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Pls Recommend a good Gazebo
I need a decent quality Gazebo or two that will survive putting up and taking down a few times and not blow away in a light breeze. (The el cheapo eBay specials in my experience end up going straight...
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Re: Mis-behaviour of speed limit recognition devices
There is that, of course. :-)
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SDS Hammer Drill how hard to push?
SDS Hammer Drill: how hard to push? I'm breaking up concrete, push very hard, quite hard, or not at all? [george]
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Mis-behaviour of speed limit recognition devices
Not much help. But when I used to drive by the same location the hatchback on a Nissan Micra used to flip up.
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O(n)T - stopping edge of carpet from fraying
I've some new carpet to fit in the hallway. The floor is solid and the skirting board is on the floor, so no gripper strip and no gap for the edges. I guess that some sort of clear, colourless,...
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Bathtub capacity, combi sizing, Ecobollocks
I was idly contemplating combi boiler sizing, and if you should size for the number of radiators or the time to fill a bath. Rationale being that in a small house or a large house a standard bath is...
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Glasses repair?
On my main glasses (standard wire rim type) the "rivetting" of one of the lens screws is inadequate so that it works itself completely free in a week, although the screw remains captive. It's not a...
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OT - TV Video effect
I was intrigued by an effect on a documentary where old still photos were given an effect wherby the main foregound seems to move in front of the background. I wondered how it is done but couldn't...
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Very OT: has anyone here successfully opposed a planning application for a vast industrial poultry unit?
No, but we stopped a windfarm We fought very very dirty, as the company doing it was a household name, and we ridculed them and dug up every ounce of dirt on them we could, and watched the hits coming...
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ROT (for uk.tech.digital-tv) - Circular Saws, Blade Sizes
Plenty of Ebay listings for bore reducing rings.
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House survey questions
I don't know why you'd need to narrow it down further. It's not compliant but close to. rusting steel under the surface. Those will expand over time breaking the render up. A crack emanating from a...
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OT: Ping Biologists: Canine vaccines?
Hi all, As we now seem to be (co-)dog owners, I was interested in this article on the whole subject of dog vaccines and 'booster' intervals: it seem we might be 'over vaccinating' our animals by...
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LED life.
Have an old audio amp that came with a standard 5mm red LED as a mains on indicator. Fed from one of the 50v rails. Changed it to a blue opaque type. Just because I prefer the colour. Calculated a new...
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40mm id tube any suggestions
I require a short piece of 40mm id tube or pipe, preferably plastic or copper. Any suggestions of what may be suitable and easily sourced? Regards
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OT More Scottish drivel
A spaceport for Scotland! Ha Ha! It would take 30% more fuel to launch from North Scotland than the equator. Which is why the Yanks launch from Florida and the EUSSR from South America. Total drivel....
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