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Re-working elderly plastic basin drain
I can well bet this question has been asked several times before but the problem is finding the right words for a search. I've had to replace the basin in my shower room. It came to me second hand 30...
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Google seem to be delighted we are leaving the EU?
. Your service provider and data controller is now Google LLC: Because the UK is leaving the EU, we've updated our Terms so that a United States-based company, Google LLC, is now your service provider...
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Recommended LED supplier
Which company is the group recommended UK LED supplier these days I used to use LED Hut but remember seeing on this group that maybe they have new owners and now the service and delivery times are not...
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Replace wireless doorbell with a wired one
Any views or advice on this, please: We have a wireless doorbell: bells (2) plugged into the mains, and the bellpush fixed to the outside of our porch. I'm now finally fed up of the bellpush failing...
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G9 Lampholder
One of these has burned out. Any ideas as to how to remove and replace? ?dl=0It is a G9 holder in a 5 branch fitting. Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos...
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4 years ago
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Motion detecting lamp fittings for indoors
I thought I'd seen this sort of thing at Screwfix or Toolstation but I can't see anything like it now. There's lots of PIR detectors and outside lantern type fittings with PIR but nothing in the...
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B&Q Glitter Paint
I used some of their paint which comes with a sachet of glitter powder. I was impressed - the effect is subtle. I hope to use it again.
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OT: "Mixed up the brake and accelerator"?!?
I can understand that, 1st and reverse are close together on a manual, and you can forget which you've already put it in if distracted. And in an auto, they're the wrong way round - forward gear is...
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Problems with 12V and 5V lines on a PC ATX supply
Why do (cheap? expensive ones may be better) PC ATX power supplies need current drawn from the 5V line to make the 12V line work correctly? I have a PC with 3 graphics cards running scientific...
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4 years ago
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OT
BBC TV is the pits. They spend a phenomenal amount of time advertising themselves, still it saves money on making programmes I guess. Also the news seems to be dominated by the glamorization of the...
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Further to the gate
Me and the dog felt like a walk, so off we toddled. We went through the back gate, around a field, and back the way we?d come. When I got home I put the kettle on and as I did so it occurred to me...
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Ebay listing checker
I know some people here like spotting the ebay fakes... I don't know if this tool learns from submitted searches Jane Donaldson of Police Scotland and Vistalworks CEO, Vicky Brock, launch innovative...
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London to Sidmouth OT
Now well retired and having to face driving from North West London to Sidmouth in South Devon, during a weekday mid morning. Google maps tell me: using M4: its 203 miles and takes 3hr 52 m using...
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Capping Raditor Tails
Hi, Have a badly sludged up radiator, want to take it outside for a good flsuhing. Knowing that the filthy black water/sludge produces imovable stains on anything it comes in contact with has any one...
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LED Downlighters (Hello again, after many years)
Memory lane ... I first posted here before uk.d-i-y existed, when it was just a topic in uk.misc And then posted regularly on the newsgroup for several years as I was doing up my medieval farmhouse in...
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