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Painting internal doors
Nick Odell wrote in news: Why not take them off? You will get better results especially if you can do it in a room that you can leave undisturned for about 12 - remove handles.
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genuine pic
How much effort would it take to rip the roof-bars out of their mountings? "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall rip the lid off this van." Archimedes
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OT Raspberry-pi newsgroup starts
I agree, but Usenet is dying. :o(
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Fires in electrical intakes
That's why it's a good idea to keep petrol in the bath. Owain
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Handbags for men
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Novice and attempting new valve packing
There is a room with a central heating radiator in it, that only gets used once or twice for a couple of hours or so during the week. To conserve gas boiler expense, we have been turning off the...
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Insulation and cables
Stonework acts as a heatsink. Just ensure no air path bypasses the insulation. I see no reason to clip any cables. NT
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Spot the knut
Newsnight 22:55 3rd April 2013 Probably on iplayer live
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Neutral cable
How can I check that a neutral cable is in fact neutral? If I can measure current then clearly is isn't neutral but measuring nothing could mean that it isn't connected? I am fault finding my CH...
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Building a wooden fence?
Not sure but the slats will be vertical with a small gap between each slat, at least thats what I am thinking. The wood for the slats came from next doors fence as the posts were rotten and his fence...
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OT: BFPO
OT but we're cross! Our son was deployed to Afghanistan in February. Soon after he arrived he emailed us his BFPO address, including camp and other details that says you must not include when posting...
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Toolbox with small parts storage *inside* (or under) the lid?
Has anyone seen a toolbox with small parts compartments which are actually accessible when the lid is open? Just about all the ones I've seen have the small parts compartments on top of the lid which...
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Iron Nail in Kettle
In another place, there has been a question about putting an iron nail in a kettle - and the person remembers grandparents having one. The thought process of the person asking was whether this would...
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Sealing a brick wall
Slightly porous, but nowhere near enough NT
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decent quality set of small 'jewellers' screwdrivers sought
Hi all I'm after a set of small screwdrivers, similar to wot used to be called 'Jewellers screwdrivers', for laptop dismantling & similar. I've had sets like this in the past: but they always seem to...
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