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More on scams.

I got an email purporting to be from Evri asking me to log in to get mt parcel redelivered. The link in the email was h...

4 comments posted 2yrs

posted by tnp

4 comments posted 2yrs posted by tnp

Cleanliness

"Anti-Semitism is exactly the same as delousing. Getting rid of lice is not a question of ideology, it is a matter of c...

12 comments posted 2yrs

posted by rjac

12 comments posted 2yrs posted by rjac

Is anyone else having problems with news.individual.net?

This has worked fine for years, but now I sometimes get a hang of several seconds and then "connection to server was re...

13 comments posted 2yrs

posted by nothanks

13 comments posted 2yrs posted by nothanks

Pegler check valve pricing!!!

I need to replace the gate-type NRV on the DHW circulation system because it bangs, repeatably, when some taps are turn...

0 comments posted 2yrs

posted by nothanks

0 comments posted 2yrs posted by nothanks

Tower crane safety

There's a big building site nearby, where an oligarch was constructing a mansion. Work stopped very shortly after the R...

13 comments posted 2yrs

posted by NOTsomeone

13 comments posted 2yrs posted by NOTsomeone

France mains sockets

Recently was in St Malo and our adapter would not fit the mains sockets in the hotel; just fell out. It did fit the sha...

22 comments posted 2yrs

posted by invalid_unparseable

22 comments posted 2yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

Spraying BAC50 in hot weather

Is it okay to spray BAC50 in the current hot weather, or will moss and lichen be too dry to absorb the chemical? This is...

0 comments posted 2yrs

posted by pamela.private.mailbox

0 comments posted 2yrs posted by pamela.private.mailbox

OT Wise spamming

Anyone else? I have had a succession of mails asking for personal details.

23 comments posted 2yrs

posted by tim

23 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Good containers for paint (to decant from poor can)

I have some quite expensive (over £50) paint which came in a 2.5l can which I dented by dropping it. It has survived so...

14 comments posted 2yrs

posted by cl

14 comments posted 2yrs posted by cl

A mount to swing a TV into an alcove

I'd like to mount a TV such that it swings into the gap beside a chimney breast when not in use and swings out about 45...

11 comments posted 2yrs

posted by nothanks

11 comments posted 2yrs posted by nothanks

Don't forget to put vinegar on your chips!

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/14/2305 " Abstract Depressive disorders are the most prevalent mental health conditio...

94 comments posted 2yrs

posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

94 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Rust prevention treatments

We realised over last winter that our nice iron garden gate is full of water. It's got a box frame around the edge, and...

7 comments posted 2yrs

posted by vir.campestris

7 comments posted 2yrs posted by vir.campestris

Floor levelling compound on T&G

I am about to lay LVT in the bathroom and we want to take the flooring into the hallway. The issue is that the bathroom...

5 comments posted 2yrs

posted by tricky.dicky

5 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

One for the Chemists

Table salt shaker cap with dispenser holes partly plugged with crusted salt and? Domestic staff steeped it in soapy wat...

18 comments posted 2yrs

posted by tim

18 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Venting a portable air conditioner

I am briefly looking at this because we may have some hot weather on the way. This is usually a passing phase with no a...

36 comments posted 2yrs

posted by wibble

36 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble