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LIDL Tronic low-self-discharge type batteries.
Are they any good? Selling for a couple of quid per pack, before I splash out and replace all my 'normal' NiMH lose-your-charge-in-minutes type rechargeables, I'd like to know if there's anything...
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OTish: source of cheap optics for experiments
Hi all as the title - I'm looking for a source of cheap miscellaneous optical items - lenses, prisms, etc., for doing the sort of physics experiments that we did in O/A-level at school. Second-hand...
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Construction of garage (side) door advice sought.
I'm in the process of replacing the side door to my concrete-slab garage as= it is barely wheelbarrow plus knuckles wide and crack-you-across-the-foreh= ead high. Also it is hinged on the wrong side...
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Saturated Floors
as is happening in Wales and the westcountry at present. dried out before they have to be replaced? I don't think the joists will come to harm unless they aren't dried (and the walls they run...
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Grrr ...
Not when it's physically buggered, the string did the trick though. Having to wait to be allowed to open the door is another Hotpoint->Indesit gripe (if it was powered by a turbojet it might take 3...
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It's a plot I tell you....
I've concluded that tiles are sold as a loss leader & the money is made on adhesive & grout. Large tub of adhesive - enough to cover 8 sq mtrs - did it hell. Ran out at less than 5 sq mtrs - applied...
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Continuing new years resolution
Not to buy anything from a retailer that doesn't stock spares/consumables. Went to buy a pair of shoes earlier this year. Salesman had racked the shoes up, and I asked for 2 spare pairs of laces, only...
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Free: Electric books.
The Part P Doctor Vol. 2, 2008. Guide to install and filling in the EIC and MWC. Pretty good book. It doesnt tell you how to do things, but how they should be done. Domestic only. ISBN9780955479311...
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Free: Mathematics books.
Ah, a charm donor... His sig is fine, and the from line is supposed to be busted, read the instructions in the sig.
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Worcester Boiler pressure question
Hi all, Well I added a couple of new rads to my CH system and that seems to have up= set my Worcester Greenslave combi boiler. To cut a long story short, when I= repressurised the boiler using the...
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Really Off Topic
I have taken to playing Internet Checkers which is in XP games. I'm too stupid to play Chess. Every time I click for a game there is *always* an opponent there. Am I playing against a computer?
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Best way to set up gas central heating controls
The daily weather will have too much influence, it will tend to mask the effects of any changes you make to the settings. Much better to try settings for a week at a time and record the gas use per...
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Myson Heat Loss Manager 98
Hi, Anyone happen to have a copy of the Myson Heatloss Manager (the one that lets you specify U values): HeatlossManager98r105.exe that they could possibly email to me (address valid above)? :-> Many...
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Shower board
In message , Lobster writes Yes. I found them. They appear to be factors in that stuff is delivered direct. Nothing wrong with that. Is that seal intended to raise the board: leaving a space for...
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Decorating filler expansion
Follow up to an earlier thread where I complained that Polyfilla over screw heads had expanded..... On sanding down, the unmistakable smell of resin showed I had actually used a proprietary wood...
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