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Non-separating plastic bottle caps - grrrrrr!!!

Does anyone else find the new (supposedly wonderfully brilliant and clever) non-separating screw caps for plastic bottl...
47 comments posted 2yrs
posted by cl
47 comments posted 2yrs posted by cl

Smart meter(s) fitted today.

Took just over an hour for both. Same fitter, pretty chatty chappie.]]For some reason didn't like the fuses that prepen...
36 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
36 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

Any recommendations for a DMM?

My DMM has been intermittent for a while and I was about to investigate replacing the on/off switch when I saw how chea...
9 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nothanks
9 comments posted 2yrs posted by nothanks

Email to wrong address

I have finger slipped more than once since email was invented but not like this: I needed to print some monthly bank st...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pinnerite
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by pinnerite

Protect Pine Decking

I have just had a small deck built to stop visitors plunging to their deaths when stepping out of bi-fold doors. The ca...
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pinnerite
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by pinnerite

Trivial problem - wireless bell push - 1byOne

The door bell push is being temperamental. After a few days it stops working. I prise the bell push off the bracket and...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wibble
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by wibble

Pallet delivery

I'm selling my Dad's (almost new) kiln on eBay I specified collection in person only, of course people are asking "can...
16 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
16 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

SOT: Argos Habitat clock

I have a Habitat radio-controlled clock purchased from Argos that seems to be permanently one minute 'fast'. I assume t...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by newsgroups
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups

Cheap repair of loose sledgehammer head

Hi all I have an old sledgehammer which I wish to press into service once again. The head is a little loose, and: (a) t...
18 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jkn+es
18 comments posted 2yrs posted by jkn+es

Gas cooker flexible hose

Is this a "self sealing" connector? https://ibb.co/3TwZ51p If I turn the knurled ring by hand will it disconnect safely?
2 comments posted 2yrs
posted by graham-usenet
2 comments posted 2yrs posted by graham-usenet

Radiator size

One of radiators in my home is leaking. I’m planning to replace it. The size of the radiator is 89cm width x 72cm heigh...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by L
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by L

Damp Conservatory

At the rear of my house I have a small conservatory. It covers about 15 square yards, and at the highest point of a slo...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by peterf
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by peterf