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OT : Thunderbird / AVG Antivirus - emails deleted - warning!
HI folks (Sorta OT - but I'm trying to fix it myself ) My wife's pc runs Win xp, Thunderbird for email and AGV Antivirus free... This morning, she's found that every email she had in her T'bird inbox...
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OT: Home Insurance
Just renewed by home /contents insurance - went from the PO to Nationwide. Couple of things seem to have changed recently: Premiums have gone right down. I paid £390 last year - this year, using a...
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OT They must work hard:-)
334 staff doing four million home visits a year. By removing the 'implied right of access' to their front doorstep, 7,000 homes have avoided licence fee collectors by threatening to sue for trespass....
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Sweeping Brushes (Nerdy)
whenever I rent a villa I realise that sweeping brush heads are fitted in a way that the bristles are in line with the pole. Here we tend to have the head at about 15 degrees. Aldi and Lidl are...
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OT Oyster card or Visitor Oyster card?
I will be in London next month with the gf for a day out. So which card should I get for her? Chances of her visiting London again in the next 12 months are high. First trip will be zones 1-5 as I...
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OT Heath the traitor.
http://www.englishconstitutiongroup.org/damning-letter-from-lord-kilmuir-the-lord-chancellor-to-edward-heath-2/
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One for the apprentices
Retro Game Review - Hoovering “not got that one more go feeling” | Surreal Scoop Retro Game Review - Hoovering “not got that one more go feeling” | Surreal Scoop
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Shower Mixer Type
since 1988 I have had a Mira 415 Pressure Balancing Shower valve with complete satisfaction. When I update the bathroom should I stick to this type (limited range) or can I have some other type of...
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OT: What is this?
Found near the route of a dismantled railway, what is it? https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33860087/20160312_194113.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33860087/20160312_194113.jpg
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OT Chlorine in Derbys H2O
I wonder whether our retroactive government(s) have in place, security precautions for our water supplies. An obvious thought esp. in the light of this dosing machinery problem in Derbyshire...
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Screwfix catalogue no power bank voucher
Got the new screwfix catalogue delivered today as i requested it a few days ago but there's no power bank voucher inside,where's it supposed to be? Anyone contacted Screwfix about a missing voucher?...
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Aldi DiY
Decorating stuff and compressor and stuff tomorrow. https://www.aldi.co.uk/specialbuys/dates/sunday-13th-march/c/2016-03-13?q=%3Apopular
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an office boiler issue
It does not matter about the make, its an excuse why its doing stuff that I want to run past folk. The controller device is wireless, and the folk looking after the boiler are suggesting that the...
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Ariston 27 RFFI Boiler - Fails to ignite
Boiler fails to ignite and I don't hear any ignition clicks. Could this be a gas valve? Both PCB have been replaced. I can hear the fan and pump turning. Any Ariston Corgi Boiler Repairers working...
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Radiator not warming up...
Have a radiator that is not warming up properly. All the other radiators in the system are too hot even to touch for anything other than a moment but not this one. I bled it and there is no air in it....
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