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OT Virgin - unsolicited calls- sarcasm and more
Just had an unsolicited call from Virgin (even though I reg as don't want such calls). Anyway, the guy said something about having looked at my phone bills he'd got a way to "save me money". Now of...
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Dyson DC01: fitting new belt
My nephew wrecked his DC01 by letting a sock enter the beater bar. It jammed and the belt melted. I'm fitting a new one but I recall the motor shaft being very smooth and polished - it is now rough>...
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USB Memory sticks
Just had a 1GB Kingston Data Traveller give up the ghost. I see you can get up to 64GB USB memory sticks these days Which makes and sizes have the best reputation/longest lives ? Jim Hawkins
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Extending gas bonding
There is an earth bonding cable running from the gas meter to the CU but has been fitted to run over the surface in an unsightly way. To hide it I will have to extend it and go the long way round. I...
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Hot Batteries
A neighbour called me to tell me she had put new batteries in her CO2 / smoke alarm and they were getting hot! I went to look and as you can guess they had been fitted wrong - but I was really...
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Drawer Sliders
In the course of investigating fitting a new gas hob, I need to remove the drawer immediately below it. The drawer opens on smooth running sliders one each side, with an end stop. The question is how...
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Lidl fan
For the groups information... Just got one of these for a little project. Very neat, quiet and surprisingly powerful [2400l/min claimed]. Power is just 1.9W. Not bad for £3.99
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OT - IT deciphering website log
Can someone explain what is going on here? Looking at the website log for site A There is an entry like this "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 6129 "site B specific page" (followed by user agent string) The user...
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OT Good quality ark kits, where please?
Subject is the post!
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Microwave fault finding
We have a dead combi microwave. Fisrt test - get the back off. Fortunately I have a set of security bits so can take the special screws out. Second test - check fuse where the power comes in. This is...
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Replacing a fitted gas hob
Need to replace a fitted gas hob but not the worktop. Is the cut-out in the worktop standardised? Does disconnection/connection require the services of a qualified gas-safe fitter to do the biz, or is...
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OT: Salt & Pepper grinder recommendations
Fed up of them appearing to clog up and grinding nothing. Tried wooden ones with winding handles, plastic glass ones with twisty turny tops, battery ones with a button to press. Thanks
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Best glue for sticking shoe insoles in place?
So many times, I have bought shoes in which the insole has come loose, so that every time I remove the shoe, the insole gets pulled out of place. Usually, these insoles are made of some kind of fairly...
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OT: MS Office 2007
Google is not my friend in this case - my friend has a problem with the Office Ribbon. If you look at the following image: installation of Office looks as I imagine it's supposed to look, ie, there's...
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Likely failure mode of an extractor fan timer overrun board?
I've got a Manrose SCF200TC inline extractor fan whose timer overrun facility has recently started only running for 5 minutes or so compared with the 20 minutes it used to. I've not had chance to open...
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