lock shop. But I wondered about the safety...
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Increased sensitivity to High frequencies
Weird phenomena time. Last week I joined the SAGA brigade :) which puts age into perspective for the next bit. Now the wiring is done, I hooked up the door entry system last night which has a 13.8v...
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OT: no go areas
On a trip to a Sheffield hospital the other day I found myself in what appeared to be a 'no go' area. I wonder if the satnav firms could start to show these, with the option to select an alternative...
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Filling in plasterboard hole
Will shortly have 6 inch diameter holes to fill in on ceiling when I remove halogen light fittings. I will have access above and below. My plan is `glue` a piece of plasterboard in the void to cover...
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Internet Enabled Thermostats
We recently bought a Florida house, that we will NOT occupy for 5 summer2017 months. We know that we shoud have the air condtioning running, during our absence, due topotential mold concerns. I now...
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FTP Faffage
Bloke e-mails me and says that he want me to add his spy recordings to my website. I have a 2011 Sony Vaio that has CUTEFTP on it with my Karoo passwords already in its memory. Fired it up three days...
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Wallpaper paste
Just found an unopened packet of wallpaper paste, that must be 20 years old. Does this stuff go 'off' or will it be OK to use? I don't want to mix and use it, then find paper doesn't stick well, given...
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Double Glazing effectiveness meter
ok so I accepted a cold call invitiation as the first ploy of the energy saving call was externally beaded windows and security, then special thermal coating for walls, but then I have a wide bedroom...
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7 years ago
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