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New North Leeds Screwfix?
Just been on the phone to the Screwfix call centre and the guy I was speaking to mentioned a new north Leeds branch opening tomorrow. Anyone heard anything about it? Can't find any mention online...
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Paving slabs
I need 20-off 600x600 ordinary concrete slabs, 38 or 50mm, second-hand OK. Plenty around, but collect only or delivery kills it. There's a place in the W. Miidlands that would charge £168 for the...
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Does this exist yet?
it seems that techno types are intent in making everything have an lcd display these days, even toasters, so what is needed is a little gadget that you stick on or hold over the display, which can...
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OT Tidal power.
That treats the energy density issues very well, but stops short of the intermittency issues.
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Germany no longer Wunderland..says top man.
"When Fratzscher, the head of the German Institute for Economic Research, gives a talk these days, he likes to pose a question to his audience: "Which country is this?" He then describes a place that...
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[OT] another +1 for Andrews and Arnold...
Just brought a new FTTC line live. "Free" Technicolor router works fine with routing my allocated /29 block but when reconfigured for NAT, it slows to a crawl (15/0.6 Mbit/sec). (Bearing in mind this...
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Halfords
I've been using Halfords anti-freeze in the old car for years. It's an all ally engine with copper rad so needs the correct stuff - modern long life types are said to not be kind to copper. Needed...
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Circular saws
I have an opportunity to buy a Triton TA184CSL at a very good price. Does anyone know how it compares with (eg) Bosch blue GKS 190, or Makita 5704RK?
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solar mobile phone charger
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a way to keep an iPhone battery topped up over a prolonged period. Basically it's to go in a car as a tracker, so the phone won't be heavily used, rather it will make an...
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dehumidifier
For some reason our house is suffering more from condensation this year, no w its starting to get colder. Probably the influence of the baby and drying more things on radiators, etc. We had...
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Moisture meters
Has anyone any views about cheap moisture meters eg the ones for under 10 quid on ebay or the ones recently sold by Aldi? I would like to be able to poke something at a normal plastered house wall to...
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OT Climate change
A link a few people here need to read. The ones with their heads up their arses. Rockafellers are one of the biggest invetors in fossil fuel. Heirs to Standard Oil fortune join campaign that will...
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OT Some good news on nuclear power
It seems the anti-nuclear lobby have lost this round: Plans to build a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset are recommended for approval following a European Commission investigation.
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Mouse springs trap... and escapes
Following on from the 'Bat in the Bedroom' thread, we have a Mouse in the Bedroom problem here. The little bugger has taken up residence in my son's bedroom and keeps him awake at night scuttling...
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washing machine outlet overflowing
Hi All been asked to help out with the M-I-Ls washing machine. Original problem was that a corner of the floor seemed to be getting damp. A man had been called (British Gas support, aargh) who seemed...
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