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Lolz!

Got this in an email a day or two ago. To an email address I seldom use. Thought I'd share... http://vps.templar.co.uk/...
14 comments posted 4mos
posted by tnp
14 comments posted 4mos posted by tnp

Shower basket failure.

The wire container to hold showering accessories is held to the tiles by suction. More elaborate than the "rubber sucke...
6 comments posted 4mos
posted by mikehalmarack
6 comments posted 4mos posted by mikehalmarack

'Synthetic Gasket'

Hi, Does anyone know of a decent liquid gasket for jointing together metal-to-metal parts? Something that enables you t...
6 comments posted 5mos
posted by dhg99908
6 comments posted 5mos posted by dhg99908

Perpetual Motion

I had a post for a perpetual motion ornament appear on my Facebook page so did a search for it. It comes with a lead but...
2 comments posted 5mos
posted by jgnewsid
2 comments posted 5mos posted by jgnewsid

Belt up!

I just replaced the bulb in my Panasonic combi microwave/radiant oven, and discovered a rubber drive belt lying loose....
8 comments posted 5mos
posted by mail
8 comments posted 5mos posted by mail

labour cost for fencing

What would be a reasonable labour cost (per hour) for someone erecting a garden fence (setting posts etc)? Tim
11 comments posted 5mos
posted by timdownieuk
11 comments posted 5mos posted by timdownieuk

OT: CCTV problem

I have a Hikvision 4-camera plus Network Video Recorder (NVR) system. The cameras are all of the PoE (Power over Ethern...
4 comments posted 5mos
posted by a
4 comments posted 5mos posted by a

microswitch help

Long story but basically age and use has led to a failure of a 12V DC manual switch on my farm hedge trimmer! The unit...
10 comments posted 5mos
posted by tim
10 comments posted 5mos posted by tim

Lamppost attachments

Here in the NE UK mysterious attachments are appearing on some (tall) LED lampposts. These are not the usual cameras, a...
25 comments posted 5mos
posted by jim
25 comments posted 5mos posted by jim

SOT: iCloud

I have tried various permutations and searches with no success as yet. I am of course confident that someone here can p...
5 comments posted 5mos
posted by newsgroups
5 comments posted 5mos posted by newsgroups

Cunbria Time Signal

Anybody having problems with this today? I can't find any notice it's down on the Interned but my kitchen clock won't r...
2 comments posted 5mos
posted by jgnewsid
2 comments posted 5mos posted by jgnewsid

Washing machine door lock replacement dramas

Hi All, Our Hotpoint washing machine has developed a fault and the error code says it is a faulty door lock mechanism....
5 comments posted 5mos
posted by leenowell
5 comments posted 5mos posted by leenowell

OT - 3 pin home charger for EV

Can anyone recommend a cable for slow charging a Mini EV from a standard 3 pin domestic socket. New to all this - a ran...
14 comments posted 5mos
posted by patchmoney
14 comments posted 5mos posted by patchmoney

2 stroke carburettor primer bulb question

A friend has asked to look at a nearly new Stihl strimmer that he’s been given that won’t run. The fault is fairly obvi...
5 comments posted 5mos
posted by timdownieuk
5 comments posted 5mos posted by timdownieuk