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external hard drives
On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:44:52 +0000, "Jim GM4 DHJ ..." <> wrote: Like when people think that telling someone trying to reduce the suffering to animals (by not consuming and exploiting...
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Galvonic isolator position
where should the galvonic isolator be positioned in relation to a virginmedia modem/router?.....I relocated the box to the upper floor of the house using a good coax leaving the isolator down stairs...
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CCTV for drains
I could do with one of them gadgets where you shove a CCTV camera up a drain to find blockages. Has anyone found a reasonably priced one that works? I would need to be able to go through about 10m of...
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'Calibrating' a square
Trying to find out which of my assortment of squares and adjustable angle measurerers is, well, square. Not sure what to use, so far thought of a die-cast box or the machine-made end of a kitchen work...
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Adjustable hole cutter
Looked at these on SF and the reviews are not good - flimsy etc. At work we had single-sided one that worked well but it was made 'in house'. Any recommendations for a good one, please?
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House plans
I am okanning to move to a bungalow. Adjacent to it is one has had an extension added. I might consider doing the same thing provided that I can afford it. First though i will need a copy of their...
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Neff Microwave.
It's quite old, but a match to the double Neff Oven. The time display goes blank after use. Otherwise it works normally for setting the operating time. Press stop, and it appears at 12.00. Can then be...
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Recommendations for hand held researchable vacuum cleaner/
Any one please?
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Replacing a two-sided shower frame
How easy is it to replace a two sided shower frame onto an existing tray. The one there now is badly damaged at the base by limescale and is beyond rescue. The tray looks OK. I have measured the tray...
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shed base
Putting in a concrete floor for a small shed (4m x 4m). This obviously involvee removing soil and if I go down 150mm this would give 2.4m3 of waste to dispose of, which might present a...
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Thunderbird 78.4.0
Presumably after a recent upgrade the 'buttons' shown in a newsgroup posting are shown in the following order reply, followup, forward, delete, more Previously I had configured "reply" out of the way...
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recommend a carpet cleaner/shampoo
Can anyone recommend a carpet cleaner. Have a puppy dog, 95% of toilet is done outdoors, indoors is on paper pads. Although spot cleaning is currently done I would like to shampoo / clean carpets Once...
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Boiler banging noises - worse after using F3 cleaner
When the weather turned colder I turned up the heating but the boiler started making kettling noises and then banging - it turns itself off and restarts later, with the same noises. I thought there...
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Two devices wired into a single BS1363 plug?
A multi-occupier building has, in a communal service cupboard, a single standard 13A surface-mounted switched socket into which is plugged a normal-looking plug. Entering that plug are two different...
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Identification problem
From time to time i am requested identification paperwork. the problem is that most companies not want you to go paperless, so how can you do this?
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