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70+ driving licence renewal form

Hi, I already have 70+ licence, due to expire soon, and a reminder/renewal form arrived this am. The new to me form, ve...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by a
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by a

Question about emergency lighting switches

All the corridors and some of the rooms in my office building have emergency lights with what I think is the usual swit...
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posted by a24061a
11 comments posted 3yrs posted by a24061a

OT: It's not all doom and gloom!

https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/22/the-brexit-effect-number-of-eu-nationals-in-uk-slumps > The number of EU residents...
22 comments posted 3yrs
posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012
22 comments posted 3yrs posted by ottavio2006-usenet2012

C4 Love it or List it Wednesday.

Watching this right now and I have just noticed a wierd method of mixing concrete for footings. The cement mixer seems...
2 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Andrew97d
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by Andrew97d

Planned power cuts,

UK Power Networks contacted me to warn me of a power cut because they want to change a transformer which happens to be...
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posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

OT: More things that annoy me...

E-bay message, received today: "Shop your faves". I don't have any "faves", although I might have some favourites. Or I...
56 comments posted 3yrs
posted by davey
56 comments posted 3yrs posted by davey

Oh No !

Hi John, Thanks for speaking to us about claiming back £500 credit last week (EON- Next). We just wanted to remind you...
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posted by s
1 comments posted 3yrs posted by s

Ping Bill

My current digital TV learning curve has extended to temporary aerial feed glitches! The Manhattan box is up and runnin...
24 comments posted 3yrs
posted by tim
24 comments posted 3yrs posted by tim

EDF and smart meters

Anyone else getting pestered with increasing frequency by EDF about having a smart meter installed? I see that my EDF M...
66 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Jeff
66 comments posted 3yrs posted by Jeff

Exterior cladding like melamine MDF

I am looking at some flats, not for me but for a relative to buy. Saw a newly built and fairly luxury block today and o...
8 comments posted 3yrs
posted by timw
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by timw

Thermoplastic Tiles

I'm thinking about getting the kitchen floor tiled but found these mostly intact. The ones around the edges are broken....
5 comments posted 3yrs
posted by voyager1space
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by voyager1space

Updating HP all-in-one PC from HD to SSD

I have finally plucked up the courage to take the back off my £25 BHF charity shop HP All-in-1 PC and the existing hard...
29 comments posted 3yrs
posted by Andrew97d
29 comments posted 3yrs posted by Andrew97d

D-I-Y but uneconomic

It was reported on the BBC East news today that a school in Cambridgeshire has removed it oil-fird heating system and i...
12 comments posted 3yrs
posted by davey
12 comments posted 3yrs posted by davey