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Suggestions wanted for making a "stone" plinth

I want to make a small plinth for a large stone lion. The base of the lion (which probably weighs 150-200kg) is about 1...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by nospam
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by nospam

Ping TMH. Another awning question

Because of the low wall height at the back of our house it's going to require extra bracketry to support the weight. We...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tim.downie
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by tim.downie

OT:Uber

Can someone explain just why some Uber drivers want to be effectively employees? With sick and holiday pay? When I was...
52 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dave
52 comments posted 10yrs posted by dave

news.plus.net

Anyone finding the servers running slowly in the past couple of weeks? I'm getting time-outs when posting.
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by newshound
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by newshound

Proper tool for the job

1) Half the price of latest Crapple merbile fern 2) Works on the Moon, Easter Island and Antarctica. 3) Monthly sub is 1...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by swldxer1
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by swldxer1

Energy prices to rise?

https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/news/2016/10/21/gb-energy-thirty-percent-price-rise/?ref=email~insight~161028~us...
11 comments posted 10yrs
posted by harry130747
11 comments posted 10yrs posted by harry130747

CPC Delivery

I placed an order online with CPCFarnell on Wednesday afternoon, after 5 pm, with normal speed delivery, 3-5 days. It a...
13 comments posted 10yrs
posted by davey
13 comments posted 10yrs posted by davey

Twin and Earth into Flex

My daughter's house has a room with a vaulted ceiling in one room. It is rather hopelessly lit with a couple of wall li...
4 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Somewhere
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by Somewhere

Planned obsolescence

You have to have a kind of grudging admiration for the way that some washing machine parts are designed to last *just*...
20 comments posted 10yrs
posted by tim.downie
20 comments posted 10yrs posted by tim.downie

Increased sensitivity to High frequencies

Weird phenomena time. Last week I joined the SAGA brigade :) which puts age into perspective for the next bit. Now the...
13 comments posted 10yrs
posted by 0845.86.86.888
13 comments posted 10yrs posted by 0845.86.86.888

OT: no go areas

On a trip to a Sheffield hospital the other day I found myself in what appeared to be a 'no go' area. I wonder if the s...
64 comments posted 10yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
64 comments posted 10yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Filling in plasterboard hole

Will shortly have 6 inch diameter holes to fill in on ceiling when I remove halogen light fittings. I will have access...
8 comments posted 10yrs
posted by noname
8 comments posted 10yrs posted by noname

Internet Enabled Thermostats

We recently bought a Florida house, that we will NOT occupy for 5 summer2017 months. We know that we shoud have the air...
26 comments posted 10yrs
posted by dave
26 comments posted 10yrs posted by dave