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OT: ATTN: Rod Speed - Aussie joke

I heard this years ago, but it's still funny: Life in the Australian Army... Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga...
10 comments posted 6yrs
posted by CFKinsey
10 comments posted 6yrs posted by CFKinsey

Curious bulb behaviour

A LED pendant light with a supermarket own brand 9W bulb is running considerably dimmer than normal. Additionally when...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tim.downie
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim.downie

Woo Hoo 6 prizes from ERNIE

Yup, 6 separate prizes from ERNIE this month :-) . The most I have ever had is 3 x £25 in one month. All of them £25 ea...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

again totly ot

I never hear about people I know dying with the virus all I hear about is young people topping themselves because of the...
22 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jim.gm4dhj
22 comments posted 6yrs posted by jim.gm4dhj

Improving worktops

A friend of mine doesn't like her fitted kitchen. She's thought of painting the units a different colour but is worried...
15 comments posted 6yrs
posted by stainburn
15 comments posted 6yrs posted by stainburn

Finding work for idle hands (not...)

I had almost finished chopping up some logs in the garden when I heard the ominous words, "Has that tile on the roof sl...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jmlayman
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by jmlayman

paint thinner

Is there any reason petrol or diesel should not be used to thin the hammerite smooth I am painting my gate with?
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

OT: CO2 level for April at record level

As measured on Hawaii at the Mauna Loa observatory, the CO2 level for April was 416.21 ppm, the highest value recorded...
20 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
20 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

Name of a particular paper folder or binder?

Going back 50 years, I used to use a large loose leaf book, the outer being two thick black boards, the two joined by a...
3 comments posted 6yrs
posted by News
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by News

What bicycle(?) pump is this?

I hurriedly bought a pump some years back and have never been able to use it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/79018230@N0...
15 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nospam
15 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

Were you taught to read a map?

I've noticed that a lot of people in this semi-rural area are unsure of where they can go on their statutory daily walk...
113 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
113 comments posted 6yrs posted by wrightsaerials

Plumbing and earthing

I've a question about the earthing connections on our domestic plumbing. I can see that there is a wire in parallel to...
18 comments posted 6yrs
posted by no
18 comments posted 6yrs posted by no