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Bathroom repair - and while I'm at it...
I have to replace a cracked S-trap toilet in the bathroom. It seems that the floor (circa 1960) around the toilet base and bath would benefit from repair. At the moment it is a traditional suspended...
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Peer reviewed article shows peer reviewing is bunk..?
"The present investigation was an attempt to study the peer-review process directly, in the natural setting of actual journal referee evaluations of submitted manuscripts. As test materials we...
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Plating?
Can you do gold/silver plating of small items at home, or do you have to send this stuff off to a specialist? My wife wants one of these (for £195), and I reckon the parts (just M4 nuts and some...
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OT: New computer
I know there is lots of experience out there, and it is always interesting to hear other views. I am now seriously contemplating replacing my desktop, the present one is getting (comparatively) slow...
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Spray gun advice ...
I've done a bit of spraying over the years - cellulose on cars. And a decent gun and compressor ain't cheap. You'll also need an air drier, as blobs of water tend to ruin a finish. To be honest,...
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Anyone using bulk chemicals in the garden, or house?
I used to buy boxed 4-in-1 lawn feed for about a tenner a go. I don't have many weeds, so it was mainly for killing moss. Then I discovered you can get a lifetime's (or at least a good few years')...
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Queen Wasps (possibly OT)
Last year I made significant inroads to the local Wasp population by zapping those I found on our Cotoneaster blossom. This year there are visiting mini bumble bees but no Wasps! Anyone seen any or is...
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lidl multitool broken
Hi, I switched on my Lidl multitool yesterday. It switched on and was buzzing away when suddenly it stopped and fell silent. This was whilst I held it in the air, it was not under load. There is a...
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Cleaning rust
I need to clean the rust off trailer lights spade connectors. They have been exposed to sea water. Other than vinegar, hydrogen chloride or baking soda, is there a more specific chemical product that...
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Vastly OT - names in SPAM
I get my usual quota of SPAM which gets past the ISP filter and generally it is generic or in Chinese. However I do regularly get SPAM with the name "Mrs Elaine Martin" in the subject line. Now I do...
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compatible printer cartridges
First pack of Office Depot compatibles worked fine (Epson RX420) so I bought some more. However, it appears Epson are not to be fooled twice! This printer does not recognise etc.... Anyone know of a...
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Roast weed?
I was contemplating how to deal with grass and weeds etc that tend to grow up on the drive. Its covered in pea shingle and under that, is compacted stony ground. Weed killers sort of work, although...
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Hob igniter problem
We have a pretty old Creda gas hob with a button at the front which you depress to get a spark under each burner. The button rotates and removes to reveal one of those tiny cylindrical 12V batteries....
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A garden Pissoir
Our garden is some 60m from the house down a path, past some other houses and gardens - ours is at the end of the plot.. We're planning some uphevals down there with a complete make-over in the next...
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Extending room beneath eaves
In the process of removing lath/plaster with a view to extending the room beneath the eaves. So far: The photos show the mid-roof purlin and where they seemingly rest on the party wall brick wall....
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