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The unwanted television
I have a little Sony, it?s a Trinitron you see My son came round on Thursday and he foisted it on me It?s a lovely little telly and it has its own remote But its analogue, not digital, and worth...
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DIY staff 'are best at explaining products'
DIY staff 'are best at explaining products' Staff in DIY stores and garden centres emerge in a new survey as having the best product knowledge and being most effective in explaining product benefits...
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DIYer recovers after screwdriver penetrates head
DIYer recovers after screwdriver penetrates head A DIY enthusiast is expected to make a full recovery after falling onto a screwdriver, which pierced his skull....
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OT - Importing a Northern Irish car into England
I have no paperwork at all. All I have is a car with an NI number plate and the keys. Any ideas? All the DVLA website says is "contact the DVLA"
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decoding yEnc files
How do you decode them ?
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10 pi projects ...
Ten pi-fect projects for your new Raspberry Pi • The Register
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Grouping factor for looped cables
If a circuit loops back on itself within a conduit (e.g. in and out of a socket drop or a switched live running alongside the unswitched live) do you count it as 1 or 2 for grouping? The Regs refer to...
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That Stuff (TM)?
Dad used to have a great hand cleaner called something like That Stuff. It was white and had bits in and came in a squish bottle shaped a bit like a fat Dalek. It would easily remove paint, grease and...
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CFL Pendant Fitting
I visited a freind in a Retirement Home on Tues. All looking very homely except for a few bare CFLs in his hallway. I noticed the lampholder was something I hadn't see before so I didn't offer to go...
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Now there's a bit of plumbing
Slighlty tickles me to see lever valves and brass fittings as we can buy in use on this. I've no doubt they're not cheapy shed no-name ones, of course. Submarine Manufacturing & Products Ltd are...
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OT Cameron gone bonkers...
Going the same way as Bliar. David Cameron tells MPs the UK government would consider vetoing any extension to the European Union's arms embargo on Syria.
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Anyone smell a rat?
My daughter's downstairs lavatory is blocked. Her husband, useless in every respect except impregnating females, called here to discuss the problem, so I gave him a set of drain rods and some basic...
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Electrical Timer
Hello I was given a adapter that plugged into an electrical socket and switches anything plugged into it off and on according to a timer. A bit like a boiler timer. According to the packaging it is...
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Networking question
No you're not, you are thinking logically. Daisy-chain the gigabit switches if one hasn't got enough ports, and just one cable to link them to your router.
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Extra long coach bolts, or similar
Is there a source of extremely long coach bolts or something similar? I need 24" (and 25" would be better). I've tried places like Toolstation and Screwfix with no luck. I suppose I could use threaded...
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