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energy

Current notification from the OVO team.. they are ditching the green tariff! Also strong hint those with smart meters ma...
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posted by tim
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

most environmentally friendly way to defrost food

As you will all know I am a committed environmentalist and keen supporter of all the various pressure groups that are p...
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posted by wrights...
40 comments posted 3yrs posted by wrights...

Dorset-Fawcet

anybody remember that from 1954 ?
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posted by kinvig.netta
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Simmerstat wanted

Many years ago, I had a home-made in-line simmerstat thingy. Basically a 13A plug->flex->little box with an energy regu...
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posted by me
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by me

Twitter discussion on "Central Planning"

Tweet: Keith Weiner, @RealKeithWeiner Central planning. The promise: wise honest technocrats can invest in science and...
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posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 3yrs posted by imbibe

Carpet protector

I bought some thick clear vinyl to protect our nice new carpet from my workstation chair. The trouble is that it slides...
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posted by pinnerite
11 comments posted 3yrs posted by pinnerite

Occupational Lenses

Im toying with the idea of getting these as a reglaze for intermediate (computer) and reading. Any gotchas? Cheers, Jim
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posted by news
51 comments posted 3yrs posted by news

Re: OT: WTF is this all about?

> Andy Burns wrote: > > > rumour is one of the dead blokes was shagging the tiktoker's mum, broke > > it off then tried...
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posted by andynexus1
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by andynexus1

OT: UK government emergency warnings

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65026368 What the f*ck could possibly be a life threatening emergency in the UK? We don...
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posted by CK1
28 comments posted 3yrs posted by CK1

Mains LED

I bought a 30W rechargeable work LED https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124436283296 While there is no doubt its bright if you...
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posted by rick_hughes
10 comments posted 3yrs posted by rick_hughes

Emergency Alarm

Is there a flurry of excitement..?
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posted by me
65 comments posted 3yrs posted by me

Pouring concrete slab

A, to me. novel approach to making a concrete slab. Is this Recommended ? https://youtu.be/GC0j2Ey5NNk
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posted by tpmccann
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by tpmccann

How to cut a 10" round hole in 5mm mild steel?

I need to replace a porthole on our little boat because the existing one has bad corrosion around it. So I need to enla...
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posted by cl
66 comments posted 3yrs posted by cl