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RTA What would you do?
You know that you are going to get arse ended. Do you keep your foot on the brakes so that you don't get pushed into the car in front or do keep your foot off the brake and have two bumps but of less...
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OT - new photo driving licence - union flag
I've just had to replace my driving licence because the old one expired. The old one had an EU flag with UK in the middle. The new one has the same but also has a Union Flag on the RHS. Presumably...
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Wiring question
I have done some minor wiring, which in due course will be inspected. I removed a socket and substituted a terminal block and blanking plate. Should I have folded the conductor cables where they enter...
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Positioning of CCTV cameras
As part payment for a job I've been given a CCTV system. I've never really thought about installing CCTV before but I may as well do it now, but I've no idea about best placement for the cameras....
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Strimmer fuel cap vent question
About 5years ago the fuel cap on my McCulloch Trim mac 250 started leaking fuel through the vent hole in the cap for no apparent reason. I bought a new cap and all was fine until today when I realised...
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1/2" BSF wheel nut for caravan - and stud?
I've lost a wheelnut for my 60's Sprite caravan, 1/2" BSF and can't find one on ebay - where to look? I've bought normal nuts but I think they'd damage the wheel and become impossible to remove. One...
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TV: Inventing the impossible: the big life fix
BBC2, Thurs 26 July 8 pm A team of inventors attempt to change the lives of three inspiring people with very different problems. ... There are already a range of skis and snowboards adapted for the...
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How to make someone (but not their clothes) disintegrate
For reason far too boring to go into (but related to a stage play) I have to build a full-sized dummy person which has to disappear on cue. The figure will be wearing a full-face mask and long flowing...
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Toilet Seats (in general)
I am sure when I learned to use a toilet in the 1960s some of the hardware my boyish bum was placed on must have been the original Victorian Thos Crapper polished mahogany. Or maybe not but in any...
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OT: It helps to have a bit of buying power.
Anyone for a can of lighter gas? Of course May would have got Trump to throw in a chlorinated chicken portion with every two cans of Ronson Butane. God knows where the soya beans will end up, methinks...
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Ping Robin
Do you still check your emails?
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"I'm only doing what I was told"
On my local common today - grass kept short as it's mainly playing fields, etc, and now as dry as I've ever seen it - was a contractor with a petrol strimmer. Doing path borders. Creating the most...
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This week's auction
Lot No: 3292 A quantity of helicopter windows Lot No: 3325 A metal lockable cabinet - no key Interesting......
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Telephony issue
A friend of mine has an issue with his phones, just looking for ideas to try to fix it. He has copper broadband on the line. For years there has sometimes appeared an echo when you talking to him,...
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Musically Hack 2018 Android iOS HURRY UP!
*HERE >>> 'MUSICALLY CHEATS ONLINE PROFILE' ( * To start with if you too much b the best up holding down a day calling, scores and tons of of followers will do you believe famous. Be taught a trendy...
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