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Educational standards really have dropped

Brian it's a job sheet with handwriting that looks like a six year old had written it. You really do not want to see it....
85 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
85 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Rockwool batts, compressibility.

50mm batts in a 45mm space, plsterboard over, possible?
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chris.p.bacon
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon

OT Converting VHS videos to digital on Linux

Hi all I have a load of old VHS videos (cassettes and camera tapes) which I am looking to digitise. Amazingly the old c...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by leen...
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by leen...

Gripping attachment for cable draw kit?

I'm trying to figure out a way to retrieve a magnetic geocache that's about 3 m above ground level over a canal towpath...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a24061a
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by a24061a

B&Q Boo-boo

I ordered a pair of bathroom ceiling lights from B&Q, for Click and Collect. After I had paid, I was informed that they...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by davey
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by davey

Smart meters

I buy both gas and electric from British Gas. Got a letter today from them / "MPE MARKETING" saying that a nice person...
59 comments posted 5yrs
posted by MrPounder
59 comments posted 5yrs posted by MrPounder

OT: WhatsApp problem.

Mainly use WhatsApp on the Win10 laptop. Worked fine for years. Just recently, it has refused to run. Click on the icon...
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

Loft insulation & Triple glazing

Given the upwards march in energy prices and the need to insulate, insulate, insulate before considering a heat pump......
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posted by i.love.spam
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by i.love.spam

Cheap 13Asockets.

I'll need some cheap sockets, 13A, 2-gang, switched. Is there anything I should look out for? Cheapest dso far: https:/...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chris.p.bacon
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon

What is the real LED energy efficiency?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58967580 At the bottom of the link on no 5. Typical lifetime LEDs last 30 years Like f*ck...
135 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
135 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT: Washing the car in the rain

I didn't half get some funny looks from passers-by. But, it's all perfectly logical, as we don't have a hose, so I let t...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Vice jaw slotted, oops.

I have managed to grind a slot in my old Record vice jaws, due to carelessness. The slot's about a barleycorn deep, sid...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by chris.p.bacon
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.p.bacon

[OT] E10 and all that

I have a four-year old Kia Niro. I have only done just over 11,000 miles to date. This is partly owing to trying to wal...
20 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

OT: House inflation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58965190 It?s not often you see a house so totally demolished by a gas explosion...
63 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim.downie
63 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim.downie

haaaaaaaaaaaaaa

the very ones who keep hailing our wonderful diverse society no longer want to meet their hallowed diverse society face...
20 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta