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Three planes above N Yorkshire this afternoon

Does anyone know what these planes were doing? They were extremely noisy and they scared a few (timid) souls. Bill
71 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
71 comments posted 4yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Pillocks HA HA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyRMEoWYRDM&ab_channel=KatieHopkinsOFFICIAL
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posted by kinvig.netta
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by kinvig.netta

fix leak in lead pipe water supply

I finally tracked down the source of water ingress into our basement to a pin prick hole in the lead service pipe just...
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posted by johnny-b-good
40 comments posted 4yrs posted by johnny-b-good

Olivia Newton John

Sad to hear that Livvy died she was only a year older than myself. Born in Cambridge and emigrated with her Parents to...
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posted by brian1gaff
25 comments posted 4yrs posted by brian1gaff

Clip electric to wall foundations underground?

Would it be OK to clip the electric feed to our new septic tank along a house wall but a foot underground? From the cor...
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posted by dicegeorge
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by dicegeorge

[OT] Power cut and strange noise

A day or two ago, I was in the shower, lights and extractor fan on and window open; SWMBO was on the other side of the...
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posted by Aero.Spike
12 comments posted 4yrs posted by Aero.Spike

External shutter ideas?

Hi, I am in NW Scotland so in the winter there is not much daylight. Short of cutting some Kingspan to size and slottin...
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posted by rgdavidson
4 comments posted 4yrs posted by rgdavidson

Inflation

Just noticed the prices of replacement UPVC windows advertised in the Sussex Local magazine that we get for free monthl...
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posted by Andrew97d-junk
1 comments posted 4yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Temporary insulation over plastic veranda roof?

We have a decking area with a loping plastic roof on timber bearers. Internal measurements for each panel are roughly 2...
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posted by wibble
7 comments posted 4yrs posted by wibble

Damp barrier

Some insulation has a fair bit of damage to the foil, so need to add damp blocking on the paint layer. Is shellac imperm...
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posted by tabbypurr
19 comments posted 4yrs posted by tabbypurr

External PIR to be active for only 4 hours per day

I'm looking to set up an external infrared PIR with a 24 hour timer so that it will operate an alarm between the hours...
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posted by letshaveit
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by letshaveit

Thunderbird - reading posts shortcut keys

Hi, Having moved to TB, because of the less adequate filters of the newsreader I was using - TB's filters work very wel...
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posted by a
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Newsreader for iPad

I tend to use my iPad to access uk.d-i-y using Google Groups but the recent infestation has highlighted the shortcoming...
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posted by tricky.dicky
8 comments posted 4yrs posted by tricky.dicky