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OT: Toothpaste

I notice that whoever makes Aquafresh toothpaste has replaced the traditional content of titanium dioxide with alumina....
5 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
5 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Melamine filler

Any recommendations for a suitable filler for white melamine? I have a small 1cm ding where a piece of the surface mela...
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posted by tricky.dicky
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by tricky.dicky

OT: Thunderbird issue

I'm finding increasingly that TB randomly decides to display threads - in this and other NGs - in so-card 'card view' (...
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posted by mills37.fslife
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by mills37.fslife

OT: Fun with Freecycle

WANTED: Dog create medium WANTED: Fairy Garden The mind boggles..
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posted by davey
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by davey

Retro mowing

Today, as part of my work volunteering to maintain our local coastal path route, I was on mowing/strimming duties. We h...
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posted by timdownieuk
4 comments posted 2yrs posted by timdownieuk

WD40 glue?

Whilst trying to fettle a rotary mower this morning I noted that the engine brake cable (that links to the dead man’s h...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by timdownieuk
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by timdownieuk

OT - "Top of the Pops from London with Brian Matthews"

Hi, I grew up (in Italy) listening to the "Top of the Pops from London with Brian Matthews" radio programme [1], which...
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posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Car Impact Driver

I'm looking at the logic of applying a car designed impact driver to heavy duty diy assembly uses. I've previously boug...
14 comments posted 2yrs
posted by not
14 comments posted 2yrs posted by not

European to UK converter plugs

Purely out of interest, does anyone have an opinion on whether the converter plugs with a door that opens are better th...
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posted by newsgroups
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups

pop up wastes (again)

Not covered in the Wiki John:-) More or less since first installed, the pop up waste in my wife's bathroom bidet has be...
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posted by tim
7 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

More mower repairs

It failed to proceed in a slightly unexpected way... https://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Lawnflite_703_Autodrive_CVT_b...
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posted by see.my.signature
13 comments posted 2yrs posted by see.my.signature

Yigii Hand towelk holder

These are fairly heavy.They come with double sided (3M I think) aghesive pads. I bought two. One was adhered to a bathr...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pinnerite
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by pinnerite

Black bits in water after plumbing work.

I recently installed a thermal store in the garage, to replace our gravity-fed hot water. The good news is that we now...
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posted by no
0 comments posted 2yrs posted by no

Cheap workshop vacuum cleaner

Wanting a cheap vacuum cleaner for a workshop mainly to clean up wood dust and found that Screwfix have their Titan wet...
21 comments posted 2yrs
posted by junk
21 comments posted 2yrs posted by junk