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Getting mould to grow on interior wall

Looking to get a low valuation on a property I own which I want to gift to a family member. One suggestion given was to...
15 comments posted 4yrs
posted by letshaveit
15 comments posted 4yrs posted by letshaveit

Xmas fairy lights

Sometime in the past couple of years (Sorry, don't remember, all posts deleted after being read) I got help in this NG...
14 comments posted 4yrs
posted by headstone255
14 comments posted 4yrs posted by headstone255

Twin flourescents.

I have a pair of twin fluorescent fittings lighting the L shaped workbench. A 6ft and 5 ft. Came from TLC maybe 30 odd...
50 comments posted 4yrs
posted by dave
50 comments posted 4yrs posted by dave

OT: Today's Freecycle

"Dell Dimension 3100 74.5gb Desktop. FDD does not open. 19" Dell screen not working. IBM Think Pad laptop. Wireless con...
2 comments posted 4yrs
posted by davey
2 comments posted 4yrs posted by davey

Carpentry software

Someone in another newsgroup mentioned the software Home Designer Architectural. One of the nice features about this is...
3 comments posted 4yrs
posted by theom+news
3 comments posted 4yrs posted by theom+news

TOT carbon footprint

A courier suggests "Help to reduce the carbon footprint of your parcel by up to 90%* By diverting your parcel to a Parc...
68 comments posted 4yrs
posted by junk
68 comments posted 4yrs posted by junk

It alwaysd happens on a weekend

My wife dropped her car key in the boot of her 2006 VW Polo before slamming the lid closed. We moved not long ago and c...
24 comments posted 4yrs
posted by pinnerite
24 comments posted 4yrs posted by pinnerite

Excel Experts

Trying to create a simple table using Excel [1] where the first line of data is Row 1 but, with column headings, the da...
14 comments posted 4yrs
posted by News
14 comments posted 4yrs posted by News

Reading Lights

Does anyone have any opinion on 'reading lights' - like this: https://www.seriousreaders.com/products/classic-floor-lig...
31 comments posted 4yrs
posted by patchmoney
31 comments posted 4yrs posted by patchmoney

TOT - bags for life or "bags for life"?

The alleged deal was that if you bought the expensive and strong bag, then the store would replace it when it wore out...
21 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wibble
21 comments posted 4yrs posted by wibble

OT: PAYG SIM cards

My main SIM (I have a dual-SIM phone) is on a contract and uses the Vodafone network; I want to get a second (back-up)...
24 comments posted 4yrs
posted by nothanks
24 comments posted 4yrs posted by nothanks

TOT: edicashon

I always thought my education was largely a waste of time, but then social media came along. Now I know that school gav...
79 comments posted 4yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
79 comments posted 4yrs posted by wrightsaerials