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Getting rid of the smell of p!$$
Hi all Have had an unfortunate experience recently with a lodger who moved out of my house and, unbeknown to me at the time, left me several gallons of his own urine in hundreds of cans, some of which...
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Fiesta car heater
This heaters turned out to be a little bit of a problem just thought you might be interested in the result. The symptoms were "not very hot cab heater" . First thing I did was clean out the pollen...
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Soundproofing timber frame
Can anyone give me some advice, please, on soundproofing, during construction, the exterior walls and ceiling of a single-story timber framed extension, to keep out traffic noise from outside? The...
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My Lite-On DVD writer works fine with standard DVD blanks, but -RW are a pain
I've never had much success with read/write DVD blanks. I've tried several makes, the current one being TDK. But they often generate write errors or sometimes compare errors. I use ImgBurn...
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RIP HMV
Another shop that no one uses anymore, disappears. I wonder who is next? Next?
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OSB or (structural) ply
Hi, It became apparant when the tiles where stripped that the 1970s monkey who made my dormers (large dormers, half a room each) was a complete moron. In short, the roofers strongly recommended...
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'Match Head' soldering tubes
My recent search for miniature tubular crimps for cat5 cable modifications reminded me of something I came across many years ago (possibly 50???) consisting of a copper tube of perhaps 1/8" bore, half...
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Alternatives to Jelly Crimps?
I recently completed a phase of wiring on my pabx telephone and CAT5 network - re-assigning the unused pairs in CAT5 between two buildings for telephone use. This involved popping the brown and blue...
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Gridwatch update
Fom the Bmreports tech support. Thank you for your email received today. There is currently a planned outage. The outage is due to finish at 9:15 but you may experience a delay in data for a little...
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Ping TNP: Gridwatch b0rked?
Demand has flatlined at about 47.5GW since ~2045 last night.
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CH Pump
Our CH pump started making funny noises this evening. I hit it with a hammer but this only resulted in changing the tone of the noise. It seems to work OK when only the hot water is switched on but...
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random food recipe generator
I've had a bit of a look for a site that comes up with ideas for normal meals. There seem to be some out there for veggies, fruities and other niche masticators, but nothing for normal people Does...
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stud walls 3X2 timbers - what spec nail gun do I hire?
as per subj really Cheers Jim K
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[OT] Refloating the Costa Concordia
Not exactly DIY, but I found a fascinating explanation of the the plan to refloat a 100,000 ton ship. megadollars cost. http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/400
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Should have got him an Angle Grinder
A daughter is visiting her father and is helping in the kitchen. She asks: "Tell me dad, how are you managing with the new I-Pad we gave you for your birthday?" This clip is spoken in German but it's...
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