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OT: rewritable discs
I have found some old rewritable discs and tried reformatting them. However, most of them do not work. Are they a thing of the past now?
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Covid test and trace ios App
Do I have to have this thing running all the time for it to work, or is it enough to just have it on my Iphone?
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[OT] Steak restaurants
Wracking my brain here. There were two chains of steak restaurants, very well known, 40-50 years ago. One was Beefeater and I cannot remember the other. Not Toby or Angus or Harvester (pre Harvester,...
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EXCEL to Numbers
Is there a simple way of saving/converting an EXCEL spreadsheet into the Apple-Mac spreadsheet Numbers? I see that there are various web sites offering to do it for free if you upload your Excel sheet...
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Boiler beyond economical Repair (con)
Boiler been under service contract since new, so annual check etc. Took out maintenance policy for a Baxi 100HE with a new national company. They sent an engineer who carried out service, and as house...
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3 years ago
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Heat-pump vs condensing boiler
Based on ?average? gas and electricity costs (and ignoring for the moment other changes that might need to be made to a heating system for an air sourced heat-pump) which would be cheaper per kWhr? I...
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3 years ago
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Taking the top off a 55 gallon drum
I've been given a 55 gallon drum that contained some sort of syrup used in the manufacture of sweeties (confectionery). How best to remove the top, to make an incinerator? I have neither angle grinder...
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3 years ago
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I need more drop on this soil pipe...
recently added upstairs loo at work is attached to a run of soil pipe approx 7 foot long and almost horizontal. My thick son has blocked it numerous times now, it's getting past a joke but partly in...
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3 years ago
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OT: DVLA and medical info - never again!
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3 years ago
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Washing M/c Drum replacement
Have a reasonably new Washing Machine .... and bearing is on its way out on the drum. Groaning badly if you rotate by hand and very noisy on spin ......(no shaking or vibration of machine though) Its...
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3 years ago
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I'm unimpressed by this
My daughter wanted an outside tap so she called in a local professional. This was the result. There was no reason why the pipework couldn't go inside the garage. Incidentally, turning off the rising...
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3 years ago
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No mic - TWS bluetooth earbuds
I bought some inexpensive TWS bluetooth earbuds yesterday, for use with my Iphone. I paired them and they worked well for music and are supposed to have a mic in each bud, so either one or both can be...
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3 years ago
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where to find tim
The supermarket's new aisle will divide shoppers
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3 years ago
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Boilers
All assembled knowledgeable folk, I fear the time has come, the ravenheat boiler has expired, no spark, fan runs etc. etc. but not spark, not even the clicking from the igniter ... Do I: a) buy a new...
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3 years ago
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TV Repair
On a Facebook site for a holiday venue someone was asking for a TV Repair bloke. I mischievously said that TV faults are in two categories now: Owner induced Setting Mistakes - or not worth repairing...
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3 years ago
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