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SOT: Bing

To my annoyance, although Chrome is my browser, Bing keeps trying to gatecrash the party. I have tried that Startup app...
23 comments posted 2yrs
posted by newsgroups
23 comments posted 2yrs posted by newsgroups

Cheap screenwash

Happily whizzing along the road last night. Went to wipe screen and the ****ing screenwash froze onto the screen. Lucki...
39 comments posted 2yrs
posted by jethro_uk
39 comments posted 2yrs posted by jethro_uk

transformer

Want to replace a transformer wih these specs input 100-240v 50/60Hz 0.5A Output 25.2v 0.8A Is this output 25.2v@ 0.8A c...
20 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tpmccann
20 comments posted 2yrs posted by tpmccann

Car starting problems

Hi All, I posted the following in uk.rec.cars.maintenance but fidn’t get much response…. There are some updates at the...
44 comments posted 2yrs
posted by chrispvholmes
44 comments posted 2yrs posted by chrispvholmes

OT: e-Readers

What's the script with e-readers these days, as in are there any to avoid because they're too controlling? Must confess...
60 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
60 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

Poor design

Last week my car battery went flat. The car had been driven during the morning but was now needed to collect grandchild...
100 comments posted 2yrs
posted by pinnerite
100 comments posted 2yrs posted by pinnerite

tv SOUND

how come they can't produce a a telly with good sound?...is it because the speakers are to the rear or do they just want...
24 comments posted 2yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
24 comments posted 2yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Laptop battery takes days to charge

I have a run down, battered old Thinkpad that I basically use as a desktop at home because the motherboard is cracked a...
24 comments posted 2yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
24 comments posted 2yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Octopus E7 / Smart Meter

We currently have E7 from Octopus with an old style E7 meter. As some will know, the signal the old style meters use is...
36 comments posted 2yrs
posted by noinv
36 comments posted 2yrs posted by noinv

Humax EPG

Humax FVP 5000T set top recorder is often very slow to populate the EPG. Signal is from rooftop aerial not internet. So...
44 comments posted 2yrs
posted by wasbit
44 comments posted 2yrs posted by wasbit

Floating windfarm

Scottish floating windfarm is being towed to Norway for 3-4 months holid^H^H^H^Heavy maintenance
58 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
58 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

Computer Mouse Problems,

Folks, We have an optical mouse on our home office computer, which is on a Ikea white table. It really does not like th...
45 comments posted 2yrs
posted by g4ugm
45 comments posted 2yrs posted by g4ugm

Display differences between PC and laptop

I have a PC (Dell Optiplex 780) and a laptop (Dell Latitude 6230), both 64 bit and running Win 10. I use the PC at home...
11 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
11 comments posted 2yrs posted by me