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Returning to a Stable Dollar (Steve Forbes)

Returning to a Stable Dollar (Steve Forbes) CATO Institute interview, June 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8zB7...
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posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by imbibe

Canon Chesterton small top oven goes out

The flame lights ok then goes put when the door is moved eg closed or opened. How do i stop this happening?
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posted by Mark
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by Mark

Removing stain on unvarnished wood

I managed to get a big WD40 stain on a nice piece of unvarnished wood. Is there any way to remove it or minimise it ? ie...
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posted by mail.invalid456
6 comments posted 4yrs posted by mail.invalid456

Brazing torch fittings

I have one of these: https://picclick.co.uk/Turbogaz-brazing-torch-pipe-18m-of-pipe-used-184857846328.html#&gid=1&pid=1...
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posted by theom+news
16 comments posted 4yrs posted by theom+news

Electric Shock

Gentlemen, I've noticed (in my case anyway - can't speak for anyone else) that a DC shock is much worse than an AC one....
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posted by cd
56 comments posted 4yrs posted by cd

Concrete Gravel Boards and Angle Grinders

I am going to install some additional concrete gravel boards to raise some fence panels one of which will need cutting...
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posted by tricky.dicky
11 comments posted 4yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Snake oil?

Is this for real, or is this snake oil? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-61030903 How much do these things cost - I...
29 comments posted 4yrs
posted by mills37.fslife
29 comments posted 4yrs posted by mills37.fslife

Well that's a new one

A 1 second powercut managed to crash my soldering iron!
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posted by CK1
14 comments posted 4yrs posted by CK1

I should have gone to Specsavers

Or is it that blokes do not look properly? On Friday I was swapping four spotlight MR16 12V lamps and transformers with...
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posted by adamwadsworth
21 comments posted 4yrs posted by adamwadsworth

?Back Boilers??

Over the years, I?ve heard the term Back Boilers - especially in the 60s and 70s but rarely since- but only had a vague...
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posted by noinv
29 comments posted 4yrs posted by noinv

Dusty house

How the hell do you get rid of dust from a house? Our house is VERY dusty. We have a black TV on a black glass stand an...
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posted by a
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by a

Brand new Hoover oven. Fault ?

5 week old twin electric oven. Basically fitted into a void and a clear 1" off the base of the unit. We've noticed that...
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posted by jethro_uk
5 comments posted 4yrs posted by jethro_uk

Flexible hanging support for heavy SDS drill

Nearly sixty years ago, when I spent some time on building sites, I was given a Kango hammer and told to hack off some...
13 comments posted 4yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
13 comments posted 4yrs posted by mikehalmarack

FAA fines

"The $81,950 fine was given to a passenger on a July 7th, 2021 American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas,...
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posted by tpmccann
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by tpmccann