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OT Daytime TV
I've had a couple of weeks off from my job to do some real work on my house. While taking my coffee breaks I've been watching some day-time TV. What a load of c**p. Are most day-time programmes voiced...
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'Smoked' Salmond on toast
And Sturgeon for later. It must be the smell of fish
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Asbestos test?
I had intended to remove the 1970s stippled paint coating on the ceilings of my house and since there are warnings on the web about possible asbestos content, I asked this group about safety...
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Honeywell 2 port valve heads
As a keen home woodworker, I'm experimenting with home made motorised blast gates for a dust connection system and am looking for some of the above as actuators. Any of you handyman/ plumber types...
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Buying a TV. Help required!
I am in the market for a new TV. I have a mains socket and an aerial socket installed in the wall at the proposed height of the TV. The idea being to have no wires showing. Now the bit I don't know is...
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OT:225Mb !!!!
Got a new laptop, and have gone to (re)install the HP software for my wireless scanner printer. The full package is 225Mb !!!!! wtf is that needed for ????
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DSLAM cabinet
Received a letter from the local authority this morning, regarding a planning application. Openreach want to install a large green DSLAM cabinet on the pavement outside my garden wall. I read that to...
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American view on German renewable energy transformation
I don't know the credentials/bias of the author but this is an interesting insight on what the Americans are being told about German renewable power, and how the technology might affect life closer to...
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OT: Online Ham Radio Auction
In case anyone is interested. Ham Radio Auctions, Vintage Audio, Tube Radio Online Auctions, Vintage Electronics, Antique Radios
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OT - The Shetlands
According to the Torygraph, should the Shetland vote be No, they may be looking at separating from Jockland themselves. As we know, Shetland can lay claim to a lot of the oil. That should give Salmon...
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OT: Filling a sinkhole
I happened to turn my TV on this morning (BBC1 I think) and it was one of those have a moan about insurance not paying out type programmes. I woman had a sinkhole open up earlier this year in her back...
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Cord or string for vegetable trellising?
Hello, I'm going to screw vine eyes into a brick wall. they'll be placed in a square grid pattern and I'm hoping to find suitable string or cord to have one continuous run for the vertical lines and...
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How many stairs in your house?
Those of you living on one level may take this opportunity to put the kettle on :-) Do you know, without going to check, how many stairs there are between upstairs and downstairs? No, I don't want to...
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Plumbing for garage.... plastic or copper?
Hi, I have a garage that shares one wall with the house. I have brought out in copper the hot and cold through the party wall between house and garage. It projects into the garage by about 6 inches to...
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TOT: Modern car lights: reasoning?
A year or so back we started noticing, when driving in twilight, that "That car in front hasn't got its lights on -- pillock!". Then lo and behold when we'd overtaken it, it *did* have its [front]...
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