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Jewson
I received their tool hire guide today. Hiring a sack truck for one day costs almost exactly the same as buying one from Screwfix. Why does anyone hire from them? Are there huge trade discounts I...
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Local water supply
In a past life, I was quite involved in the water supply and drainage, but this puzzles me.... Our village is fed from a water tower, built on a hill. Every few months our normally good supply...
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Power wheelchair batteries ...
Bought SWMBO a little powered wheelchair last year, which helped enormously. As instructed it was kept on charge when not in use. Expect when it was put away for 4 months (grrrrrrrrrrrr!) Batter(ies)...
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Sebo X1 red light
Anyone here with a Sebo upright vacuum cleaner know why the "beater failure" light comes on after a few minutes of vacuuming hard floors, then goes out again as soon as you go onto a carpet/rug?
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Circlip or C-clip?
Probably a waste of time but here is the mech of a pop-up bath plug control. On the other end of the shaft is a big knob that hides the bath overflow. The plug had stopped popping up and when I looked...
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Maxi Solo 3 60
Likely to be due to inadequate water circulation through it - probably due to pump failure or a blockage.
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What is the cost and time involved in transferring a .co.uk domain?
I'm getting noises from a domain owner that this is a difficult process. Can anyone outline the procedure?
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Right angle driver attachments
Do these things actually work? Also they vary wildly in price. Is this one worth getting? It's certainly cheap enough, but do you need something to hold onto to stop the whole thing revolving? Is it...
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Re: Wifi calling on payge sim and a cheap phone?
In message , Brian Gaff writes Umm.. They will still find a way to bump up the monthly charge:-( Vodafone (because they have a reasonable signal strength. Even Madeira!) Fixed price sim only contract...
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Curious said Alice OT
Barclays wanted some personal details and dumped me in Docusign... spit! Now class, how do you write the month in three characters if it is not the first three letters?
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a party
I would love to go to a party to which you would all be invited, to partake of a few bevvies, alcoholic or not and to discuss the various differences of opinion which would ensue. To see and hear each...
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Could proximity to an electricity sub-station be the cause of flickering lights?
A long shot, I know, and this is not in the UK either but I wondered if having an electricity substation immediately over the road could be the direct cause of interference to the domestic lighting or...
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What's this possibly plumbing item
Anyone know what this is: or who makes/made them and where to get spares?
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Weird! why is there no way to unscrew my basin waste?
I have a pop up waste (controlled as usual by a rod) on a bathroom basin that I was hoping to change to a sprung waste, cos the pop up thingie no longer works. BUT having removed the rod and basin...
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OT: accessing old emails from UKLinux
In the dark days of 56K modems and tenner-a-month accounts I had an account with UK and out of interest I just tried to login but I don't think it exists any longer. I then tried $telnet 110 and it...
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