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New fence panels: to treat or not to treat?
Must be spring - I've just been to Wickes for some replacment fence panels to sort the garden out... Question: these things allegedly come pressure-treated and with a 10-year guarantee. Is it...
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Re Mystery Object,, Joyce Penner..
Yesterday we had Irish Rambo Rams... Dug out of the snow,, Arran Buried in snow,, Northern Japan buried in snow,, and even Israel,, South Africa ,,Venice ,, Russia,, N America,,all far too much too...
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uPVC door lock Q
Just had a mild panic when we thought one of our door keys had gone missing (now accounted for, so panic over). Anyway, consumed with visions of having to change the lock/key, I googled for details,...
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OT - Strange Battery Markings on UPS Battery
No mention at all of of ampere hours, just a manufacturer specific part number and this: "12v 36W/cell 15 min" The dimensions indicate something around 7Ah although the battery bay also contained a...
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Looking for smart immersion heater
An immersion heater in my bathroom appears to have failed (even though it was only a couple of months old). I thought I'd take advantage of this failure by getting an immersion heater that can be...
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OT: Dodgy emails
For some reason that I can't explain, I've become intrigued by what I suppose are virus carrying emails. Because I'm looking at someone's router logs by email, I've had to have the spam filtering...
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[OT] "Rare" collapse
90ft Aberdeenshire turbine felled by wind d-by-wind-1-2902472 "Neighbour Willie Mitchell, whose home overlooks Mr Anderson's land, said: "It just goes to show how dangerous these things can be. "It's...
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Smart Meters
Smart meters to save power customers £64 each across Wales, report say s - 19 April 2013 But surely if that is a £64 overpayment you get it back either as a lu mp sum refund or by a £64 reduction...
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Coverage?
How do they work out the "this tin will cover xxx sq/mtrs "? Presumably done by a marketing graduate who has never used the product? Treated my 'stage one' small deck with Wilkinson's Decking Oil &...
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OT: You'll have to read this more than once...
Accordion to a recent survey, replacing words with the names of musical instruments in a sentence often goes undetected.
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H&S taken to a new level
Wonder if I need 'working at heights' training for this: Theo http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~atm26/ephemeral/wgb-ladder.jpg
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OT: recycling
I have inherited a lot (maybe 200 plus) of old audio cassette tapes and VHS video tapes - both commercial releases and ones bought as blanks and then recorded on. I want to get rid of the lot, but...
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Coal effect gas fire back
I have a Magiglo inset coal effect gas fire. The black fibre back and throat have become a bit grey looking and I wondered if there is anything that can be spayed on to tart it up a bit for the...
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Window stay - variable opening with screw catch plus full opening
Fiddling with the window stay on our new bedroom large oak French window. It is a standard window stay with a limited opening, and also no secure clip down. I had a 'moment' with a gust of wind which...
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land boundary question and drain pipes!
Hi, Is there a rule about where one person's property ends and their neighbour's property begins? On my street the houses are built like this: detached house with garage attached on the side, then a...
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