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TOT Threatening letter from HMG

Through the post today I received a request to fill out the census form with the threat if I didn't I would get a fine...
48 comments posted 5yrs
posted by junk
48 comments posted 5yrs posted by junk

Alternative group on MeWe

Some of the uk.d-i-y refugees who went to Farcebuk have decided that Mr Zukerberg is not a nice man, and have started a...
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by brunnian
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by brunnian

Alternatives to Amazon

Found a good list here https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/online-marketing/online-sales/amazon-alternatives/ https://w...
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posted by email
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by email

How long before we read about a divorce? ...

... because she is dragging him away from everything he has ever known? And another thing ... when it was said that all...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Best place to post pictures?

Normally I would stick them on the wiki. It's just I have a nice decking photo to share:-)
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posted by adamwadsworth
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Plumbnation

A Stelrad radiator that I obtained from Plumbnation at the beginning of December last year was too big, and heavy, for...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by peter
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by peter

Monobloc Tap tails

How are you supposed to tighten them into the recesessed body of the tap? Is it enough to just hand tighten them as they...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Fan/Blower bearing support

I have an air handling unit down due to fan failure .... its a DC variable speed blower, and the rotor is a tangential...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rick_hughes
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by rick_hughes

Bolt for gate

Our gate fell off the wall and I have now had it repaired by a welder, who replaced the corroded steel post in its enti...
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posted by newsgroups
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by newsgroups

Heat loss calculations.

I am going to have to change out my boiler. I had my whole house heating design done by underfloor heating company. The...
17 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rick_hughes
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by rick_hughes

Thermal store and Aga

Hello. We have an oil fired Aga and it is connected to our thermal store.When the water gets too hot in the thermal sto...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by Cathn
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by Cathn

6 AA cell battery holder

After very many years my Kamasa 4" 7.4V battery grinder has a defunct 6 AA NiCad battery. I recelled it in 2013 with th...
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posted by news
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Low-profile electricals

I'm about to lose an existing double-gang wall socket behind a new wardrobe, and would like to run a plugged-in extensi...
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34 comments posted 5yrs posted by mail