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Marking hex bits to make it easier to find the right one - anyone?
Does anyone think it would be useful to mark hex bits somehow to make it easier to find the right one? In particular a way to find the PZ2 that one always wants would be very handy. Is there any sort...
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Talktalk charging for mail to none customers
Any ex-talktalk/tiscali and etc. customers, still receiving mail via their old address, will loose access from the 30/09/2019, unless they sign up to pay £5 per month. I do still get some people...
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I see the BBC reporters don't understand RFID tags.
really should tell them that the normal RFID tags in use are not powered by radio waves. Radio-frequency identification, famously used to bug the US embassy in Moscow, is a cheap way to track objects...
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Re: Audio cassette to mp3
If you have a decent deck, much better. Obviously most pcs still have analogue inputs and outputs via 3.5mm jacks, get a phono to jack adaptor and use a bit of software like Audacity or Goldwave. If...
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Amount of light needed in 1.8 metre square wet room?
Another question about our new shower/wet room. How much light do we need? It has enough daylight so the lighting will only be used when it's dark outside. There will be one (somewhat off centre)...
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'Dual Fuel' towel rails - recommendations and comments wanted
We want to put a 'dual fuel' towel rail in our new shower room. As far as I can see these are just about always a normal hot water CH towel rail with an add-on electric heater (200 watt typically). Is...
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I don't think LED is the answer for this one
Swapping 1000W HQI fittings for 240W LEDs. And any chance it could mess up any filming due to strobe effects?
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HP 4500 all in on scanning problem
My HP4500 has decided to play up. Unusually not the printing side, but the scanning side. When it's powered on and goes through it's check cycle a *horrid* noise comes out of it - clearly misaligned...
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YT: Cheap Crimpers: IWISS IWS-2820M against Engineer PA-09?
"Cheap or Expensive" 't chip hair or 13 Amp ring main, this is for mini-crimps, as used in the maker community. R-Pi etc.... throwing out a rachet type, I recently sprung (getit?) £40 for the PA-09....
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OT: Question for any yachties here
Why can it take only two crew members to sail Greta (and her father?) over to the climate conference in South America, yet require four, (possibly six if you include those two already on board) to...
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Power outage
Our latest power outage, one of almost 10 in the last two months according to the girlie at UK Power Networks, lasted 11 hours yesterday. I'm wondering about getting a small genny installed to mostly...
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DPD
Has DPD's tracking become a little less good? Previously when the van rolled out of the depot (usually between 8:30 and 9:00am) it texted you the details of the one hour delivery slot, and the...
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TV: Inside Aldi
Monday, 26 Aug 2019, 9pm Not sure if it's the same series as last night's programme on pimple squeezing, if it is I don't want to see what they do to the fruit and veg. Owain
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Hosed the bathroom by mistake!
In the final stages of completing the bathroom refurbishment. So connect the tap and the waste drain, connected the two flexi hoses to the tap and then just the hot to the incoming pipe, thought to...
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Solar Panel actual output over day/year versus theoretical output
On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 22:53:32 +0100, newshound > wrote:
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