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TV licence. Is ithis true?

Just read on an official looking website that to watch Netflix or YouTube only, you nee a TV licence in the UK. Is this...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mikehalmarack
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by mikehalmarack

New wiki page - DIY PVR

This has been floating about on the back burner for a while (I did a stub of it back in April 2020), so thought it time...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by see.my.signature
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by see.my.signature

hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUJRGIJsvs
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Anti virus

AVG has begun a countdown to the end of my *free* service. I have been ignoring their increasingly plaintive efforts to...
33 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim
33 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim

We made a coffe and walnut cake

Found a Beeb recipe, and used two 7" sponge tins as directed. Enjoyed our cake. Saw a coffee and walnut cake in Sainsbu...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

OT: Toilet Bowl Light

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LAVAED-Motion-Bathroom-8-Color-Changes/dp/B08B3NCBCB The thing that caught my eye is that this...
31 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
31 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Hard drive advice

(on topic as I would hope to do the job myself) I asked previously about Windows 11 and got some good advice. I have de...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by newsgroups
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

OT car: slow leak, alloy wheel refurbishment?

One tyre (right rear) has a slow leak: I pump it up to 30 PSI, and two days (~ 90 miles) later it's about 26.5 so I pum...
21 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a24061a
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by a24061a

Bluetooth problem.

Can't get my Win10 laptop to pair with my Android phone. Phone pairs nicely with my car and TV. Also says visible to ne...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

May End Up DIY - Office Lighting

Hi All The office I usually inhabit has some very old tubed fittings. They are 4' x 2' and fit in place of two suspende...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Phil
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by Phil

Crack in bicycle rear wheel

My Raleigh cycle has developed a crack on the rear wheel. It goes right across the rim as a hairline crack and is about...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pfjames300
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by pfjames300

Flat battery

My car is just over 4 years old and covered less than 12,000 miles. Since April I have experienced flat batteries on fi...
67 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
67 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

hot petrol

If a generator was stored in an unheated room, would it be an idea to warm the petrol on the hob before putting it in t...
31 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
31 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Socket not working

Hopefully enough description in this so Brian can understand at it's all pictures and a video. So a socket is not worki...
27 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth