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How do you contact a live person at FedEx?

FedEx were supposed to have tried to make a delivery this morning, someone in, gate open, garage open, and they appeare...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

Explosion speculation

From the doorbell capture, sounds like a "whoompf" rather than a bang". Sack of black powder in the loft? :-)
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

Pulley operated washing line

for a wheelchair user. Is there such beast as a washing line that can be moved along - i.e. a pulley at both ends - pos...
7 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

Ready made pine doors

Building a shed. I want a door in a frame, not a draughty ledge and brace thing, it needs to be wood, not plastic or me...
16 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timw
16 comments posted 2yrs posted by timw

gridwatch graphs

Is there something up with some of them? the nuclear+coal+gas+wind graphs and interconnector graphs seem to have "flatli...
15 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
15 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

OT Another e-scooter battery fire

When will this pointless piece of junk be banned, or are some local authorities too far into being "green" and making m...
43 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Jeff
43 comments posted 2yrs posted by Jeff

Talking of plugs

Working in a teaching lab (UK) there are some items of equipment which were frequently plugged into and unplugged from...
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jim
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by jim

OT: TomTom satnav

I am sorry if I am gaining a reputation for asking vague questions. TomTom is trying to persuade me to buy a new satnav...
13 comments posted 2yrs
posted by newsgroups
13 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups

Odourless Glue

I have just repaired a freezer drawer with a couple of stainless steel brackets and bolts having dropped it on the kitc...
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jgnewsid
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by jgnewsid

Replacement bathroom towel rail

The towel warmer in the bathroom needs replacement as the paint on it is bubbling in many places and has started flakin...
22 comments posted 2yrs
posted by Jeff
22 comments posted 2yrs posted by Jeff

Sim sizes

I want to try moving the SIM in my iPhone, to an older Doro, so that I'm not changing the number. Now, the iPhone uses...
25 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
25 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim