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RIP Eugene Cernan

That's half of the twelve brave men gone. He gave a brilliant speech when I watched him on stage.
17 comments posted 9yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
17 comments posted 9yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'

Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a chime, and you can hear it all over the house. New n...
18 comments posted 9yrs
posted by robkgraham
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by robkgraham

Internet access point in the attic

I've been using one of these: http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/cat-9_TL-WR710N.html, positioned on the landing up...
22 comments posted 9yrs
posted by no
22 comments posted 9yrs posted by no

Sawing wood at a local joiners

I went to buy wood at a local joiner, and asked for it to be cut to size. They claimed they can't do so, because of saf...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by imvalid
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by imvalid

HiFi (OT)

at one time with turntables we used to study specifications looking at Wow and Flutter, Rumble and other characterisiti...
55 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
55 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Floor-covering of copper coins

Enjoyed the pictures here of a hall floorway tiled with coppers: https://www.indy100.com/article/someone-tiled-their-fl...
28 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tim
28 comments posted 9yrs posted by tim

Keyed alike padlocks

I came across the concept of keyed alike padlocks today. This could be relevant to me as I may require four padlocks. H...
10 comments posted 9yrs
posted by newsgroups
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by newsgroups

Monobloc tap mounting.

I fitted a new monoblock kitchen sink tap yesterday, one from Lidl... http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?acti...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by cliveta
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by cliveta

Stand by electric fire 'carbon heater'

When our central heating boiler failed we were recently left perishing cold. To forestall this situation again, i have...
28 comments posted 9yrs
posted by mail.invalid456
28 comments posted 9yrs posted by mail.invalid456

seized grinder nut

This is the outer nut on a brand new mini grinder i.e. there is no disk on the machine. I cannot shift the nut in the n...
44 comments posted 9yrs
posted by stuart_noble
44 comments posted 9yrs posted by stuart_noble

Car polish (and polishing)

Another RFI from the assembled Experience here ... I recently acquired a 'new' (63 reg) car, and would like to keep it...
18 comments posted 9yrs
posted by lalaw44
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by lalaw44

uPVC door handles

Hi I have a uPVC door that opens onto an internal wall. The internal lever handle is eventually going to damage the pai...
2 comments posted 9yrs
posted by grumps
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by grumps

Aldi Tevion TV

Any traps in getting into one - I think I may have a bad joint on the aerial socket.
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

Roller Shutter Door repair

My son's latest problem is that his house came with a large roller shutter garage door which has been bodge-repaired in...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Billaboard
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by Billaboard

Glue/filler for ceramic on hob

I have a hob (and Ilve one) on which one of the mains powered igniters has broken a bit. The section that feeds the spa...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by cl
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by cl