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HDD problem
I have a 2T hdd reported to be overheating and sometimes fully accessible, sometimes not. Boot linux, start gparted: hdd partitions are shown correctly in gparted. Tell it to unmount one of the...
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Nicked from another ng. How teaching maths changes
1. Teaching Math In 1950s A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? 2. Teaching Math In 1970s A logger sells a truckload of lumber...
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What sort of hinges do I need for this?
Good afternoon to the assembled company. I'm wanting to hinge 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood such that one piece will move through about 120 degrees. The main criteria is that the 2 pieces remain...
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PIR spotlight failure
I have a PIR spotlight, inside the garage. The PIR unit seems to have failed, just like the one on the spotlight outside the garage. Do these things fail in typical ways? Is it easy to get hold of a...
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SOT: "electric shock" in the bath
This is "slightly off-topic" because it doesn't affect me, but I'm curious for the explanation... Just returned from a holiday in the Canaries (in a very good hotel). When taking a shower on the first...
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Brick Arch Repair
Hi I have some movement in the brickwork between the top of a ground floor window arch and the bottom of a first floor window. The property was built around 1900 but some work was done about 20 years...
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Gutenburg and Ereader/tablet
I have just bought my first Android E-reader/ tablet and I'm completely amazed by it and what it can do, plus the range of freely available books. I've signed up to my local public library, which...
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Washing vertical blinds.
As it's redecorating time, she believes in washing everything. Today it was the turn of some vertical blinds. I read on a suppliers website that these can be washed in a washing machine, if you are...
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OT: Meldrew moment
Working in Kings Hill on Thurs, posh area, fancied a cold drink on the way home, saw a 'little Waitrose'. Can of posh fizzy orange 70p. Two checkouts, one broken, one with an elderly couple who were...
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Kitchens
I need to fit a new kitchen to a property we rent out to tenants. Nothing too fancy, but something that may last. I know, mutually exclusive requirements! It's a straightforward layout - sink/window...
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So who is the oldest 'old hand' here then?
Finding a post on Google Groups from 1998 to link to in another thread, reminded me of the names of posters long gone from uk.d-i-y. I started reading uk.d-i-y in 1997 (when we got dialup at home),...
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Absolutely crap LED G9 bulbs...who makes ones that *last*?
Gosh, I am SO SICK of buying SMD LED G9 bulbs for our living room lights. They are all shit. Half of them fail within a month or two. I bought another batch of 8 from on 1st March and half of them...
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OT Simple basic DAB radio with a decent battery life wanted
I need to find a basic DAB radio for an elderly lady I know who's stuck in a rehab home. It needs to be run on disposable batteries but my experience of DAB radios is that that they eat batteries like...
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Bendable double sided carpet gripper/trim?
I have a small area to carpet - it's a lobby area. For artistic and practical reasons I rather fancy doing it in 2 colours - one dark hard carpet where the entrance door and mat is, switching to a...
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Job here for Adam?
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