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strange happenings
I listen to insomnia radio on a stand alone internet radio during the night and switch to LBC at 4am to listen to Steve alan......but the last few nights the radio has switched channels by itself !...
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Handyman's Electrical work
handyman at the stables was tasked with removing the canopy lights and replacing them with a loop-in conduit box and lid. He nicely put live and neutral together in the same Wago connector but left...
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What are these called (shower component)
The piece of plastic that keeps my heavy shower/bath screen in place has snapped, meaning the door cannot be safely used. I don't know what it's called - a picture of it is here: in yellow. They are...
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1 year ago
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How to use weird wire stripper?
I bought this: are 4 cutting areas, I only understand 2. Counting from the handle end, the second one simply slices through the whole cable and is very sharp and effective. The third one is...
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1 year ago
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Which Drill for RSJ ?
I bought a 12mm bit but it went blunt - probably because my drill was too fast. So I need to buy a corded drill which will go slowly, got 8 more holes to drill in the RSJ. And a new bit. a Titan or...
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1 year ago
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Kitchen sink replacement required
Hello group, I wish to replace my current kitchen sink which is a very cheap stainless steel Carron Phoenix 1.5 bowl measuring 1030mm by 508mm on the top edge. It is a standard top-mount sink. I am...
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1 year ago
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heads up soup....not the poster on here
24p a can vegetable soup just essentils by asda in a yellow can....tasts just like wot heinz used to yum yum
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How to find a quiet shaver socket?
Our (quite old) shaver socket hums, and it's getting louder. I'm not worried about it blowing up or anything but it's in our en-suite mounted on the wall the other side of which is our bed. So, it's...
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1 year ago
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Crosby
Crosby dies...what a shame
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1 year ago
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Braincell supplement needed
Last year I purchased a dowling jig. It is pretty good for 8mm and 9mm holes. But it has nothing to support small diameter drills. I currently need to drill 3mm holes into a defined target. My...
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1 year ago
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Simple drawing or photo-editing program wanted
I regularly want to draw transparent coloured ellipses around chosen areas on photographs, maps etc to highlight them. I have MS Paint of course, and that almost does what I'm looking for, but the...
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Non smart lobby lamp
My brain hurts! We have a 3m x 3m external lobby linking to a store and garden access. Pressure is being exerted to install illumination for key finding, boot removal etc. 3 pages of the Screwfix site...
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1 year ago
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Amazon Return (high value)
I got a returns address for a laptop computer from Amazon just before Christmas, so I packaged it up, printed labels and booked a collection by 'compare Parcels'. It was collected on the 27th December...
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a first - locking petrol cap froze up
my locking petrol cap froze up this morning stopping me getting petrol...took until lunch time for it to thaw out regardless of wd40 injection...strange...anybody else?
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led pir floodlights
since when did the retail versions come with a bit of three core cable attached ?...ones I bought a few years ago didn't...was it because people were making a bad job of sealing their flat twin and...
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1 year ago
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