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Sad to say the scammers have won, they have made it incredibly difficult to operate a savings account on line, blast and...
72 comments posted 5yrs
posted by meassageboards
72 comments posted 5yrs posted by meassageboards

TV Production sound

Having not got useful answers from the TV group, I'm going to try asking this here I'm currently watching reruns of Zen...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by timsnews99
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by timsnews99

Chimney Bricks flaking

What is happening to my chimney stack bricks and why? https://flic.kr/s/aHsmUwRSEW It is a non-working chimney though I...
15 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nospam
15 comments posted 5yrs posted by nospam

Humax remote stopped working

Now there's a coincidence. The one for my brother's Humax STB had been getting more and more iffy for ages. So they bou...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by dave
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by dave

OT - binoculars with built in camers

Anybody used a set of binoculars with a built in camera. A few times recently whilst on my daily exercise I've seen thi...
41 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wibble
41 comments posted 5yrs posted by wibble

Fitting a lid damper/stay to an antique coffer

A new job has popped-up: making the lid of an antique oak coffer (blanket box) safe for kids. It would be easy to fit o...
16 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nothanks
16 comments posted 5yrs posted by nothanks

Working at heights - regulations

This is going on in the street opposite me at the moment. I'm pretty sure that the firm I used to work for would have f...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by news
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Sealing Cellar Walls

Any recommendations for coating/sealing cellar walls? I'd like to tidy up the appearance, and avoid the mess that build...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by patchmoney
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by patchmoney

JVC SMART ALEXA TV

Just noticed the remote for this is radio and not infra-red....are there any substitutes about...pig only having one rem...
11 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Landlords and EICR

Some of us here are aware that landlords now have to have an EICR every five years on their rentals. So I went to do re...
21 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
21 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Humax remote stopped working

The Humax remote stopped working, and I was just about to throw it away and buy another when I thought I would google t...
37 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
37 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Amazonian Jobsworthiness

Having only just this week achieved the age of three score years and ten, there is no way that I could pass as being un...
4 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255