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VAT
coming off solar panels and home insulation stick that in your pipe turnip ritytwat
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OT: Leaving Virginmedia...
I will shortly be moving house after almost 15 years of Virgin (formerly NTL) services. Unfortunately the new address is not served by Virgin so I will be unable to keep subscribing to their services....
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Just pondering - old soakaways
I've just been up a scaffold tower to unblock the downpipe from the guttering (again). The North side of the house roof grows these green moss slugs which then tumble down and block the guttering....
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OT: Steering wheel
Where do you put your hands on the steering wheel when driving? I noticed one person at the 10 to 2 position (oh dear), then everyone else seemed to have just their right hand on the wheel, but near...
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New BT Phone scam!!!
Had two of them already today purporting to be from BT usual spiel "have you a PC are you in front of it?" etc. Just told him to do something physically impossible with himself!.
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Lidl Multi-purpose detector
Lidl are offering on Thursday a "Multi-Purpose Detector" which "Detects electricity up to 50mm, metal up to 30mm, wood up to 19mm, and cavities up to 38mm deep". I stumbled over wood until I realised...
 
Good quality drill bits
Some time ago a bought a box of JBG HSS Fully ground cobalt coated drill bits. They have been very good apart from the poor design of the box which has lead to some of the smaller bits breaking. A set...
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The physics of cars - a question sequence.
Q1: If an engine is capable of a peak torque of 400nM, what is the force available at the wheels at a speed of 10m/S? (more to follow)
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Plasterboard fixings
Some are very clever - but they are not so good with items that require you to just put a screw in the wall and the item just hangs on the end of the shank. As you are not tightening the screw things...
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MSM collaborators on European destruction
The MSM BBC and Sky are have their so-called "reporters" installed with the hordes of economic peoples. These droids are seeking out sob-stories to soap-opera'ize their immigrant's plight and demonise...
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Fastening micro-conduit to the wall
Any suggestions as to how to fasten mini-conduit to the walls of my coats cupboard?
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OT how to get documents from bank
OT: About 15 years ago we lodged our house deeds, and some other documents, with the bank (Barclays). A few months ago I wrote to local branch to ask them for access to recover these documents - no...
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Phototriac Output Optocoupler
Anyone got a clever way of testing one of these? The diode part reads ok on my DVM.
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which wheel is unbalanced
I get a vibration in the car at 71 mph* and am trying to identify which whe el is unbalanced. Reasoning that the vibes would be greatest directly over the wheel in question, I downloaded a recording...
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T&G floor board, dumb question
I'm replacing a bathroom floor with Wickes T&G. I was slightly surprised to find it isn't symmetrical, should it go "tongue up" or "tongue down"? I thought I would try the "Tongue-tite" special screws...
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