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Bloody customers

Went to a job today where the customer said the landing socket made a fizzing noise when it was used. Late 60's early 7...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Smart Water Meters

I read some gumf the other day, saying Arqiva are rolling out a comms system for Smart Water meters (it's the meters th...
20 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mark.carver
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by mark.carver

Re: OT: Some blood clot stats

> JoeJoe snipped-for-privacy@mail.com wrote > > Tim Streater wrote > > >> Here's some stats about blood clot risk: > >>...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by whisky.dave
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by whisky.dave

Re: OT: Some blood clot stats

> Richard snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com.invalid> wrote >> Rod Speed wrote > > You never could bullshit your way ou...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by smithski
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by smithski

Email client with permissions?

Looking for an email and couldn't find it, so looked in the deleted folder and found it along with many others that sho...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Elbow Grease - weird rash

For several months now, I have had an ongoing itchy rash on the back of both hands, close to the area of my thumbs. For...
28 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a
28 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

Replace Bosch Oven Light - GGrrrr

Hi all Not sure how common a problem this is or whether it is a design flaw. Whenever I need to replace the oven light,...
27 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Phil
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by Phil

Regarding charging (batteries, not customers)

In view of recent discussions here, as I drove my motorhome back from a short trip today I thought it might be worth re...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Hedghog Highways, fencer failed to make

OK I need some suggestions. I asked the person building my new fence to make a couple of hedgehog highways in the base,...
26 comments posted 5yrs
posted by briang1
26 comments posted 5yrs posted by briang1

MDPE fittings, the good the bad and the ugly

I've been doing a little bit of MDPE plumbing just recently and it's not going well. Previously I've not had big proble...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by cl
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by cl

Decent replacement phone battery supplier?

I've got a rather elderly Motorola which is a superb phone for what i need. However its now some years old and in need...
37 comments posted 5yrs
posted by tony
37 comments posted 5yrs posted by tony

Scale Inhibitor

I am shortly to move to a bungalow that needs a lot of TLC. I want to ensure that we do sometghing to counteract hard w...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

Can we agree...

...that T i m knows everything, is always correct in what he says and that no amount of help and information will ever...
43 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Bev
43 comments posted 5yrs posted by Bev

Lawnmower blade inflation ?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y1B0MM 2013 price : £13.99 2021 price : £19.42 Looks like I'll be sharpening it...
33 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jethro_uk
33 comments posted 5yrs posted by jethro_uk