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scam alert on mobiles
I think this is a carefully crafted one to make people not complain but still make money. You obtain a bank of innocent looking number that are pricey, but not actually extortionate, say beginning...
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Mira Electric shower not heating up
Have had one of these (10.8Kw) for the last 10+ years, used daily. 3 years ago or so the water temperature started to play up (would turn cold suddenly when in use), and at the advice received here I...
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"This is BT, there is a problem with your internet.."
I kept them going 28 minutes and 5 seconds before I innocently said 'run isnt a linux program though, is it?' He just hung up on me. How rude. When I was being so helpful.
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R.A. loudspeakers
Looking though fleabay for some outdoor speakers, I was briefly sidelined by this offering. 'm confused. There are no tales of oxygen-free suffocating virgins, directionally gold laden with palladium...
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strip foundations
New greenhouse going up 4m x 3m roughly. Aluminium frame with glass. any recommendations for foundations. Its on good firm ground
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H0V55-F cable
What is it? It doesn't seem to exist.
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acetone
Nice with ice and lemon. Tim
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Balancing photo-voltaic system?
The other thing to note is that shading 20% of a panel drops its output by much more than 20%, for the same reason. NT
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Hotpoint washing machine.
AFAIK the water is heated inside the drum. The detergent syphon only gets incoming cold water. Unless yours is plumbed into the hot, of course. Owain
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Jeyes fluid ...
Its pretty good to kill moss on patios, though it does tend to kill everything else when it runs off as well, which can be an issue, its also great if you get cats and foxes, as they seem not to like...
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Oven cleaners: any good ones?
There are some nasty effective aerosols still around - often found in pound stretcher type retailers. Spray the oven, vacate the room, wait 10 minutes and wipe off, repeat as necessary. Face mask and...
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OT: Toilets and turds
Are modern toilets less efficient than old ones or do turds get larger with age? I have noticed that quite often the toilet fails to flush successfully.
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Re: OT Personalised number plates
I think the "jumbling" effect of using decade+0 or decade+10 for the first number has fairly well done that, plus "old" cars no longer look as outdated as they used to.
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Bearing identification
Have had a bearing fail .... Deep Groove ball bearing type - metal shielded. I know that normally metric bearings are exact mm sizes ..... and 2 of the measurements are in mm, but 3rd isn't. Assuming...
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Block end of disused pipe
Behind a panel in my house is the exposed end of a long-disused waste pipe - quite likely there was once a sink there - which I suspect of being the source of an occasional bad smell. Presumably I...
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