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Putting tap into barell
I bought a kit putting a tap in a plastic barrel. I 've succeeded in getting to the stage where the fitting is in place but can find no way to tighten it to the barrel wall as the entire fitting...
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3 years ago
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OT: Carrot supermarket swindle
When buying something expensive (eg some vodka) at a self serve supermarket checkout, place it on the scale and press carrots (the cheapest thing per weight).
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3 years ago
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breakages ....
Does anybody else have a wife that continually breaks things? ..... latest is the bit of wood that weighs down a blind....how can you do that ? .... it got stuck ....
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3 years ago
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Re: OT Floyde...
chant.... Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty Floyde passed a fake twenty repeat...
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3 years ago
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Egg Colour - follow up
There was a post a few weeks back re egg colour and Blue Eggs were mentioned. While shopping today- we needed some nice bread ( I out of yeast)- in M&S, I checked if they had any Blue eggs. The did,...
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3 years ago
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Some Masters Do 'ave Em
The dipstick that turned up on Bank Holiday Monday for work and called me to ask why there was nobody at work managed to get run over by a lorry today. Dipstick "How did that happen?" Me "You walked...
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3 years ago
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Re: Latest food parcel from wee Jimmy Crankie....
...and, the problem is?
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3 years ago
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Integrated Washer
Daughter has just bought a replacement Integrated Washer (spit). When I went round today, I noticed the unit door was in the hallway. Why I asked? The hinges are spaced differently - I checked and...
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3 years ago
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Siting a woodburning stove
Not even "building regulations stove" ? Try Document J for starters.
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3 years ago
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My lead pipe
Plumber has replaced the critical section with polypipe. The old pipe is much thicker than I expected, which I'd measured as 22.2mm outside diameter (6-pound pipe I think). It's the *inside* dimension...
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3 years ago
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Re: video exit
I use Videoredo for doing that. It's not free - I think a licence costs about £30 - but it makes it very easy to remove segments (eg continuity announcements and adverts) and join together two files...
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3 years ago
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Zafira horn buttons
Got a 52 Reg Zafira and recently one horn button has failed to work intermittently. It will only work when the steering wheel is turned slightly to one side so I guess it is a wiring loom issue? My...
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3 years ago
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City Fibre potential installation......
City Fibre are currently installing ducting in my road for FTTH (Fibre to the Home) This apparently will provide an optical fibre to the inside of the house where it will terminate into an ONT...
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3 years ago
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External furniture wood restorer
At my golf club we have a dozen bench seats which have been neglected over the last few years. Me and a couple of other volunteer members are taking the opportunity of the lockdown to try to restore...
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3 years ago
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Cutting up old spring mattress
Neighbour's clearing part of her garden and discovered the spig part of a double matress. It's too big to go into the bin or the car. I've had a go at cutting it but it'd damned hard work and only a...
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3 years ago
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