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OT Pile driving in Thailand
Brilliant!
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Slightly OT: Petrol or Diesel?
Power is the rate of doing work, strickly.
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TOT; Salt & Vinegar controversy.
Mayonnaise is better than all of them
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Thinking about installing a 'Easy Fit ' Split Air Conditioner
As per subject, I am contemplating installing one of these things in my hom e office. I have a 'typical' two bed semi. and was wondering how effective such a unit installed in the spare bedroom office...
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Undermount sinks flush-mounted in timber worktops - opinions?
I'll be starting on my kitchen soon, and currently I'm leaning towards undermounted sinks, used as flush mount by slightly recessing the timber. I've read that undermounting in timber can lead to...
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Cement
I guess many of us have half bags of cement left over from the last job and having arrived again at that situation which begs the question... if you open a bag and re-seal it properly eg with duct...
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Woman has baby. World holds its breath!
I mean really, I am very pro the monarchy. But really, honestly, its not that big a deal. Women talking about babies, bonding, breast feeding and belly sag. Please. I'm trying to eat lunch. Nice guns...
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Fixing polycarbonate sheets in window frames
Can the same putty used to fix polycarbonate in wooden frames as one would use for glass?
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Decent shed
Want an 8x6 decent shed. perahps on 50x50 framework and loglap stuff. Any suggestions (OK, building it ourselves is an option if the weather cools down anytime soon) Don't want a floor in it though -...
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Boiler Commissioning Certificate
Could any esteemed member of this group give me an accurate answer to this question, please. We recently had an extension built. Part of the work carried out was to move our existing boiler to a new...
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Aerial Connections (Bill Wright)
In the past few weeks I have been experiencing very poor Freeview. My Panasonic tells me that New Channels have been found every time I switch on. I do a scan and nothing changes. My other TV is...
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Ping TNP:re Gridwatch
The pop-up balloons are handy, thanks for adding them. Font is a bit on the small side though
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Cambridge Spam Already
Yes - already received a spam to celebrate some birth or other... Imagine some poor sap was told - sit and wait, and when you hear the news click this button...
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Redundant 13 amp socket
Some alterations have left us with a double socket where SWMBO does not want it (It was above a kitchen worktop - we have removed the worktop in that part of the kitchen.) The socket is on the ring -...
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How does this business model work?
I ordered an adapter from a merchant on for £3.98 including shipping; it came by Royal Mail 2nd today, & still has the Maplin cardboard tag on the pack! The Maplin price is £5.79. ??
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