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Two batteries in an 07 Transit diesel

I bought it new and I was surprised to find that two large batteries were wedged together under the seat. They do not h...
12 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
12 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

me

I've apparently been operating on some sort of automatic pilot for about a fortnight, followed by almost complete amnes...
14 comments posted 5yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Free electrical goods from Amazon!

It's a bit of a palaver, but what you do is: Find an item that you want, but select one of the ones from a market place...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by NOTsomeone

"Kinetic door bell"

I'm planning to get a Byron plug-in wireless kinetic door bell to replace the battery powered bellpush wireless set tha...
23 comments posted 5yrs
posted by lalaw44
23 comments posted 5yrs posted by lalaw44

Re: attn forger

> On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:07:22 +0000 > Rambo snipped-for-privacy@thisa> >> On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 10:04:57 -0000 (UTC), Ra...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT Electric Car Manufacturing

With almost every brand having an Electric Car on the market or coming soon, it leads me to think, are there some gener...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by JohnP
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by JohnP

Hand cranked Rawdrill

Here's one I have never heard of before, a hand cranked Rawplug drill. It uses the old manual hammer Rawlbits, bit in a...
9 comments posted 5yrs
posted by a
9 comments posted 5yrs posted by a

Re: attn forger

> On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 19:36:41 +0000 > "Jim GM4DHJ ..." snipped-for-privacy@ntlworld.com wrote: > >> >>> On Sat, 19 Dec...
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by invalid
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid

OT wee bint

woo hoo the wee schemie bint got what she has always wanted a closed border....
3 comments posted 5yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Scouring powders

For the past few years I have been buying Vim scouring powder on ebay as it is not available from supermarkets. I mainl...
27 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mUNDERSCOREnews
27 comments posted 5yrs posted by mUNDERSCOREnews

Built-in freezer.

I am moving to a new home. The interior needs a complete overhaul. We already have a good freezer and would like to tak...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pinnerite
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by pinnerite

OT: Ping Cursitor Doom

Something to cheer you up in these dark days! http://www.friendsofscience.org/assets/files/documents/CO2%20Gas%20Analys...
161 comments posted 5yrs
posted by me
161 comments posted 5yrs posted by me

Apparent leak on CH system

Every three or four weeks I need to de-air the towel radiator in the bathroom. This is the highest Radiator in the syst...
16 comments posted 5yrs
posted by pfjames300
16 comments posted 5yrs posted by pfjames300

Wall wart interference

OK so I bought my usual wall warts from Amazon, the sort you plug usb devices in to power them, Unlike usual though the...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by briang1
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by briang1

Low gas pressure at boiler

So, fitted the new gas valve to the boiler and the house is warming up nicely now. I set the output pressure on gas val...
5 comments posted 5yrs
posted by nsgp
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by nsgp