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OT David Mackay dies
As pre-figured in this newsgroup Professor Sir David Mackay has died. He was probably best known as the author of Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot air: although he also had an distinguished...
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SECUROGLIDE roller garage door replacement magnet?
I've managed to break off and lose the lower magnet on my roller door. When closing it now takes many short stages to close the door. Replacement magnets seem very hard to find, even on eBay - anyone...
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HOW much for a desk reading lamp??
£349.99 for a 35W halogen reading lamp. I wonder if Russ Andrews owns the company? Tim
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How to fix wallplate to very uneven crumbly wall for hangers and joists and a sturdy dance floor?
How to fix this wallplate to this very uneven crumbly wall for hangers and joists and a sturdy dance floor? Photo at About 2.3 metre x 2.3 meter Cracky stone and old lime mortar / powder Over joists...
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Partly rebuilding a wall
Prompted to some extent by the Scottish schools discussion, my thoughts have turned to a wall I need to fix this summer. It's at the front of the house, at the boundary with the pavement, is about 3...
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Woodburner thread lock
I have a woodburner with two parts (a hinge pin and the nut that holds on the door catch) that slowly slacken off and eventually fall out/off. Can anyone suggest a way of holding them on? I've tried...
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OT: Linux video crash help please.
Hi all, So, today I assembled a new PC on behalf of a family member with the intention of them running Linux with Windows for 'Windows things'. W10 (64b) installed and found all it's drivers ok and...
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OT: Disingenuous, to say the least.
Anyone had this yet? Microsoft kindly delivers me this popup when I launched IE. It purports to stop home page and search engine hijacking, but the default is to hijack my carefully chosen home page...
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Re: the EU and referendums
whose last column in the Guardian was as long ago as Aug 2008; who is fed up that nobody nowadays even knows who he is any more, never mind listens to what he has to say; and who has made a really...
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3.5mm jack plugs and 7:1 audio
[I think I'm answering most of my questions as I work through the description, but would still like to check my understanding.] I'm trying to put together a home audio system based around a Home...
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OT Dutch referendum
Farage on good form. http://www.ukipmeps.org | http://www.ukip.org/join • European Parliament, Strasbourg, 13 April 2016 • Nigel Farage MEP, Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP),...
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Vinyl LPs on shed roof puts new spin on old records
Vinyl LPs on shed roof puts new spin on old records A man has covered a shed roof with charity shop vinyl records because "it was a lot cheaper than tiles". Mike Johnson came up with the idea after...
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OT: Ebay history.
Is there a way of looking up what an item made on Ebay in the past?
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Toolguard VCI
Is it possible to re-charge these ? For protecting tools in confined spaces such as cupboards and tool boxes against the damaging effects of damp and condensation; each Tool Guard pad starts emitting...
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Making a door from utility area into garage
When we modernise my late mother's bungalow, we would like to make a door from a utility area / lobby into the garage, which currently only has external access through a standard up-and-over door. I'm...
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