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Foot switches for double lights

We have a couple of standard lamps with an uplighter and integrated flexible reading lamp. Both foot switches for these...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jmlayman
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by jmlayman

OT Vaccine Recording

Hi all Has anyone heard of an intention to collect the names and details of those who have been given the vaccine? So f...
29 comments posted 5yrs
posted by phil
29 comments posted 5yrs posted by phil

Totally OT - BAME Covid Attitude

Hi all I am interested to hear whether other readers have had the same experience regarding the attitude to Covid Guida...
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posted by phil
17 comments posted 5yrs posted by phil

CFL failures

AIUI, the Compact Fluorescent Lamps, which have replaced the incandescent Edison / Swann inventions consist, of an iner...
18 comments posted 5yrs
posted by headstone255
18 comments posted 5yrs posted by headstone255

Odd MWay gantry sign messages

On the way home from work today I say NOTTS REDUCE TRAVEL and further north SOUTH YORKS REDUCE TRAVEL Why?
37 comments posted 5yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
37 comments posted 5yrs posted by adamwadsworth

SWA to shed

I've agreed to help a relative install a supply to a shed and an outdoor socket. A couple of years ago they had an exte...
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posted by giles
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by giles

Doorbell cams?

I recently signed up to a neighbourhood group and it seems that people are 'catching' images of miscreants trying to st...
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posted by news
40 comments posted 5yrs posted by news

Odd battery problem

Decided to charge the (engine) battery in my camper - its hasn't been started in a year. Voltage on battery is 12v., If...
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posted by tnp
14 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

Free chainsaw.

I took my 17 year old Stihl M180 (12" saw) in to fix a fuel starvation problem. They said it needed a : - carb repair k...
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posted by tnp
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by tnp

ONE apus lost over 1000 containers

I wonder where they are going to wash up ? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9034281/Cargo-ship-suffers-epic-los...
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posted by Andrew97d-junk
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

American trades workmanship, wow how low

From a UK perspective this looks kinda low quality s**te ... 8-Bit Guy Studio Construction - Part 2 https://www.youtube...
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posted by email
1 comments posted 5yrs posted by email

DIY Hindsight

I'm about to buy some broken slate for our front yard. It's just occurred to me that about 18 months ago when we had th...
47 comments posted 5yrs
posted by rsandr
47 comments posted 5yrs posted by rsandr

Thermal Imaging Camera HT 301

Does anyone here use a thermal imaging camera to support the performance reporting or specification of electrical equipm...
7 comments posted 5yrs
posted by jon
7 comments posted 5yrs posted by jon

OT:The common sense of some people

Like a lot of people nowadays I rarely need to use a Post Office. And if I do, I avoid High Street ones - often in back...
50 comments posted 5yrs
posted by mjadams25
50 comments posted 5yrs posted by mjadams25