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For those of you who like to see stupid people get hurt
What were they doing at 2:16?
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Roll your own rollerskis
I would like to try rollerskiing, but absolutely cannot handle the off-the-shelf ones. For various reasons, I need ones a couple of metres long, with ratchet wheels on the front and a REAR braking...
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OT Washing machine test
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washing machine will not spin/new electricity meter
Hello, I have a Hotpoint WMA63 washing machine. It was working fine until this morning. Now if I run a program, the water will run into the soap tray and the drum fills with water but the drum will...
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OT: Myth or true
Something I've been told about broadband routers. I unplug the router at the mains if I'm not going to be home all day, then when I return plug it back in again. I've been told that by doing this my...
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Tried to be too clever ...
After discussion here, bought a thumbturn lock for our uPVC front door. Ordered Tuesday, delivered yesterday (sorry, B&Q). Fitted in 1 minute. Slight downside is we need 3 more keys cut ... however...
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D_I_Y American style!
Health and Safety American style! Silo Demolition Sledgehammer Style Biertijd.com // Media » Silo Demolition Sledgehammer Style
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How the hell did the vultures miss this ?
Krauts, eh ? By Paul Homewood RWE’s new lignite power station opened in Neurath in 2012 Germany’s dash for coal continues apace. Following on the opening of two new coal power stations in...
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OT: Calor Gas
Off topic, but I am hoping someone can help. Would it be safe to keep/transport a Butane Calor gas bottle in a car during day trips? Thanks.
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Automatic line testing? Slightly long but a simple question at the end.
I live 500 metres from an ADSL 2+ exchange. But that is at the other side of the town centre, and I could belive my actual wiring run is longer, also the phone lines in our street (most of the...
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Moisture in double glazing
We have all seen the problem of moisture between double glazing panes but on the cruise ship I have just left there was 2ft of water sloshing about between the panes!
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Kenwood dishwasher problem
We have a Kenwood KDW60W10 dishwasher that threw a wobbly today and came up with error code E1, which according to the manual is a problem with the flow meter. I can get a brand new flow meter for...
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Stair Handrail height
After 20 yrs+ I'm finally getting round to putting a handrail up the stairs for the extension bedroom. Research shows that the authorities think this should be a 'minimum of 900mm from the stair pitch...
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110mm Waste offset ?
I'm fitting a wall mounted wc into my bathroom, using a grohe mounting frame, and I'm puzzled what the best way to deal with the small maybe 35-40mm height difference between the right angle grohe wc...
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coke bottle thread adaptor
I'd like to experiment with using a 2L coke bottle as a pressure vessel but I haven't worked out how best to make a leakproof plumbed connection to the bottle. Does anyone know of an adaptor that...
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