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follow up to "help needing in getting help to cope with a mentally ill person"
Thanks everyone for the replies, many of which provided food for thought. Finally we have got some serious help, in the shape of a GP who has gone the extra mile. Things are much improved. Bill
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Getting too old...
Not us, the diyfaq! Looking at the FAQ site in particular - not the wiki, i.e. the pages at: 's noticeable that much of the content is now duplicated or superseded by articles on the DIY wiki. Some of...
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2 years ago
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Three shed doors
Good quality, standard size, almost new. I was given them to put on the bonfire. But I'm not. Ideas for using these doors please? Bill
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Why are engineering sample CPUs illegal to sell?
In article
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2 years ago
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take me back to simpler days
These are some old 35mm adverts found at the Dome Cinema, spliced together and filmed to keep them available after the conversion to digital projectors. This was the last piece of 35mm film that I...
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2 years ago
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I knew it'd come in useful one day
Having recently bought a freezer to keep in the garage, I needed an extension lead to connect to the only permanently live socket (for my car and tool battery chargers) in there (the rest are switched...
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2 years ago
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LED lamp for old projector
I have an old transparency projector (SVE Picturol Model Q, <>).It currently has a 100W B15 bulb, but I am not thrilled by the wiring arrangement and would prefer to run it with a low-voltage lamp....
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2 years ago
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[OT] London Underground Trains
I used the underground extensively for the first half of my life. I recall often sitting waiting fo departure at East Finchley on sunny days, with the doors open for some time. During that time a...
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2 years ago
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chain links
I hate working on push bikes but I am having to fit a new deralier gear unit....Do all bike chains have links?...this one doesn't seen to ...so do i just take off the two wee gear wheels or do I just...
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2 years ago
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Playing digital audio through a 1990s amplifier
I've got an early 1990s hifi setup with tuner, CD, tape deck and amplifier that I would like to use to play my digital music collection. The amp has a spare aux input with RCA connectors. I think I...
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2 years ago
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OT: why do socks have seams?
Why do socks have seams, which always end up under your toes to annoy you? Can't we in the 21st century make socks with one piece of material?
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2 years ago
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Gmail pastes text as pictures - how to disable?
Recently Gmail has started pasting text from other applications like Word as pictures - how do I disable this? Can also happen when pasting a list from Word into a forum post. What's going on?
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2 years ago
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Going to be really cold in Canada next week, -33 (max!) in Calgary
Pauls heating is working Andrew Calgary 7 day weather forecast including weather warnings, temperature, rain, wind, visibility, humidity and UV
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2 years ago
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Ashley Banjo?.....
WTF ???????????????
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2 years ago
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New Years NOT resolution
This year, like last year and many earlier ones, I won't be writing the *year* into the date section of about a dozen or so cheques in case I write the previous year in error. The last cheque I wrote...
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2 years ago
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