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rufford ford
It's that time of year again ... <>The ducks are safe, but even a few landrovers come unstuck this time. •All footage was recorded by myself at Rufford Mill Ford, North Nottinghamshire. •Tiktok:...
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Bifold garage doors
I have a 7 section (3 + 4) wooden bifold garage door running on Henderson track. The doors are 1969 vintage and are past their sell-by date. My ideal would be to replace the wooden sections with UPVC...
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Wood fixed to concrete
Replacing wood fence panels that fell apart very quickly (due to rubbish horizontal battens) i'm now wishing to use metal mesh panels. There are already good concrete vertical posts in place. So to...
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Wolf Awareness Week: Fascinating wolf facts
Wolf Awareness Week: Fascinating wolf facts Oct. 19, 2010 Yesterday, we showed you where wolves are in the United States and the threats they?re facing. But no matter if we?re talking about red wolves...
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Natural Enemies keep a Species strong!
"The caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong" -- Keewatin Inuit Proverb -------------- Most healthy ungulates are fast enough to outrun a pack of wolves. In fact,...
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Hank the Tank, a 500-Pound Bear, Ransacks a California Community
Hank the Tank, a 500-Pound Bear, Ransacks a California Community By Alyssa Lukpat, Feb. 20, 2022, NYT Since the summer, a black bear known as Hank the Tank has made a 500-pound nuisance of himself in...
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Breaking slate slabs
Assembling the bits for my wildlife pond project, I have bought a load of slate to edge the pond. <>Described as "Rustic Flat Slate Rockery Pieces", they look pretty good, and are about 50 mm thick....
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Design failure at a leisure centre
Brian at the bottom of this post are links to two photos. The first photo shows a hair drier that sits in a metal hoop in a female changing rooms at a leisure centre. The air drier aims downwards when...
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Smart meters for electric?
My eyes would roll when I used to read about problems with early smart meters and I refused to have one. Now the electric company is billing monthly using estimates and home readings which can be...
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Bosch Jigsaw - Blade change
Hi, My FIL has a Bosch GST 60 PBE jigsaw. Apparently it hasn't been used in a long time. The blades are easy to change but the locking mechanism seems to have something missing. I know there is a...
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yorky
"The grand old Duke of York, he had 12 million quid."He gave it to someone he?d never met, for something he never did."
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Aspirin and black mould
Solvent needed for Salicylic acid crystals. When black mould visited my flat I got some great advice here about mixing salicylic acid with emulsion paint and applying it to the affected area. It...
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Priority services register
A few weeks ago I received a lot of criticism for suggesting that customers should not be added to the priority services register indiscriminately. I am now pleased that I was successful in...
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OT? - keyboards for mobiles - X-post
What is the current state of keyboards for mobile devices? That is, phone and tablet. Back in the day (way back) I seem to remember that for my Sony tablet I had an OTG cable and connected a USB...
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Pay per mile instead of road vehicle licence.
I might be paying ~2p/mile for 159-165 (Band G)
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