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Notch in eyebrows

I often see males, sometimes crims on TV, with a bald notch cut into the hairs of the eyebrows. Is this some sort of fas...
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SOT: icons on home screen (W11)

I see that my icons for BBC News, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, ITV News and Sky News now contain the Google Chrome circular...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by newsgroups
5 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

Car radio code - ?

I had to replace the battery on my 2013 Skoda Yeti. (In truth: I had to pay my local garage to fit my new battery: a jo...
2 comments posted 1yr
posted by lalaw44
2 comments posted 1yr posted by lalaw44

HiSense TV warning, junk made for landfill

Public service announcement.... A TV repairer has shown a stripdown of one of the large screen HiSense sets (65" - 65A7...
3 comments posted 1yr
posted by email
3 comments posted 1yr posted by email

old fogies

I have not been on this group for a while and am wondering if Bill the aerial and almost blind Brian are still around ?
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posted by dennis.gange
10 comments posted 1yr posted by dennis.gange

Another interesting bug

Not mine, but if you haven't seen it, it's fun. Thanks, John, for reminding me. https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-...
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posted by news0009
18 comments posted 1yr posted by news0009

Smartmeter gone nuts - any comments?

Two days ago our smartmeter started acting funny: normally reading (say) 2.50 by lunchtime, it went down (from its usua...
6 comments posted 1yr
posted by lalaw44
6 comments posted 1yr posted by lalaw44

The quest for an interesting bug

Only tenuous links to DIY for this one, but anyone with an interest in electronics, high power broadcast kit and softwa...
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posted by see.my.signature
14 comments posted 1yr posted by see.my.signature

Mapp gas cylinder disposal

With a soldering job in prospect and an empty gas cylinder, how does one go about disposal? Conventional fuel gas cylin...
17 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
17 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

Next job

I have been lumbered with repairing a cheap standard lamp unit by my youngest daughter. As she provided a take away Ind...
6 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
6 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

New Fibre and old telephones

Fingers crossed. Job done. The BT essential unit has been carried about to wherever I happen to be but, today, a cheapo...
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
0 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

British Gas RC PLus and WR1

how can I replace my British Gas RC PLus and WR1 with a smart phone app?
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by derrick
0 comments posted 1yr posted by derrick

Suggestions for a router & ONT UPS?

In the days of FTTC, I ran the router from a mini UPS, that gave about an hour of backup, easily long enough for me to...
71 comments posted 1yr
posted by aero.spike
71 comments posted 1yr posted by aero.spike

Wristwatch drowning - what first aid can I do?

Funny clunking from the washing machine…. It would seem I forgot to remove my watch from the stupid little pocket on my...
7 comments posted 1yr
posted by chrispvholmes
7 comments posted 1yr posted by chrispvholmes