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Re: Sunspot Cycle 25 to be a powerful one ?
I think its already started. Its very difficult to know as if we get lucky and the sun shoves its massejections in another direction as it did a couple of weeks back then you have no immediate issue....
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3 years ago
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Yet another one for Adam
Can someone help me with a problem please? I don't know what to do. Opposite the late MIL?s bungalow is a fairly newly built House. Until today, I did not know that the bathroom is at the front of the...
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3 years ago
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OT: QuoteCollapse in Thunderbird
I've been using a Thunderbird extension called "quotecollapse", but after last night's Thunderbird update it no-longer works. Is there anything else that will collapse all the guff that people quote...
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3 years ago
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Polishing stainless steel
I need to polish stainless steel .... these are large (15" propellers) They are new ... but the stainless has not had a huge effort into polishing during manufacture (annoying at £1400 a set) a lot...
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3 years ago
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OT: zero carbon
lot of interesting, if nerdy, stuff in here. National Grid's future energy scenarios present a very different world, with major changes in consumer behaviour required for net-zero.
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3 years ago
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How to break into stuff, freely available on Youtube?!
if a female nipple is visible on Youtube, they delete the video, but if it shows you how to steal stuff from people, that's fine. Nice priorities Youtube. https://www.covertinstruments.com
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3 years ago
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Foot switches for double lights
We have a couple of standard lamps with an uplighter and integrated flexible reading lamp. Both foot switches for these have failed in the same way - all the moulded plastic "lugs" in the top of the...
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OT Vaccine Recording
Hi all Has anyone heard of an intention to collect the names and details of those who have been given the vaccine? So far all I have heard is that a certificate will be issued. If this operation isn't...
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3 years ago
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Totally OT - BAME Covid Attitude
Hi all I am interested to hear whether other readers have had the same experience regarding the attitude to Covid Guidance. This is not a racial slur. I have close neighbours and relatives who would...
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3 years ago
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CFL failures
AIUI, the Compact Fluorescent Lamps, which have replaced the incandescent Edison / Swann inventions consist, of an inert tube driven by high voltage electronics in the base. When they fail, is it then...
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3 years ago
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Odd MWay gantry sign messages
On the way home from work today I say NOTTS REDUCE TRAVEL and further north SOUTH YORKS REDUCE TRAVEL Why?
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3 years ago
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SWA to shed
I've agreed to help a relative install a supply to a shed and an outdoor socket. A couple of years ago they had an extension built as well as other improvements to their property. The electrician who...
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3 years ago
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Doorbell cams?
I recently signed up to a neighbourhood group and it seems that people are 'catching' images of miscreants trying to steal garden Xmyth decorations on their (Ring typically it seems) doorbell cams....
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3 years ago
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Odd battery problem
Decided to charge the (engine) battery in my camper - its hasn't been started in a year. Voltage on battery is 12v., If I apply a charger it goes to 25V and no current is being drawn ??? How can that...
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3 years ago
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Free chainsaw.
I took my 17 year old Stihl M180 (12" saw) in to fix a fuel starvation problem. They said it needed a : - carb repair kit, - a new fuel filter, - a new chain oil pump, - the chain sprocket was worn...
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