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SOT: British Gas query

I thought all utilities had a duty to communicate in clear language, but maybe I am missing something here? A friend ha...
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posted by newsgroups
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by newsgroups

OT - How do you get a Double Decker to Paris (1960s)

I watched the opening of Summer Holiday the other day, leaving aside any other possible impossibilities Would it have b...
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posted by chrispvholmes
20 comments posted 3yrs posted by chrispvholmes

Stopping glue solvent evaporating

I have a tin of Evo-Stik Impact adhesive. The kind that comes in a tin with a lever off lid. Despite ensuring there's n...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by none
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by none

Dremel for cutting plastic

I need to make lots of small cuts in nylon and polyethylene sheet that is 2mm thick. The cuts are between 5mm and 22mm...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by senditontome
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by senditontome

Terminating unused cables

I currently have an electric shower soon to be replaced with a Mira digital shower so the current 6mm power cable will...
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posted by tricky.dicky
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Shower Tray fitting

Sometime soon I will be fitting a 1600 X 800 shower tray. The manufacturers instruction say it should go on 18mm marine...
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posted by tricky.dicky
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Public information service

Scamwatch https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66529264 Now people get why my GiffGaff goodybag can't call premium number...
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posted by jethro_uk
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by jethro_uk

SOT: wind back 50 years

A woollen pullover needs washed. Housewife fills the Belfast sink with hot hot water and adds Lux soap flakes. They tak...
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posted by newsgroups
25 comments posted 3yrs posted by newsgroups

Adhesive for glass fibre bath

I have a perfectly normal glass fibre bath, and need to glue something (hard plastic) to the shiny surface. What should...
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posted by roland
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by roland

Fluorescent lamps

There's been quite a bit of discussion in the past month or so on replacing these with leds, and whether or not it was...
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posted by Jeff
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by Jeff

Robomowers

Anyone got one? They all seem to be mulching mowers. What consequences does this have for your lawn over time? Worth wo...
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posted by tim.downie
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim.downie

Peak Save by British Gas

I notice BG are operating something called Peak Save again this month. It claims to offer 'Half Price electricity on sun...
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posted by noreply492000-medic
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by noreply492000-medic

Can we convert this old Acer Laptop to chromebook

Have found a very old Acer Laptop at the back of a cupboard. Aspire One Happy Is this spec on it enough to do so? it ha...
23 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kirbyx95
23 comments posted 3yrs posted by kirbyx95

Name the mystery object

Found in a shed. https://photos.app.goo.gl/UThEnkA68C8deoih7 Looks like a signalling lamp of some sort. White bulb with...
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim.downie
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim.downie

OT: Fooled by AI

I needed to call the NS&I helpline to get my registered telephone number changed in order to then receive an OTP. The l...
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posted by nospam
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by nospam