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Cheap car tyres

Anyone used Openeo ( oponeo.co.uk/ )for tyres. They very cheap and I'm just wondering if they are too good to be true....
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tpmccann
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by tpmccann

Plumber's lucky day...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxGOCqCJ0x5FMk1KVjFtWWd3a3c He's taken 1-2mm out the side of a conduit with a ring ma...
0 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tw_usenet
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by tw_usenet

Scanning over network

I think I'm having a senior moment (or day). I need to scan a document onto a PC to send in an email. The scanner is no...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Billaboard
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by Billaboard

Rewiring an old projector - add an earth cable?

I'm going to rewire an old, old 35mm projector, a Picturol Model Q - one of these: . It was wired with a two-core flex,...
29 comments posted 9yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
29 comments posted 9yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

Screw

Check this out, someone is actually selling ONE woodscrew. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272240692186
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by imvalid
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by imvalid

Insulate external door

Helping someone out with this... their back door has a panel in the lower half which must be all of 2mm thick. I am thi...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by fjg
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by fjg

Free leccy in Germany

for Brians benefit, this is a link to an article on zero hedge about the stormy weather in Germany recently, causing to...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

decent reasonable hand rivet gun

Everyone seems to be selling that swivel head type http://www.axminster.co.uk/arrow-twist-head-riveter-340260 under dif...
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tpmccann
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by tpmccann

Plastic car ramps

how are your experiences with them?
6 comments posted 9yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
6 comments posted 9yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Marley concrete roof tiles

The recent storm destroyed about half a dozen Marley Redland Stonewold concrete tiles on a bungalow. The broken tiles n...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Symbols

I can remember when I could see, most instruction books for home mains operated audio gear had a little picture. A stra...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by briang1
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by briang1

Voltstick puzzle

I was trying to diagnose a dead under-cupboard LED light for a friend. Using my analogue multi-meter I couldn't detect...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim.downiemovethis
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim.downiemovethis

Help needed with plans and steel

I have an idea for a really big wireless aerial. I want to listen in to outer space, to find out what sort of programme...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Shower walls - aqua panels or tiles?

Time to do up the shower - heavily used (approx 5 times a day or so). Corner rectangle enclosure and tray already order...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by no
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by no

Dehumidifier suggestions please

The big one we've got works fine. But it's ugly, a bit noisy, and about 6 times bigger than it needs to be. SWMBO would...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by vir.campestris
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by vir.campestris