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The price of metered water!!
We've a water meter at work, we don't use much, I don't see the bills and they aren't massive but comparable with the water rates at home where we use much more. I'm looking at one today and thinking...
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Favours and freinds
I've never been one for counting free favours and help, if I am able and have the time, I just help with no expectation of reward or counting the size or cost of the favour or help givenv- a freely...
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Best way to complain - and get some money back.
I bought a kit of the rigid brake pipes for a car from Ebay. UK maker and supplier. Not cheap, either. I bought the kit to save time over making them myself, as I've done before. About a dozen pipes...
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Support for old wrists when hand sawing and planing?
Any recommendations for wrist support? I find I'm doing more hand work these days and my wrists are complaining. I looked on Amazon and saw some pretty fancy variations, some of them with extensions...
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soil disposal
I have excess soil I need to dispose of
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Angle-Grinder alert - Nearly lost a leg
Spoilsports are calling to have angle grinder chainsaw attachments banned after a Bognor fireman (who should have known better !) nearly performed a diy leg amputation
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Theoretical PC question
My PC - HP 64 bit - appears to be in good working order. In the past, PCs were periodically replaced by newer models. Is there an argument to replace my PC when Windows 11 arrives. I am thinking about...
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Batteries in the post
This morning I received a parcel that contains a battery powered device with batteries fitted. The package came with a sticker saying it contained batteries and it was delivered by Royal Mail. Yet if...
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OT: Vauxhall Air Blend Heater
Looking for a used car for my son and several Corsa's are described as having an air blend heater. Is this air con or just a fan and heater? I just can't seem to be able to find out. Ta.
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Looking for a cheap cremation...
Can it be done at home.
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One for the woodworking car enthusiasts...
Fine woodworking with a chainsaw and an angle grinder, you may be surprised at the result... Lamborghini Sian Roadster The first open-top hybrid Lamborghini super sports car to feature a...
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Piano Stool re-cover - advice needed.
Folks, I have an old piano stool that my grandfather made, I guess in the 1940s or 1950s. The seat was a board with layers of padding. perhaps wood shaving , then some sort of hair perhaps horse hair...
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Problem with a Garden Blower
My 29-year-old Little Wonder Garden Blower/Sucker has stumped me. Any thoughts very welcome. Working very well - then the next day nothing. It is on its third (ZAMA) carburettor. Just before each carb...
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OT : Potassium Bicarbonate
I'm constantly being told to keep my sodium intake down. Is there any reason why I can't use potassium bicarbonate in place of baking soda? I can find it on amazon, but not in the supermarkets, so...
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Can one fairly easily harden/toughen steel?
I have a couple of weed forks which have flat tines. These are much easier than the round or square ones on ordinary forks to push into hard ground to extract weeds. However some of them (not all)...
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