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Watering can, galvanised on outside only?
Sick of all the plastic crap i've watched fade and crack over the years, when I wanted a watering can I bought a nice shiny metal one. I was pouring rusty water on my plants the other day and noted...
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Light 3 core silicone mains cable?
I can't seem to find a supplier of definable lengths of light silicone 3 core flex to use on things like soldering irons, hot melt glue guns, small heat guns and the like. The sort of thing that can...
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Washing machine/ Utility room/ electricity meters.
I am planing a kitchen overhaul and it would be nice to get the washing machine out of the kitchen. There is space in the utility room but this would be adjacent to the electricity meters/CU. Clearly...
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Rafters
In my double hipped roof there was a timber nailed at an angle between two of the centre rafters. It was in the way when I came to fit a loft ladder so I removed it! I assumed it was there just to...
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Timeline of the Doomsday Clock [Minutes to midnight]
Timeline of the Doomsday Clock [Minutes to midnight] Year Change (min) Reason 1947 7 ? initial setting of the Clock. 1949 3 -4 USSR tests its first atomic bomb, officially starting the nuclear arms...
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Sky Plastics
Has anyone heard of Sky plastics?. I need some 110mm underground pipe fittings and soakaway crates and they seem a good price, but I can't find any reviews?
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Public liability insurance
I am having scaffolding put up around the house so i can replace guttering and repoint the chimney. I am doing this myself. I am not a tradesman the front of the house is near the pavement but not on...
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2 years ago
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Roof truss change.
For 5m span, front of concrete prefab. It was a simple king post truss design, with the bottom of the king post also bolted via a bracket to a vertical post netween the two sets of opening doors (1...
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2 years ago
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Returning a Lithium battery to Amazon
This was a replacement battery for my DC35, whose original battery's life is now down to 8 minutes or so. This new Chinese one lasted 5 minutes, stopped, and hasn't worked since despite being charged...
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2 years ago
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FreeSat.
Got a new TV which has a built in satellite tuner. Good news in that it will reduce STB clutter. Although I mainly used FreeView - FTA satellite just for playing with, as I have a 1 metre dish and...
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Apologies...
...for writing a "test" post. My SMTP settings are proving elusive - working in some NGs and resolutely not in others.
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2 years ago
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Bookmarks in latest version of FF
Since the latest Firefox update, apart from it changing the Theme, it's expanded my bookmarks menu so that it now runs off the page and I have to scroll down to read the ones at the bottom of the...
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2 years ago
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c section bowden cable outer
Hi All, I have a bike that has 3 lengths of exposed Bowden cable. I?d like to sheath these, but would like to avoid having to disconnect and reconnect the inners. Can anyone think of a suitable...
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Vegan children have stunted growth
It was in yesterday's Times. Apparently they have poor bones and they are shorter than normal. I suppose the authorities should pick up on this. But it's like FGM, child abuse that's overlooked...
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virgin and o2
I'm sure that 02 were perfectly capable of making cockups anyway, so you might not see much of a change. Brian
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