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How to remove limestone stains from brown plastic
Recently, I redesigned part of my garden and put in a circular self binding gravel path. Anyway, now with the heavy rain / downpours, the top surface of the path looks like it has been picked at. I...
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Turnpike
For some time now, attempts to highlight unwanted text in newsgroup replies etc. using *left click and scrolling* with a mouse have been very flaky. W7 pro and grubby mouse pad. Have things moved on?...
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Amazon prime
just been tricked into prime for about the fifth time....there appears to be no way to avoid it these days nd I was very caefull....just have to cancil again...what a pain...
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Hot water with heating
A house I used to live in had an early 1970s cast iron lump [1] for a boiler and a mechanical time clock. One 'feature' of this system was that you always heated the hot water when you turned the...
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Strange eBay T&C for postage
Trying to buy a replacement battery for an old Samsung Galaxy S7 phone that is nearly dead. There are plenty on offer on eBay at around £5-£7, inc. all the tools required for the job and free...
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Mystery item
Can some one help with identifying this item. I received a pair when I got a job lot of things........ https://www.trapbarn.com/mystery/
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Best old paint removal tool on salvaged timber?
The flat below me is getting a big refurb. I asked if I could raid the skip. Now I have lots of door linings and simple bull nosed architrave covered in paint. In my younger days I've resorted to...
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Microwave malarky.
So it was making an odd noise, and not heating the food, light comes on, steel turntable revolves, beeper sounds at end of cook time. Check HV fuse. Blown. Aha, replaced, it's done that before, should...
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How do you memorise 6-digit authentication codes?
A web site sends you 6-digit number to your phone to check your ID. Do you memorise this by saying to yourself: 12-34-56 or 123-456? It's a genuine question to see what number span people are using to...
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Chainsaw lessons
As I mentioned my Bosch 1750W electric chainsaw died a while back. I asked a local chap, Eric, ? who has a tree surgeon business ? for advice, and I struck gold. I'd got it in my head that I needed a...
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Question about water-based paint
The instructions say that water-based paint should not be allowed to freeze. Does this mean it *will* be damaged by low temperatures or that it *may* be damaged by low temperatures? In other words, if...
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Lekky chainsaw, mini review
Since there has been some discussion here recently, I thought some might be interested in a review of my new toy, a Makita DUC306Z - a 36V top handled[1] saw. Vis: that some of these observations are...
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Vegetarians Have Better Cholesterol Levels
Vegetarians have more favorable levels of a number of biomarkers including cardiovascular-linked ones ? total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, and apolipoprotein A and B ? than...
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Garage door sensor current draw
Just did the measurements. Results: Door partially open: 4.5mA Door ascending: 4.5mA Door descending: 30mA Door open and stopped: 4.5mA Door closed and stopped: 4.5mA So it's clever enough not to...
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Fan 'always on' AMI BIOS Pavillion
New laptop, busy setting it up and I'm finding the fan noise very annoying and constant on mains. On battery it is intermitant. In the BIOS I found a setting 'Fan always on' with the option of on/off....
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