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Restore yellowed fluorescent diffuser?

The fluorescent light in our kitchen is probably about 10 years old; I fitted it back them. 6ft tube, at some point I'l...
9 comments posted 3yrs
posted by news0009
9 comments posted 3yrs posted by news0009

Form tenmplates urgently required.

I'm needing to compile a compendium of forms of all kinds into a workbook. Forms that have no possible destination that...
0 comments posted 3yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
0 comments posted 3yrs posted by mikehalmarack

What is this 2?

The second of two mystery objects: https://ibb.co/FqCy7qv It seems like a mini router table, but it would be useful to k...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by nothanks
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by nothanks

What is this 1?

The first of two mystery objects: https://ibb.co/tpF5x3J
2 comments posted 3yrs
posted by nothanks
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by nothanks

Protimeter

I'm planning to try remedying some damp identified by a survey, and monitoring progress with a protimeter. I'm hoping n...
19 comments posted 3yrs
posted by patchmoney
19 comments posted 3yrs posted by patchmoney

"The couch is my enemy"

I'm on the Board of my HOA, since 2013. Been living there since 1993. We have 62 buildings, 372 condo units, on 45 acre...
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by imbibe
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by imbibe

D-I-Y catering with Herrings In?

When SWMBO is occupied elsewhere and I must feed myself, the flat oval tins of Herrings In are tempting but, when openi...
62 comments posted 3yrs
posted by headstone255
62 comments posted 3yrs posted by headstone255

OT: Rejoiners

Brexit is a one way ticket. The damage is done. Get over it. There is zero, null, zilch chance in the world the UK woul...
226 comments posted 3yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
226 comments posted 3yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

Linseed oil putty as a sealer between stone sills

Hello, I have some windows to paint, and the sills are made from stone so to fill the joints is linseed oil putty OK to...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by pastedavid
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by pastedavid

poplar problems

Yes I know I should be addressing this elswhere but hey ho My son cut down two poplars in his garden last year. Inevita...
19 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tpmccann
19 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

Novel DIY

I'd like to get to the bottom of why this person thought it was a bright idea to do this bit of light DIY.... And no an...
10 comments posted 3yrs
posted by i.love
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by i.love

glue gun glue

how do I get hardened hot glue gun glue off a plastic piece of equipment ? ....
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

UK Power working live? But, for how long?

The chap from Lowri Beck came round to change the meter, but he couldn't get the main fuse out of the input cable. So,...
16 comments posted 3yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
16 comments posted 3yrs posted by NOTsomeone

stamps with qr codes, or not

How is it that new 'commemorative' stamps don't have QR codes whereas the definitive ones do? If they can manage withou...
14 comments posted 3yrs
posted by cl
14 comments posted 3yrs posted by cl