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Cleaning pewter
I have 2 pewter tankards dated 1877. They are quite seriously tarnished. Should I clean them? If so what with? They are trophies for sports, lidded and with glass bottoms. Made by James Dixon & Sons....
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Depth for fence post issue.
Putting in 2 fence posts, one should be ok, the other is next to the house. I have managed to dig down about a foot and appear to have hit concrete, its about 6 inches out from the house wall so could...
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Car opened.
A number of older Citreons suffer from this universal unlocking syndrome. Its either a dodgy contact or crimp connector on those, but I'd have though VW used better parts. Its that old single point of...
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Winches
He has been complaining about my boat trailer in his path, so my son cut down some trees and we parked the 4-LandRoverWheel trailer alongside his shed. We used the Disco, but had to use a ratchet...
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Binding disk brake, 150 miles after MOT :(
Had my Vauxhall Zafira serviced and MOTed about 6 weeks ago. I don't do many miles in it, only 150 since then in fact. At the weekend I was on the motorway when I noticed a whistling sound from the...
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Plumbing with lead solder
I moved some stuff about in the bathroom last weekend and used solder ring joints for the plumbing, adding a bit of solder to each joint. I have a roll of fat, cumbersome solder I normally use so...
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Ow ! Bloody OW !!!
At least three people have died from the fall. They suffered heart attacks while bungee jumping. Colin Bignell
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Wind Farming, its the new council house....
Grammar makes about as much sense as the idea; spin being put on this development is that it will pay for 500 new homes, quite why a Housing Assosciation is getting involved in power generation and in...
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OT - I don't suppose anyone out there has copy of the olympics opening ceremony by any chance?
S-i-L wants to see it
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Water efficiency calculator: determining flow rates
As part of building control for a new build, I need to submit a water efficiency statement for part G. I've found the water efficiency calculator, but I'm having trouble finding the flow rates for the...
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Canon MX860 power supply
The power supply unit in my MX860 printer has died. It's a a plug-in unit accessed from underneath the casing, so it should be easy enough to replace (though I haven't yet tried removing it). Every...
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OT car Insurance
Is it worth having NCB protected? also with all these solicitors offering "no fee" contracts is it worth having legal cover these days?
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Promession
Shamelessly crossposted. I've done a bit of reading on promession over the last few years but have seen nothing of late. It last appeared that the English lot had a falling out with the Swedish lot....
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Black Sandtex type finish
I need to refinish a contrast panel on the outside of the m-in-law's house. It is a Scottish harled house in white but has a panel in black. As far as I can see this is not painted but is coated with...
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Garage door rusting
My garage door is rusting at the top and at the sides. Last autumn I took the rust off and down to bare metal. Undercoated and top coated, but to no avail, the rust is back again. I seem to remember...
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