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Sky.

Don't have Sky, but noticed just about every dish in the street has had a man up a ladder over the past few days. Has th...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dave
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Recommendations for an IP67 Junction box that will:

Accept a 10mm2 3 core SWA cable & gland kit accept 2 off 10mm2 6181y meter tails (8mm diameter) and 10mm2 earth wire an...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by i.love.spam
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by i.love.spam

OT: gearbox oil temperature

GEnts, can anyone hazard a guess as to what the approx oil temp of a modern 6 speed automatic gearbox should be once it'...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by mikemcl899
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by mikemcl899

new FB messages

why do face book have trouble playing this video ?
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

petrol lawnmowers in 2020

Hello, I have an electric mower but it's not very good: it gets clogged up with wet grass and long grass will stall the...
58 comments posted 6yrs
posted by aioeu
58 comments posted 6yrs posted by aioeu

Plywood sink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFLS78SB8LAGood idea or stupid? NT
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tabbypurr
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by tabbypurr

Copying files from old DOS to Win10

Hi So I have a really old Amstrad PC1512 with 20MB HDD. There are files that I'd like to retrieve into a more modern en...
58 comments posted 6yrs
posted by not
58 comments posted 6yrs posted by not

Moving a shed

We might be wanting to move a 2m x 2m garden shed, by about 1m and maybe rotating it 90 degrees. It has plywood on the...
36 comments posted 6yrs
posted by theom+news
36 comments posted 6yrs posted by theom+news

Re: Move shower pump to loft?

On Sat, 5 Sep 2020 08:57:51 -0700 (PDT), David Aldrich snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote: >Our hot water cylinder and...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nhhu-o3hu
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by nhhu-o3hu

Can I salvage this old strimmer?

Clearing out the garage. I have an electric strimmer that was hardly ever used but has been hanging up for about 10 yea...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by bhartnett
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by bhartnett

OT: Black Radio Hams

Do they even exist? We had a black chap interested - and I mean *proper* black - in joining our Radio Society here on t...
144 comments posted 6yrs
posted by curd
144 comments posted 6yrs posted by curd

Re: what?

> >> >>> >>>> >>>>> Hermes tracking #840xxxxxxxxx >>>>>      20 Aug 0410 >>>>>      8:17pm >>>>> >>>>>      Parent Chil...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Re: OT: Delivery van identification

>>> >>>> >>>> But even that still leaves a question mark over the date of the photo, >>>> because why should vans parke...
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

10mm microbore for expansion vessel?

Hello, I want to add an external expansion vessel to my combi boiler as I think the built-in one has failed. The built-...
5 comments posted 6yrs
posted by aioeu
5 comments posted 6yrs posted by aioeu

OT: A drop in the ocean?

I've not seen the news recently and not sure if this made it but apparently: "Gulf Livestock 1, carrying more than 40 c...
77 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
77 comments posted 6yrs posted by news