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The return of Heathkit?
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Remaking my front steps
After 20 years my old front steps that I made out of bits of hardwood from old pallets have now rotted: In NZ we have pinus radiata that can be treated to last in the ground almost for ever by using...
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10 years ago
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Restart parties ...
On a warm summer's night they came, bearing the damaged and broken, to the place where old things are healed and made whole again. This time they came to the Camden Town Shed, in north London, but...
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10 years ago
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OT Linux/ubuntu
After talk on here I'm playing with ubuntu after years of windas... Any pointers please to a good faq on similar level transition queries? E.g. My admin a/c can see & access other m/c's on windas...
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10 years ago
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Affixing a fiberglass rope gasket
The rope gasket on the baffle clean out cover on my Mexico boiler has come unstuck, I'm going to get some new rope gasket but what is the best adhesive to use to fix it to the aluminium cover.
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10 years ago
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OT For all you cat lovers
Cat cams and GPS to see what they were up to. I found it a most interesting TV programme.
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10 years ago
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Severn Trent Bill
Just got the above which states that I am £51 in credit, therefore my direct debit is being increased from £ 17 to £22. Can they do "sums"?
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10 years ago
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OT: Anyone know about mattress sheet dimensions?
We've ordered a 'small double' bed (4 ft, 120 cm) for a smallish bedroom with awkwardly situated furniture. We are now trying to get our heads around the complications of ordering fitted sheets. Most...
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10 years ago
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Please burn as much fossil fuels as possible
maybe, just maybe, it will bring on global warming. I am freezing, and it is almost July!
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10 years ago
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Way OT - Interner memes, technology, British summer and more
Let's add serendipity. I was contemplating the Usenet meme "AICMFP" (and I claim my five pounds) which originated, IIRC, in newspaper campaigns in the '50s and '60s where a picture was published by...
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10 years ago
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Screw slots
Shirley Conran wrote "Life's too short to stuff a mushroom", but how important are screw slots? If you want to be very fussy and align the screw slots on switch faceplates, sockets, etc., should they...
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10 years ago
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Wind scam revealed
Doncaster Free Press readers? letters. (Attached is a picture of Marr turbines taken from my kitchen window.) Dear Sir, From my kitchen window I have a clear view of the four wind turbines at Marr. At...
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10 years ago
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Worcester-Bosch CDi 30 Greenstar
Does anyone know it turning it off with its button on the control panel is any different to isolating its supply? Boiler is in the loft and I like to turn it off if I am isolating the water to avoid...
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10 years ago
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What flushpipe/connector for concealed WC cistern?
I'm tackling a slight, but long-term leak around the base of our back-to-wall toilet (one of this sort of thing: It has a boxed-in, concealed cistern (like this, but an unknown model): ; and I've...
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10 years ago
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Mobility scooter (gel( batteries
We've just inherited an Invacare Auriga mobility scooter. With dead batteries. Checking with a meter initially, showed 0.8V each. After about 10 minutes with a car charger, they were reading about 7V...
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10 years ago
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