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Can anyone recommend an inexpensive whater-based white one-coat gloss paint?
Can anyone recommend an inexpensive water based white one-coat gloss paint? I went into Wilkies today hoping to find some, but all they had was oil based gloss. I used water-based stuff back in the...
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Apprentice interviews
charles posted Which translated means "Ha ha ha, I've got a job and you haven't, so beg for one you miserable worm. Ha ha ha, I'm all right Jack."
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Fan oven repair - false economy?
Fixed the gfs oven twice but never managed to put a bun in it.
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Cleaning/refurbing a ceramic frying pan
Bought a couple of nicely priced ceramic frying pans from Lidl some months back. We followed all the instructions about not using abrasives to clean them, and not putting them in the dish washer. At...
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Tiling hall - part 2
Following up on my previous post about tiling a hall. The plywood is now screwed down. Most of the cuts are OK with a 5-10mm gap between the wall and the plywood. One or two sheets weren't quite right...
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Tilting a Television Aerial
My freeview reception from my wall mounted aerial on the rear wall was fine until a neighbours tree grew all of its leaves. The aerial height is just a bit below the topmost height of the tree. Would...
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OT EUSSR
This German) woman has it dead right. Brilliant speaker!
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Text messages, now you see, now you don't
This has happened twice this week, not quite the same and its an older Iphone I'm using... I messaged someone, after which a comment appeared such as who is that, then a reply saying it was from...
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50mm->20mm reducing connector
Due to some bad planning on my part, I need one of these to finish my shed guttering project. I was hoping to do it tomorrow. Plenty available on t'internet, but can't immediately see if there's a...
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[OT]Cross-cut shredder
Anyone recommend one?
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Alleged film scam
A previous posting here referred to another instance of this sort of thing, but the discussion wandered a bit. A friend of a friend received a letter from Sky like this relating to the downloading of...
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OT Crap on the Beeb. (As usual)
Whinging on about non-PC jokes, Frankie Boyle in this case. (Just shows how brain dead journalism is in the Beeb, this was national news!!!!) If you don't like them don't listen/go. The thought police...
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Lead Acid Battery Care
Power cut this afternoon about 1700, text from DNO saying High Voltage fault off until 2030. Drag out generator, battery utterly flat. Pull started the (diesel) generator and power came back about...
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faulty PV car charger
I picked a Maplin 1.5W solar panel out of our fitter's waste bin, the sort you leave on the dash plugged in to the cigar lighter socket when you leave the car for a couple of weeks, except he left it...
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Quality of electrical fittings.
Hello all, Recently I replaced a pull-switch in a bathroom which was knackered with one from B&Q. I can't recall the manufacturer (it's at someone else's house, miles away) and after a whole 2 months,...
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