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best joke for a while
Funny Joke - My Wife Thought I Went Fishing, But I Climbed Back In Bed 👇The Joke👇 Saturday morning I got up early, put on my long johns, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, slipped...
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Mains changeover switch to generator backup
Prompted by the power cut thread. As far as I can tell if you want to be able to power your home from a generator if the mains power goes off then you need a changeover switch to isolate the mains...
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A Chromebook laptop could be a nice Xmas pressie....
My wife bought a refurbished HP laptop for her niece for xmas and tried it out first. Microsoft Windows was a nightmare - took hours to perform relatively simple tasks and get through multiple hedges...
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Vaillant 824 TurboMax display
Have fitted a reconditioned one which seems to be working fine. However instead of LEDs it's showing the status on the LCD with some symbols. I can work them out, but anyone have a link to what I...
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LED equivalent to 100W halogen dimmable bulb
Now almost 10 years old, our lighting in the main living room is dimmable 100W halogen bulbs. One bulb has blown, and I am wondering if I can start rolling out LED equivalents. However initial...
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How to unclog kitchen waste pipe? One Shot gets very hot....
There appears to be a blockage somewhere in the kitchen waste pipe going from the sink, no other units in kitchen. Water goes down slowly with a glug glug sound. It's below the U bend, and siphon is...
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Thoughts on living without electricity for a few days
We live in rural Aberdeenshire, and like so many others, lost power for a few days. Off at 4pm Friday, back on 1pm Monday. When the power went off we had one open fire plus a large supply of coal,...
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BT
Comments about people who find alexa and other devices wont connect via bt. I think its all down to the over the top but security in the router, one has to turn it off. Brian Brian Gaff -
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Just thinking
The total number of positive tests for Covid in the UK is given as over 10m. So roughly 1 in 7. If you go through your address book, does that figure agree?
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Online PHP problem.
I run a website for a rambling club, and recently I've come up against a problem that used not to be there. I'm wondering if there's been a change in the php handling of my website provider. Can...
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Wall construction
I need to fit internal insulation to an existing single concrete block walled shed. About 3m x 5m. The intention is to re-purpose as a toilet block serving visitors and people employed at my farmyard....
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OT Car insurance
I am 51 years old with 3 years NCD and Churchill and Direct Line are double the prices of all other quotes. So what do they not like about me?
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Combi v HW Tank
Trying to decide as and when our boilers finally die (both are at the "care-home" stage of their lives) whether to try and find space for a pressurised HW tank rather than stick with the inherent...
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stop using gas ? ...
thank god some of the punters up aberdeen way have gas as well or they whoud be frozen to death by now.....not a good idea relying on lecy only
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Gmail query
Someone sent me an (important) email to one of my Gmail addresses that I have not publicised. How did he obtain this? I would like to amend or delete. Thanks
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