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Temporary Internet Files
On Saturday 09 November 2013 20:32 Jim Hawkins wrote in uk.d-i-y: Can you put an exclusion in on the backup system? But to answer the oprinal question, it's probably safe. The "correct way" (TM) to...
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OT Phishing emails. Am I being too sensitive?
I got the below email last week and although it did refer to a domain that I own, I didn't like the way that the links to 123reg didn't appear to lead to 123reg. This led me to very nearly ignoring...
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Fitting a gas hob
I've got a basic Zanussi gas hob that I've got to fit in a beech worktop. It comes with grey strips of what looks like a sort of mastic. The instructions seem to indicate that the hob should sit on...
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Plaster types
Is there a difference between bonding and undercoat plasters, or is it just down to different manufacturers names for the same thing?
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TOT: Arctic to be free of ice by 2013
Bill BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'
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Pressure washer couplers
I have a 13 year old Deltajet/Lavorwash pressure washer (came from Woolworths;-) Do all pressure washers have the same outlet coupling? This outlet is a 1/2" BSP male thread, although the hose...
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Firefox groups
It isn't; they're called "newsgroups", or usenet. What? Firefox is a browser. Do you mean Mozilla groups? I read, for example, the mozilla support group for Firefox, but I do so by subscribing to a...
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ELV lighting transformers
By which I mean the ones that drop 230v to 12v to run GU10's. When the transformer fails, does it drop in voltage or just stop completely?
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OT ish; Free estimates :-)
Call from a lady today, just moved into a local new build estate. NBL; "I wanted to know how much to fit a house number to the front of the house"? TMH; "I can do it on the way home, just give me a...
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Glowworm38cxi - fault
Hi my boiler came up with a F5 fault so I've replaced the overheat stat,thermistors and the pump. But it still keeps blow the overheat stat and coming up with the F5 fault. The boiler is about 8 years...
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Loft Insulation Overlay - is it worth doing?
Hi Like many people, with soaring energy bills, I'm wondering whether to incre ase the amount of insulation in our loft. At first sight, this seems to be a no-brainer, but I've read about this causing...
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Paperwork ...
Short answer. Would you expect to be asked to provide a paper trail in your lifetime? There are those who cannot exist without such. Sadly these are proliferating even though their parents were...
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Building interior windows insulation panels
For years I have thought about building my own insulation panels for my house windows, as shown here: But that chap uses heat-shrinkable plastic to cover the frames. I always intended to cover the...
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OT: Sky dish
Former tenants left a Sky dish behind (screwed to the house and pointing in what looks like the right direction). I want to watch TV, not Sky. Can I just connect a Freesat receiver to the Sky dish?...
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Credit Drayton Controls
Earlier this week I tried to turn the thermostat head on the lounge radiator to adjust the temperature to discover it had seized solid. I have used Drayton TRV4s for all of the thermostatic valves I...
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