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Landline call provider
I am leaving my current internet provider, therefor am losing my landline anytime call option. Who is the best value in price and service to provide me anytime calls in future please?
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Hive Radiator Valves
Hive apparently now offer smart replacement heads for TRVs which enable individual room temperatures to be programmed and controlled remotely, using an App - as long as you've got a Hive Hub. In...
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OT Women are always correct
Me "That cat food delivery you ordered has 4 times the amount of cat food I asked you to order" Her "I ordered two boxes" Me "I know but eight boxes have been delivered" Her "No they have not" I am...
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OT More details on proposed firewood ban.
's worse than we thought. A coal ban is bad enough, raising transport fuel duty is catastrophic A coal ban is bad enough, raising transport fuel duty is catastrophic
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Acoustic glass.
Neighbour has just had their two ground floor original Victorian sash windows replaced by a local two man business. And a very fine job they look to have made of it. Next door to them still has the...
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Talking of green wood...
What is it that?s special about ash wood? I keep reading that it can be burnt green. Why is this? Does it have a naturally low water content? If I burn it green, will it fill my chimney with creosote...
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Fizzy water
Water and electricity don't mix Video shows sparks and flames coming out of the substation in Gourock. Video shows sparks and flames coming out of the substation in Gourock. Video shows sparks and...
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DIY rocketry ... and Darwin awards
A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert. "Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near...
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Burning freshly cut wood.
The government wants to stop people burning would that has not dried properly, but do many people do this anyway?
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OT Amazon scams
Had two of these in quick succession. The first was a phone call telling me something about being charged for Amazon Prime and if I wanted to cancel press 1. I thought 'well, I can go into the Amazon...
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Selling more gas
If you're Centrica, just include the phrase "OK G**gl* tell Hive to turn the heating on" in your adverts. Yes they actually do that, I suppose for best effect they could play the advert in one of...
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2020
So, 12 hours after sharing you descirptionless links, they?ve elicited zero response. Care to rethink your ?sharing? strategy? Your current one really doesn?t seem to be working. Tim
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Another LED illuminated extrusion question.
I am looking for recommendations for what I would describe as illuminated dado rail. I don't want any incident light from the front, just a wash of light on the wall above and below the rail.
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Redrilling existing holes in timber at a different angle
I have some railings kits, picked up cheaply in a DIY shed sale: horizontal softwood rails pre-drilled for tubular metal spindles. They go together very nicely when fitted on the level, but I'd like...
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Re: SOR codes from the NHF
Do you still have the sor codes with prices ?