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Chipboard Worktop
Out kitchen has laminated Chipboard worktops. (My wife'e eysight wasn't compatable with the granite ones) The butted joints were probably not sealed as well as they should and some slight swelling is...
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Re: roundabouts
Roundabout I regularly use. Traffic entering from 3 o'clock can turn off at about 5 o'clock, 8 o'clock or 11 o'clock. It really, really helps, if they are taking 5 o'clock, that they are indicating...
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OT: smart TV controller for internet
We've got a couple of smart TVs and with both of them, the remote is a standard type that has numbers, x-y arrow buttons and various other function buttons. The difficulty we have is when internet...
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roundabouts
On a fairly open roundabout I can see a car approaching from a road on the right. Given that I will be on the roundabout first who has the right of way? Is the rule give way to traffic on the...
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Re: Greta Phoneyberg's Mask Slips!
What has this to do with anything? Brian
 
RIP: Sir Roger Scruton
Died age 75,of cancer. ?It is not the truth of Marxism that explains the willingness of intellectuals to believe it, but the power that it confers on intellectuals, in their attempts to control the...
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Laser printer cartridge help.
Printer is a Samsung ML-2240, quite old. I have for the past 5 years bought compatible cartridges and refilled when required. Only changed carts when the printing got iffy. From memory I have never...
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number plates
was just reading the requirement for MOT test...no mention of post code or who made them to be on plates ????
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Sing as DIY entertainment?
If I want to sing songs like " My old man said follow the van" or " If you were the only girl in the world" at the pub, instead of feeding the jukebox with pound coins, who would I have to pay for the...
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TV/PVR Remotes sticking
I prised apart the 9yr old PVR remote yesterday as a few keys were getting a bit unresponsive. Almost dripping with oily substance. Bit more research shows this is from the silicone membrane and some...
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How to release lifting habdkes on recessed drain cover
I need to lift a recessed block paved drain cover. There are what looks like a metal lifting handle on 2 sides which are level with the block paving but I can't seem to release them. I have nanafed to...
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Why have we allowed the mains cabling to be used to send signals and crap on?
IE plug internet adaptors, really rubbish wall warts etc, since nowadays many pieces of equipment like medium wave radios sw radios and the like are unusable unless you use batteries and sit in the...
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Why did it take so long to invent the toiler flapper valve?
Why did it take so long to invent the toiler flapper valve? The old siphon systems were far more complicated.
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Rewiring a house in France
Can anyone help me as to what is needed to meet their specs and regs?
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aldi bargain
That?ll be a cut price then. GH
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