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OT Bloody Yodel again ...

so what is the point of yodel emailing em with options and me ticking the option to leave the parcel in a shed when the...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Old glazed tile fireplaces -making

I just found myself wondering how the old tiled fireplaces were made. Were they made "inside out" by laying tiles in a...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by JohnP
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by JohnP

digital ammeter with 'centre zero'.

I'm trying to find a digital voltmeter/ammeter that will read both the charge and the discharge of a battery. The vast...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Social non-distancing

The local Hospital Car Park Ticket Machine. It takes: 1. One person wanting to pay but can't understand where to put th...
44 comments posted 6yrs
posted by JohnP
44 comments posted 6yrs posted by JohnP

ot for timmy

https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/vegetarian-comfort-food-recipes/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB
30 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
30 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

OT: First we drown them, now we burn them alive?

We drown ~6000 cattle when a transport ship sinks: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/03/new-zealand-susp...
29 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
29 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

Dangerous saw

On "Ambulance Code Red" (Channel 5) this week, one of the incidents was a guy who had apparently been trimming gutterin...
41 comments posted 6yrs
posted by chris
41 comments posted 6yrs posted by chris

OT: Car battery drain current

Gents, Anyone know what the typical quiescent drain current of a car battery is in a modern car? Say if you had a theor...
55 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mikemcl899
55 comments posted 6yrs posted by mikemcl899

Re: Royal Mail going overboard with face masks

> >> >> > Take chicken pox... you get it as a kid and get over it. No big deal for most. >> > Then you get older and it...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by CFKinsey
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by CFKinsey

Problems accessing NAS

This is a continuation of the Fritzbox story, whereby the Fritzbox has a USB hard drive plugged in, which I can see and...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by News
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by News

Kitchen Plinth Light

Her who must be obeyed has been asking about low level plinth lights in the kitchen. So as the things are already in pla...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by g4ugm
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by g4ugm

Replacement toilet siphon

One of our toilets is sometimes proving difficult to flush, sometimes requiring several pulls on the handle to get the...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by alanc
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by alanc

Aluminium Primer

What is the point of Aluminium? How does that work? I am using some old boat primer I found in the back of the shed. It...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim

Re: Delivery van identification

On Fri, 04 Sep 2020 08:33:35 +0100 "Dave Plowman (News)" snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk> wrote: > In article , > T...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by davey
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by davey

WiFi experience

I've never had bother with WiFi in the past but then i've never really challenged it. At home and prior workplace every...
25 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
25 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr