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OT: Budget treadmills

SWMBO, recently retired, has some £100+ Amazon vouchers and wants a treadmill. Anyone got any experience? This will be m...
6 comments posted 2yrs
posted by nospam
6 comments posted 2yrs posted by nospam

Kindle battery

Any repair possible? Early model. Works OK with the charger connected but no sign of the battery storing charge:-( Apart...
26 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim
26 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim

Amazon

I have two accounts with Amazon. One registered fot VAT which is used primarily with Amazon.de. The other for personal...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tpmccann
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by tpmccann

Husqvarna Rider 16 wont start (2025 Update)

All was going fine this afternoon but it was left off during a heavy shower of rain, now it won start. Its getting petr...
1 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tpmccann
1 comments posted 2yrs posted by tpmccann

Bathroom extractor fan

I'd like to fit an extractor fan to the FF bathroom, and I'm trying to work out the best/neatest/easiest form of ventin...
17 comments posted 2yrs
posted by patchmoney
17 comments posted 2yrs posted by patchmoney

That additive to flower vase water

I've just bought a large bunch of flowers to celebrate my (late) wife's birthday, enough for two vases. But I forgot to...
13 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
13 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

TOT Frustrating few weeks

For the past few weeks I've been trying to purchase Christmas presents and items for DIY maintenance on the house. The...
9 comments posted 2yrs
posted by junk
9 comments posted 2yrs posted by junk

Maybe I should get the boiler serviced…?

But would it have helped? My 18 yr old Vaillant ecoMAX pro has been playing up recently. Running for a while and then s...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tim.downie
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by tim.downie

On night shift once

I turned on a 100kW oven to heat up my Telfer's steak and kidney pie.
12 comments posted 2yrs
posted by me
12 comments posted 2yrs posted by me

Evri (Hermes) tracking

A reasonably urgent parcel, posted on the 11th, I have been keenly watching it's progress via tracking, on their websit...
13 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
13 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

OT: video recommendation

If I'd noticed this was 2 hours long, I wouldn't have started watching it, but if you've watched any Andrew Camarata vid...
8 comments posted 2yrs
posted by usenet
8 comments posted 2yrs posted by usenet

Octopus - won 8+8 points :-)

I've just won twice on their Wheel of Fortune. 8 points on the first spin, 8 more on the second spin. I wonder what the...
10 comments posted 2yrs
posted by a
10 comments posted 2yrs posted by a

Any Panasonic Lumix experts out there

I have a Lumix G9. With a 7Artisans 7.5mm lens attached, (giving 15mm equivalent,)and the drive mode dial set at single...
3 comments posted 2yrs
posted by tpmccann
3 comments posted 2yrs posted by tpmccann