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OT updating a car's OS at service

This is somewhat related to the "Cars at traffic lights" thread. We all expect the mechanicals, etc, to be dealt with a...

13 comments posted 2yrs

posted by Jeff

13 comments posted 2yrs posted by Jeff

new bathroom fan in loft - no room at the eaves

Hi, DIYers We're having the bathroom done, I wanted to install an inline fan in the loft and was planning to do the wor...

32 comments posted 2yrs

posted by silentice

32 comments posted 2yrs posted by silentice

Adapter to fit LiIon batteries to Makita 18V NiCd power tools?

My trusty Makita cordless tools are coming to the end of their battery life. I have read that there is some kind of ada...

15 comments posted 2yrs

posted by wibble

15 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Poor man's teeth water flosser?

I can't remember if I saw this in UK or abroad, but they were all the rage in the late 90s/early 2000s. Basically like...

8 comments posted 2yrs

posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

8 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Beko dishwasher configuration settings - documented anywhere?

We have a Beko dishwasher which generally works pretty well. However I'd quite like to be able to reset it to 'factory...

7 comments posted 2yrs

posted by cl

7 comments posted 2yrs posted by cl

Re: Company Comfort Databus - what is it? VW - Xpost

> I have a fault showing up in diagnostics which says Company Comfort > Databus is in single wire. > > I understand tha...

3 comments posted 2yrs

posted by wibble

3 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Sky Set Top Box

Greetings. We bought a Sky box and dish for a one off price back in 2005, without subscription, so free channels only,...

33 comments posted 2yrs

posted by News

33 comments posted 2yrs posted by News

Bamboo Items- cups, plates etc

I've noticed numerous items made from Bamboo in shops- everything from plates to cups to trays to ipad stands ..... Whe...

6 comments posted 2yrs

posted by inv

6 comments posted 2yrs posted by inv

I thought I would try the new release of Windows 11 26100.1 IoT LTSC ISO

Installing the system was fine, but when rebooting I lost the display, not to return. I had to recover my general purpo...

1 comments posted 2yrs

posted by me

1 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

OT: cars at traffic lights

I have noticed that queues of vehicles seem to take longer to set off when the lights turn green. At first I assumed th...

108 comments posted 2yrs

posted by newsgroups

108 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups

Joining large cables

I have a couple of 10mm2 twin and earth cables I want to join together non-permanently[*]. I want this to be able to ta...

17 comments posted 2yrs

posted by theom+news

17 comments posted 2yrs posted by theom+news

Different Amazon email scam this morning

Much of it was the usual stuff. New login to your account from a new/different location. Click the link if it wasn't yo...

1 comments posted 2yrs

posted by wibble

1 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Thunderbird not displaying new messages

I am a new user of Thunderbird, so please humour me. On the NG display on the left of the screen, each box shows new me...

5 comments posted 2yrs

posted by pfjames300

5 comments posted 2yrs posted by pfjames300

OT: meter needs replacing.......

Only recently, I received a message from E-on that my meter was out of calibration. I told them that I did not want a '...

84 comments posted 2yrs

posted by davey

84 comments posted 2yrs posted by davey

Makita portable air compressor

Just received a Cordless Air Compressor for Makita 18V Battery, 160PSI Portable Hand held Air Pump with Digital Pressur...

2 comments posted 2yrs

posted by me

2 comments posted 2yrs posted by me