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For a change, a good courier report

Yesterday, I ordered a case of wine, to be delivered today. The supplier chose Yodel, and I was happily surprised when...
3 comments posted 3yrs
posted by davey
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by davey

Smag (Rant)

Short stay in National Trust property. As usual spotlessly clean, well furnished, well equipped with one exception. The...
64 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
64 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

Thunderbird 115

Christ, what a dogs breakfast, Nothing works like it did. But I have managed to get a consistent set of fonts, usable c...
94 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tnp
94 comments posted 3yrs posted by tnp

Dekleting an unwanted copy of a folder

In my user area I have two folders labeled 'Desktop'. The first contains all the links etc that appear on my desktop an...
13 comments posted 3yrs
posted by me
13 comments posted 3yrs posted by me

OT Rant at hearing aid company

The regulars here might remember me posting a plea for help over the behaviour of my hearing aids,some weeks ago. Might...
6 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pfjames300
6 comments posted 3yrs posted by pfjames300

Speaking gate alarm ...?

The house gate is some distance from the house. I've got power down there (and Cat5 to the house) and I want to add a b...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by nothanks
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by nothanks

OT: email applications

For reasons I won't go into, I would prefer to keep my Gmail account away from my main suite of email accounts on Outlo...
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posted by newsgroups
9 comments posted 3yrs posted by newsgroups

EPC recommendations

Selling my parents' home, so have had to get an EPC done It has cavity wall insulation (the part about "solid brick" mu...
25 comments posted 3yrs
posted by usenet
25 comments posted 3yrs posted by usenet

carz

2007 Suzuki bought at three years old in 2010 for £4000 cost £300 a year no stop start no fancy tablet dasboard no DRLs...
26 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
26 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Repairing a 240 voly cable properly

We have a recliner that has electric motors to move it. Before we had it, at some point, the cable had been run over, c...
18 comments posted 3yrs
posted by rgdavidson
18 comments posted 3yrs posted by rgdavidson

Henley blocks in series

Okay, this is probably a terrible idea but just thinking aloud really. We now have a home battery and an EV. The invert...
18 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim.downie
18 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim.downie

What is wrong with Pompey bricks ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-66978046The third such wall collapse in pompey in the last year or so. W...
15 comments posted 3yrs
posted by diverse
15 comments posted 3yrs posted by diverse

OT Navigation

OK so I didn't expect to whiz Northward round the M25 from J12 (M3) to the St. Albans exit but, it was 5.30pm on a Sund...
24 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim
24 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

Timeguard ZV700B

Has anyone any experience of installing a Timeguard ZV700B? I've replaced a standard wall switch with one and the 7W LE...
15 comments posted 3yrs
posted by home
15 comments posted 3yrs posted by home

Move Soil Pipe Closer to wall

I have a horizontal 110mm soil pipe secured to the wall by a couple of Marley SC45G clips. These: https://www.wolseley....
2 comments posted 3yrs
posted by andrew_d_may
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by andrew_d_may