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concertina air leak
Many years ago I was given an east german copy of a Hohner concertina, it now suffers from air leaks. The problem is in the fabric that forms the corner folds, it has lost its plastic coating. I was...
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OT: Beeb cockup
See: as a good example of what is wrong with the Beeb, and why it needs to get its act together.
 
DIY terrorism.
I would think everyone should know that corn flour is explosive. More than 500 people were injured when fire ripped through crowds at a party at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.
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Ants!
It is that time again:-) The annual trickle of queen ants tromping across our carpeted dining room to the West facing window has grown to an invasion leading to a management conflict. The strips of...
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Mains Cold/Pumped Hot on a TMV.
Hi all, I'm just setting about adding a shower room to our main bedroom. I have mains cold water available along with gravity hot and cold. I've bought a 2.3bar twin pump for the shower. Now I'm...
 
Duff Wickes 45A shower ceiling switch
A 45A celing isolation switch for a shower that I got from Wickes last week seems faulty. It is very stiff and sometimes doesn't switch from on to off. I'm wondering if simply getting Wickes to...
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Metric?
As we all know, we didn't really go metric, just token metric. e.g. what was an 8' x 4' of plywood is now a 122cm x 244cm. If we had gone metric it would be 120 x 240. Or even 200 x 100. But I still...
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The Vulcan bomber - free flypasts
Radio Sheffield did say the Vulcan would be showing off tomorrow on its return to Doncaster at 4pm And this year it is giving everyone (1) a chance to view it in the sky. (1) Well not eveyone - but...
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Re: OSN?
Please don't. Well, it's certainly better without you... You stupid boy.
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Shed base
Management wants a shed. Probably 8' x 6', so I assume the base would be best in concrete and need to be, say, 8'6" x 6'6", but how thick?
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Caravan and camping sites - mandatory electrical inspection?
Where there are power sockets around a field, for the use of campers and caravanners, what is the law regarding their being tested and inspected please?
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Keter toolboxes, any good, any experience here?
I'm looking for a mobile toolbox, probably a two-tier one. I've looked at the cheaper Stanley and B&D ones and the on line reviews for them which suggest they're not very robust though the layout is...
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decking stain/paint for longevity??
What's best to retreat outdoor decks these days? Cheaper acrylic? stains/sealers seem to last one or two seasons ten start flaking/peeling off, and the whole procedure then has to be done again :-(...
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tampering with tempering valves
What a blight! A curse on the lawyers who forced these things to be mandatory. Mine has seized up, so the water is only 40 Celcius with the screw on maximum (supposedly 50). The plumbing company that...
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Anyne recommend a cheap scale-reducer for an electric shower?
My old electric shower bit the dust due to limescale. I live in a hard water area. Can anyone recommend a cost-effective and compact limescale reducing device that I could plumb into the water feed to...
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