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My lead pipe

Plumber has replaced the critical section with polypipe. The old pipe is much thicker than I expected, which I'd measur...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by roland
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by roland

Re: video exit

> Looking for a SIMPLE video edit program...tried a few and I can't work > them...all I want is to be able to cut bits...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

Zafira horn buttons

Got a 52 Reg Zafira and recently one horn button has failed to work intermittently. It will only work when the steering...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by letshaveit
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by letshaveit

City Fibre potential installation......

City Fibre are currently installing ducting in my road for FTTH (Fibre to the Home) This apparently will provide an opt...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by items4sale
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by items4sale

External furniture wood restorer

At my golf club we have a dozen bench seats which have been neglected over the last few years. Me and a couple of other...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pknwblue
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by pknwblue

Cutting up old spring mattress

Neighbour's clearing part of her garden and discovered the spig part of a double matress. It's too big to go into the b...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by giraffenos.pam
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by giraffenos.pam

Battery voltage ?

Image is of batteries in a Remington electric cord/cordless shaver. The batteries are dead although it still works from...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by noname
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by noname

Substitute

Why do we use turpentine substitute instead of real turpentine ? ...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj~
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj~

OT: Road verges

Anyone know whether the Highways Authority automatically owns any land adjacent to a road? IOW, if my front hedge goes...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by timstreater
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by timstreater

FAO ARW or other electrically-minded souls

Does a clamp ammeter only work on one circuit at a time, or if you clamp it around three conductors at once will it giv...
23 comments posted 6yrs
posted by a
23 comments posted 6yrs posted by a

Soldering station

I am about to undertake a small electronics project and have decided that it's time to replace the soldering iron that...
37 comments posted 6yrs
posted by richard
37 comments posted 6yrs posted by richard

Storing food in tins

In the old days we used to keep opened tins in the fridge. I think you could even buy a plastic lid to fit on the tin....
62 comments posted 6yrs
posted by newsgroups
62 comments posted 6yrs posted by newsgroups

ot strange

wummin pulled over into the car park outside and she was given a ticket of some kind...just checked and the car is insu...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj~
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj~

OT Bluetooth headphones which limit wind noise

Hi all With the current working from home, I am looking for some Bluetooth headphones so that I can take calls outside....
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by leenowell
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by leenowell

Cutting a Disc-drive disc

I have a nice shiny disc, extracted from an old HDD, that I want to cut up and re-purpose. It is aluminium (I've alread...
17 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
17 comments posted 6yrs posted by me