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Fire Engine and chains

why do fire engines have chains hanging underneath? Static discharge?
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Mostly Vegan - Ping Tim

I bake most of the bread we eat, and it's nearly all vegan. But, for one thing! I need/like to glaze some of the loaves...
150 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
150 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Tumble Dryer Repair

Our 23 year old tumble dryer (!) stopped heating the air, although the rest of it worked. So, I dismantled it, couldn't...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

H05VV-F cable special or generic?

https://www.leadsdirect.co.uk/technical-library/cable-specifications/ho5vv-f-cable-specification/ I've managed to damag...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

OT: The CoOp leading the way?

It looks like the CoOp are leading a drive to reduce the disparity between the cost of meat and animal_cruelty_free alt...
125 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
125 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Looking for decent silicone keyboard cover

Is there a silicone desktop keyboard cover with individual keys? Every one I've found has the entire bottom row, functi...
16 comments posted 5yrs
posted by CK1
16 comments posted 5yrs posted by CK1

Water tower to dwelling

I passed it a few months ago and I had no idea what what happening - I saw the scaffolding and just assumed it was a bi...
32 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
32 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Toyota wires are thinner

The wires in my Toyota are much thinner than the wires in any of my American cars were. I've had GM and Chryslers built...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NONONOmisc07
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by NONONOmisc07

TOT: Antonov aircraft at Birmingham Airport

Several times a week there are flights in and out of Birmingham Airport by elderly Antonov An-12 cargo aircraft - all o...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by watt.tyler
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by watt.tyler

OT: Un-hackable GPS replacement

I think a few people here will find this interesting, it astonished me: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/resear...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nothanks
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by nothanks

Old Interior Doors

Loads of old panelled Victorian doors in our house. OF course, these have been painted many times and the panels are im...
20 comments posted 5yrs
posted by clive
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by clive

Samsung laser cartridge, ghosting

Just trying to understand this as I have a new cartridge which I can install if necessary. When I print I intermittentl...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by noname
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by noname

Thermostat hysteresis

We used to have an old bimetallic Honeywell thermostat but it always seemed wildly inaccurate and slow to switch on or...
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tim.downie
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by tim.downie

Insulation in cavity or inside the room?

I'm planning a small extension, walls to be brick on the outside, then a cavity, then blocks The blocks hold the roof b...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dicegeorge
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by dicegeorge