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Small plastic box for car keyfob?
Not to me it dosn't.
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PVR with Wi-Fi
What are the choices these days? Must have FreeView Play as well as the usual smart services. 1TB storage would be good too. The Humax FVP-4000T ?
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7 years ago
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Plumbers challenge
Can anyone tell me the purpose of this bit of plumbing installed in a kitchen cupboard of a National Trust cottage we rented? Mike...
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7 years ago
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[OT] Russ Andrews of plumbing?
Does the water in your house feel dead? Rejuvenate it now! ;-) Technically this is spam but I doubt anyone here would be fool enough to buy any of the products. Reposted solely for entertainment. ;-)...
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7 years ago
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[OT] EU warning label on goods
I just bought a plastic assembly from Hong Kong as a spare to attach a camera to a windscreen. It came in a packet with a yellow, printed, stuck on label reading: " Goods not fulfilling the conditions...
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7 years ago
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Flame/fan/flue errors showing on Bax 105 Combination boiler
We have a cold house this morning... The Flame LED blinks, and so does the Fan LED (which indicates a "flame or flue fault"). We've called a plumber. In the meantime, what's the most likely fault?...
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7 years ago
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BBC Stuxnet programme (OT)
I wasn't expecting much of this, but (apart from the irritating graphics and spurious code), I was quite impressed. Good interviews with some seriously smart people, and well edited together into an...
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Cat vs. cucumber
Finally got round to buying a cucumber to scare my cats. It doesn't work. I guess mine aren't as stupid as these: Cats scared of Cucumbers Compilation - Cats Vs Cucumbers - Funny Cats Cats Vs...
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7 years ago
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RIP Eugene Cernan
That's half of the twelve brave men gone. He gave a brilliant speech when I watched him on stage.
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7 years ago
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Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a chime, and you can hear it all over the house. New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and their house...
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7 years ago
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Internet access point in the attic
I've been using one of these: positioned on the landing upstairs, and plugged into a power socket and a cat5e socket connected to a switch for the last couple of years, and it has worked very well....
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7 years ago
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Sawing wood at a local joiners
I went to buy wood at a local joiner, and asked for it to be cut to size. They claimed they can't do so, because of safety regulations. Yet they will allow me to use their saw! Surely this is...
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7 years ago
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HiFi (OT)
at one time with turntables we used to study specifications looking at Wow and Flutter, Rumble and other characterisitics. You can now buy a turntable for about ?50 to output to a MP3 file. Are they...
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7 years ago
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Floor-covering of copper coins
Enjoyed the pictures here of a hall floorway tiled with coppers: Curious as to how it is finished. It looks like they have been set in polyester or something. Don't suppose it will wear well. TW
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7 years ago
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Keyed alike padlocks
I came across the concept of keyed alike padlocks today. This could be relevant to me as I may require four padlocks. Having the same key for them all could be very useful. However, I am wondering if...
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