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Cordless Tools in 1928
So expensive! NT http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUS-borTools/NorthBros/pubs/1926-YankeeTools/0_img-pdf/1926-YankeeTools-NorthBros-ne.pdf...
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parking OT?
Reading the graded insults elsewhere about car parking issues I thought this might deserve a sensible thread... Why is echelon parking not used more? I realise it makes backing into a spot much harder...
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Re: The Miracle of Iron
Pot - kettle - black
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Header Tank Gunge
Header Tank Gunge Our central heating system has a separate header tank for the heating side of the system. I had a look in said tank and found to my horror that its has loads of slimy gunge floating...
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Electrical wiring question
Having being suitably impressed after installing 2 x LED light panels in the shower room I am looking to replace 12 halogen (600 watts) with 5 LED panels (60 watts) in the kitchen. Although I probably...
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Cleaning out an electric motor?
Hi all, I just picked up an old floor standing pillar drill and the (synchronous?) motor pulley has been rubbing on the motor frame and showered the motor with fine aluminium filings. Plus there is...
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Some people.
Had a Sagem DLP rear projection TV lying around which I wanted shot of. Thought I'd try it on Ebay - collection only. Was a surprising amount of interest in it, and it was bid to 50 quid. Not bad...
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Pest control came and dealt with wasp nest in garden, what about stragglers?
I got a local chap to come and exterminate a wasp nest this morning. The wasps had built a nest in the ground, but you couldn't see the entrance as they had tunnelled down through the undergrowth...
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Cheap alternative to Duracell AA batteries
We've been using 7day shop rechargeable AA's in Braun Oral B toothbrushes. There are 2 probs with the 7Dayers :- 1. They are slightly overlong (maybe half mm) and require a lot of force to close the...
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OT Andrew Neil grills Diane Abbot
Priceless this one. Whatch/listen to the socialist hypocrite squirm.
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More induced? flickering in mains led lighting
At a pals tother day and having replaced his gu10 halogens with less was miffed to find they flashed when turning on the separate kitchen light... Is this a job for one of them resistor /capacitor...
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8 years ago
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Large light bulb for very old street lamp
Hi peeps, I have an old Victorian street lamp i want to hang off a telegraph pole in my garden. It was gas originally, but i need it to produce a decent amount of light, be efficient and reliable. It...
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Cleaning sash windows
I'm looking for advice on cleaning sash windows on the third floor of an early victorian building. These windows do not have the tilt mechanism I see many newer windows have; and they are they cannot...
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8 years ago
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Trunking (with 135 degree angle)
Electrical cable for new cooker hood. Trouble is the way its tiled its going to need some non-standard bends (i.e. 135 degree not 90 degree). Looks like this sort of thing is not readily available....
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8 years ago
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OT Windows 10/Edge issue
Just a thought that as there are some computer experts on here they might be able to help. I am running W10 and when using the edge browser the register between the cursor position and the left hand...
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