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Removing Baked on Sycamore sap
Whilst my daughter was unable to drive her car, it was sat under a Sycamore tree much of the sap has formed into tar like globules. The pressure washer and car shampoo just is not touching it. Tar...
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Flat roof - again.
Bit of an update. Said when leaving yesterday they'd be here at 8am today. So up at 7.30 - unheard of here on a Sunday, except when working. At 9 am got an email from them with some pics they'd tried...
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vintage Notice poster Instruction In Case of Nuclear Bomb attack
vintage Notice poster Instruction In Case of Nuclear Bomb attack Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for vintage Notice poster Instruction In Case of Nuclear Bomb attack funny...
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Nutool battery charger.
Can you still get the charger for the three part set. Drill, saw and torch?
 
Faulty central heating programmer
The programmer is a Grasslin Towerchron QE2, purchased from B&Q some years ago. It will not run either a pre-set programme or own set programme, the display is ‘frozen’ and jumbled. It will not...
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2nd segment in gauge not working sometimes 1a2 then it will not work
Son Fitted new batteries now 2 nd segment is not working sometimes 1 a2
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Rufford Ford makes it onto the BBC
They must be following Andy Burns posts:-) Videos of cars getting stuck in a Nottinghamshire ford are watched by millions around the world.
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Flat roof - again.
So they started this morning. Knew for certain they'd find 'extras'. Since the quote was so much less than others. Can't do a felt overlay. Due to the pebbles which were on the old. So remove the old....
 
Anyone know anything about (electric) log splitters?
We have a load of newly felled logs to split - strangely enough nothing to do with the recent Eunice gale. We have a proper log splitting maul (i.e. a big axe with a fat blade) and a manual, hydraulic...
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OT(ish) - Usenet news client for Android?
It is a while since I looked but there doesn't seem to be an obvious decent news reader on the Play Store. A few, but generally poor reviews. Does anyone use a news reader on Android which is...
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BSP-BSP plumbing question
Had to replace a hand basin tap ... Old tap had flexible tails connecting to isolation valves ... the flexy connector ending in 1/2" BSP female New tap has flexy connector ending in 3/8" BSP female I...
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Canal boat design
I found this an interesting video am intrigued by the idea of a closed loop hot water system for instant hot water. Is this common in houses? What are the pros and cons?
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£10
trying to get rid of £10 paygo credit off an old sim card so I can transfer the number....can't find the sms ukrainian donation thingy anybody know?
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Anyone speak Welsh?
On a holiday in Wales when I was maybe five, I was taught by local kids the Welsh for 'milk' was what sounded like 'severus', or 'severous'. I've tried google translate, but I cannot find any...
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Wall mount DECT phone
I have a really neat wall mount DECT phone. Old, and giving problems. It was custom made for cavity wall mounting with no cables visible - if you routed them inside the wall. (I have a cupboard close...
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