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Fluorescent Tube Ban Sept 2023

Just been to to TLC to purchase some comfort components, and noticed a poster saying Fluorescent Tubes will be banned f...
83 comments posted 3yrs
posted by mark.carver
83 comments posted 3yrs posted by mark.carver

Wood Glue

One of the drawers under my bed has fallen to pieces. Not sure if I can fix it well enough to use again, may just be a...
14 comments posted 3yrs
posted by jgnewsid
14 comments posted 3yrs posted by jgnewsid

[OT] A hailstorm in June!

Outside temperature 23 C! Darkness! Car alarms sounding! It must be the End of the World!
20 comments posted 3yrs
posted by max_demian
20 comments posted 3yrs posted by max_demian

Reddit

Some Reddit users have noticed that they can't sign-in to their accounts anymore on mobile, as the option to do so has...
4 comments posted 3yrs
posted by jon
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by jon

Talking microwave stopped workingyesterday.

Now I'm not nowadays the sort of person who would open a Microwave, considering how high the capacitors inside might be...
45 comments posted 3yrs
posted by brian1gaff
45 comments posted 3yrs posted by brian1gaff

Low-profile horizontal sliding mechanism

Following my earlier thread, I want to mount two computer monitors side by side on a base which can slide across the su...
37 comments posted 3yrs
posted by mail
37 comments posted 3yrs posted by mail

Fire incident

(Having a bit of a mutter here...) There was a fire a couple of weeks ago down the road from us which destroyed the roo...
67 comments posted 3yrs
posted by office
67 comments posted 3yrs posted by office

Sun sail Installation ideas

Hi all, I have a sun sail that I have never installed. It is a bit like this https://www.primrose.co.uk/6mx5m-rectangle...
1 comments posted 3yrs
posted by lee
1 comments posted 3yrs posted by lee

That's annoying!

Now happily recording daytime TV film offerings for evening watching using my BT set top box. Recently some films have...
43 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim
43 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

photoshopping

Or rather gimping ... I have a paper document I want to scan and clean-up, unfortunately it's printed on government dep...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by usenet
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by usenet

Solvent

I made the mistake of peeling off one of those stickers they put on book covers for unknown reasons. I got most of the...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

UK National Electric Grid has changed to DC

At the moment, http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk shows the mains frequency as 0.000Hz.
47 comments posted 3yrs
posted by ianREMOVETHISjackson
47 comments posted 3yrs posted by ianREMOVETHISjackson

Car/Caravan breakdown cover

Renewal time, so what's worth having? I need the option of recovery back to home, of the entire outfit, even if the cara...
7 comments posted 3yrs
posted by a
7 comments posted 3yrs posted by a