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How was this written with a straight face?

Quote: The satellite records used to show much smaller warming trends for the troposphere which were considered to disa...
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posted by aero.spike
3 comments posted 1yr posted by aero.spike

How to legally degas a freezer

I have an old chest freezer that seems to be giving up the struggle to cool its contents and given its age I strongly s...
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posted by timdownieuk
16 comments posted 1yr posted by timdownieuk

Tap2tag

Anybody had dealings with Tap2tag, either genuine or not so genuine? I had a text from my bank earlier in the week sayi...
4 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
4 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

OT: Water bills

Obviously water bills are going up. Severn Trent claim average increase of 21% this year, local rags say 46% over the n...
42 comments posted 1yr
posted by usenet
42 comments posted 1yr posted by usenet

OT: credit where credit is due

DHL said they would deliver my parcel of wine between 11:52 and 12:52 today. It arrived at 11:35. I had just decided no...
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posted by davey
15 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

replacement pestle -small

Hi, We have a mortar & pestle…. Or rather we have a mortar as the pestle was dropped. There are some replacement pestle...
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posted by chrispvholmes
0 comments posted 1yr posted by chrispvholmes

TomTom power need

I bought a new TomTom to replace one that was on the way out. Please don't post that I should have used my mobile phone...
9 comments posted 1yr
posted by newsgroups
9 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

the finer points of using a sickle?

Hi All I have an excuse to try out learning to use a sickle 'properly' - an area of 20sq. metres or so of 'verge' which...
29 comments posted 1yr
posted by jkn+es
29 comments posted 1yr posted by jkn+es

Split load relays. Voltage sensing vs regular relay

Hi All, When Noah was a lad split load relays for tow-bar electrics were simple relays triggered by the accessory / ign...
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by chrispvholmes
0 comments posted 1yr posted by chrispvholmes

Any sheds selling cable by the metre?

I can cause to need a short length of SWA cable today, and I was looking around to see where it's possible to get such...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by theom+news
5 comments posted 1yr posted by theom+news

Home Office Deep Skirt

Can somebody remind me….. What is the purpose of HODS bulb holder skirts? To stop fingers coming into contact with any p...
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posted by chrispvholmes
23 comments posted 1yr posted by chrispvholmes

DIY lean-to greenhouse - ideas sought

Later this year, or early next, I need to replace the existing lean-to greenhouses before they completely collapse. The...
1 comments posted 1yr
posted by nomail
1 comments posted 1yr posted by nomail

Bread machine woes.

My bread machine is only pluggable at the wall socket end. At the machine end its hard wired. Jiggling the cable at the...
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posted by mikehalmarack
18 comments posted 1yr posted by mikehalmarack