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Retaining card details

I pay my dual-fuel supply quarterly to EDF by BACS transfer, after receiving the bill following a meter reading I give...
17 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Jeff
17 comments posted 4yrs posted by Jeff

Royal Mail puzzle

Yesterday, Royal Mail left a card telling me that I needed to pay £2.50 for unpaid postage on an item to be delivered....
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by davey
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by davey

Thunderbird 91.13.1 keeps requesting gmail login

I have just upgraded to Tbird 91.13.1 and I have 3 email addresses set up, one of which is a gmail account. Previous I...
12 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Battening for fixing skirting board

I've removed some of the ground floor skirting to repair the hardwood floor and now need to fit new skirting. The plast...
9 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nothanks
9 comments posted 4yrs posted by nothanks

Another one for the plumbers

Considering boiler settings to save gas it has occurred to me that routinely exceeding 60deg.C may not be necessary for...
10 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tim
10 comments posted 4yrs posted by tim

John Deere takes on Rufford ford

Sploooooosh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N444HsGqb84 That JCB fastrac can do 50 mph but he didn't give it much welly...
6 comments posted 4yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Stripping paint off old front door

I have offered to repair and re-paint my friend's front door. It's an old house, c. 1900, and has a panelled front door...
8 comments posted 4yrs
posted by pknw29683
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by pknw29683

Fitting copper draft strip

Anyone done this? Our inner porch door has gaps between the frame and the door. Fitting foam strips to the closing face...
12 comments posted 4yrs
posted by tim.downie
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by tim.downie

How do you solder a dripping pipe?

I'm adding a radiator to my central heating and I'd like to know if there is any way to be able to immediately solder t...
59 comments posted 4yrs
posted by clangers_snout
59 comments posted 4yrs posted by clangers_snout