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Natural Enemies keep a Species strong!
"The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong" -- Keewatin Inuit Proverb -------------- Most healthy ungulates are fast enough to outrun a pack of wolves. In fact,...
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Hank the Tank, a 500-Pound Bear, Ransacks a California Community
Hank the Tank, a 500-Pound Bear, Ransacks a California Community By Alyssa Lukpat, Feb. 20, 2022, NYT Since the summer, a black bear known as Hank the Tank has made a 500-pound nuisance of himself in...
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Breaking slate slabs
Assembling the bits for my wildlife pond project, I have bought a load of slate to edge the pond. <>Described as "Rustic Flat Slate Rockery Pieces", they look pretty good, and are about 50 mm thick....
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Design failure at a leisure centre
Brian at the bottom of this post are links to two photos. The first photo shows a hair drier that sits in a metal hoop in a female changing rooms at a leisure centre. The air drier aims downwards when...
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Smart meters for electric?
My eyes would roll when I used to read about problems with early smart meters and I refused to have one. Now the electric company is billing monthly using estimates and home readings which can be...
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Bosch Jigsaw - Blade change
Hi, My FIL has a Bosch GST 60 PBE jigsaw. Apparently it hasn't been used in a long time. The blades are easy to change but the locking mechanism seems to have something missing. I know there is a...
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yorky
"The grand old Duke of York, he had 12 million quid."He gave it to someone he?d never met, for something he never did."
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Aspirin and black mould
Solvent needed for Salicylic acid crystals. When black mould visited my flat I got some great advice here about mixing salicylic acid with emulsion paint and applying it to the affected area. It...
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Priority services register
A few weeks ago I received a lot of criticism for suggesting that customers should not be added to the priority services register indiscriminately. I am now pleased that I was successful in...
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OT? - keyboards for mobiles - X-post
What is the current state of keyboards for mobile devices? That is, phone and tablet. Back in the day (way back) I seem to remember that for my Sony tablet I had an OTG cable and connected a USB...
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Pay per mile instead of road vehicle licence.
I might be paying ~2p/mile for 159-165 (Band G)
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[OT] £0.5bn worth of cars on fire aboard the Felicit y Ace
Cause might be an electric vehicle battery. Ship abandoned, crew safe. ===== There were 3,965 Volkswagen AG vehicles on board, including 1,100 Porches, according to Bloomberg. Volkswagen?s parent...
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Battery segments
Hi I've been in hospital and the 2.nd segment is out and scooter not moving thanks dennis
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lubrication of wafer switches
I once applied switch cleaner to a large multi-leaf wafer switch. It froze solid and I had a right performance sorting it out. Since then I've used a tube of silicon stuff, with varying results, but...
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Flo plast rest bend 2 types at screwfix why?
why are there two different flo past rest bends on screwfix £36.56 £22.32 does it say 'settlement' which should i buy for new toilet? George Order online at Screwfix.com. For use at the base of a...
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