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Maching rounded edge on planks

I'm looking to renovate a couple of garden benches by replacing the slats. These are wide benches so the standard kits...
38 comments posted 6yrs
posted by letshaveit
38 comments posted 6yrs posted by letshaveit

A64 speed camera vans and apprentices

A quiz for you. In the two weeks working at HMP Askern Grange how many apprentices picked up a speeding ticket on the A...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Do powerline adapters work during a power cut?

My electricity is being switched off next Thursday for 8 hours. I can't think of any reason why my powerline adapters s...
56 comments posted 6yrs
posted by dmarsden
56 comments posted 6yrs posted by dmarsden

Karcher Vario lance

My lance seems to have lost its ability to focus into a hard jet. I am wondering what could be the cause - the ither la...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by John.NoSpam
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by John.NoSpam

Concreting in a gatepost.

If one is setting a wooden gatepost in concrete should one have a bed of concrete underneath the post to keep water out,...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by roger
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by roger

OT: Anyone using online prescription deliveries?

The queue at Boots to collect our prescriptions are often very long and it seems silly to bother to do that when they c...
33 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
33 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

Re: ot...fed up

> > > > >> On Thu, 21 May 2020 08:36:26 +0100, Broadback > >> snipped-for-privacy@j-towill.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >>> > >...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry130747

Re: Churchill

> Churchill has offered a refund if I think I will do 1000 miles less this > year...is it worth applying and how much wi...
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by max_demian
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by max_demian

Re: ot things could be wurser

> Things could be worse...no fitbo...no bookies...no tattoo parlours...no > poncey hairdressers...nah fitba...no restau...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by fredxx
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by fredxx

When you think someone has been clever...

I bought a second hand vacuum cleaner. It's bagless (Shark) & you've to take a fair chunk of it to the bin, including t...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

Sloped Garden levelling and fence wall

I have a sloped garden and I want to pave it. I got the first bit done by the contractor but would like to attemp the s...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by VIk
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by VIk

Re: ot...fed up

> Is anybody else fed up with celebs and others bad quality  web cams and > grotty rooms...and sky clapping and adverts...
17 comments posted 6yrs
posted by messageboards
17 comments posted 6yrs posted by messageboards

OT: Well well well...

"The Financial Times gave a front page splash last Friday to the exciting news that Renault are to close a car assembly...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tnp
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by tnp

Why are stairlifts so slow?

Why are stairlifts so slow? A whole minute to get upstairs is not acceptable for an old person desperate for the toilet.
48 comments posted 6yrs
posted by CFKinsey
48 comments posted 6yrs posted by CFKinsey

Women and DIY

Just been to see Lou. I knocked down her pantry wall over the weekend (she had a go but I did most it) as per earlier p...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth