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That additive to flower vase water
I've just bought a large bunch of flowers to celebrate my (late) wife's birthday, enough for two vases. But I forgot to divide the little sachet of jollop that they give you to feed the flowers and...
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OT - SpaceX's Starship due to launch 1.00 pm today (Saturday)
Watch live on Everyday Astronaut's channel on youtube. Another Dave
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TOT Frustrating few weeks
For the past few weeks I've been trying to purchase Christmas presents and items for DIY maintenance on the house. The best part of £1000 in total with many single (on-line) orders being £150+ Royal...
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Maybe I should get the boiler serviced…?
But would it have helped? My 18 yr old Vaillant ecoMAX pro has been playing up recently. Running for a while and then stopping inexplicably with a “flame detection” fault code. Rebooting the...
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On night shift once
I turned on a 100kW oven to heat up my Telfer's steak and kidney pie.
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Evri (Hermes) tracking
A reasonably urgent parcel, posted on the 11th, I have been keenly watching it's progress via tracking, on their website. It gradually went through the Package Info Received, Posted, Collected, at the...
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OT: video recommendation
If I'd noticed this was 2 hours long, I wouldn't have started watching it, but if you've watched any Andrew Camarata videos before you might like this chap ... <>
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Octopus - won 8+8 points :-)
I've just won twice on their Wheel of Fortune. 8 points on the first spin, 8 more on the second spin. I wonder what the points are worth, or what you need to do with them? You seem to get two free...
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Any Panasonic Lumix experts out there
I have a Lumix G9. With a 7Artisans 7.5mm lens attached, (giving 15mm equivalent,)and the drive mode dial set at single shot I get a normal wide angle image. With the drive mode dial set at 64/4k ai...
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Mucked something up Thunderbird
Latest version... Used only as a newsreader... Once I have read posts in a thread, they disappear from the thread, only the unread ones show. How do I set it, so they all show, please? I did have it...
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Static damage - electronics
Over the last weekend, I attemped to replace an Optane 16Gb SSD with a 256Gb M.2 SSD, as a way to speed up my laptop. Idea was the Optane was an hybrid system, Optane plus 1Tb HDD, which would become...
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Greedy Bastards
Hi John, We're getting in touch because the minimum term of your Home Broadband plan ends on 29 November 2023. At that point the cost of your monthly package will change from £37.51 to £43.51 a...
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Brake linings
Anyone remember drum brakes? ISTR it was generally said at the time, back in the day, that if those linings got brake fluid on them, they were fucked and only fit for the bin. Is that true? I'd have...
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Whole freezer contents spoiled, how to dispose?
Any creative ideas on where to get rid of a bulk lot of spoiled food? Harrow Council will only freely collect 7 Litres a week, or 23 litres if I buy a new bin at a cost of £78. Council also have gone...
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Why we can't rely on wind
I've heard all this guff about how it's clean and green, but I've just gone off and found some data. A years worth from bmreports. On 17Nov22 something odd happened, and again on 24Jan23. On both...
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