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OT: What words or phrases annoy you?

Tap instead of click. App instead of program. Fewer instead of less (even though more has no equivalent). Slowed up ins...
224 comments posted 5yrs
posted by CK1
224 comments posted 5yrs posted by CK1

Phone divert.

Being of a certain age, my mobile is only really for use out and about. Indoors, I prefer my landline. Which has more t...
28 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
28 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

Storage ideas for redundant stairway

I'm about to make a stairway redundant at work, there's a WC beneath so can't open the whole area up. I'm thinking we'l...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

ebay new conditions

Did I read it right ? Under their new conditions they can withdraw funds from my bank account ?
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tpmccann
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by tpmccann

Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics Editor: Ben A. Minteer, Nature.com What responsibilities do we have to wild species & ecosystems ?...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by imbibe
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by imbibe

just got my road tax reminder

pay up front 6 months £93.50 one year £170 direct debit monthly £178.50 [£14.88 a month].... 6 months £89.25.... 12 mont...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Kitchen Sink Question

I've just had my kitchen fitted. It looks good but the sink is off centre of the cabinet by about 1 cm. Is there anythi...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by udemycerts
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by udemycerts

Lifting a paving stone a few mm on one side

We've done a decent enough job on our patio but I have a couple of flags i'm not happy with. The flags are on a solid b...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Combined heat and smoke alarm

I have a problem with an EI44 heat alarm in the kitchen, which goes off when the gas hob is on. It's a small kitchen, a...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Lidl plastic utility cabinet

If you've some time to kill, need some outdoor storage, 70 quid burning a hole and some rage to expend, do me a favour....
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

More on bike rack problem

I recently posted an item about a towbar-mounted bike rack and the problem I had with the attachment bolt getting stuck...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by stainburn
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by stainburn

Halogen to be banned

..."Sales of halogen lightbulbs are to be banned in the UK from September, with fluorescent lights to follow, under gove...
122 comments posted 5yrs
posted by noname
122 comments posted 5yrs posted by noname

There's a frog in my Radio 4

Just been watching Dragons Den on BBC2 and at 08:30 the picture pixellated on HD then froze. A quick check for signal s...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

ptfe on olives?

Anyone wrap olives in ptfe ?
35 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tpmccann
35 comments posted 5yrs posted by tpmccann