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posted by rsandr
3 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

OT All electric fighter plane.

https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/04/01/all-electric-tornadoes-now-a-reality/ April !st
138 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry130747
138 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry130747

OT: Todays Covid-19 totals

Rutland is doing well, only 4 cases, but Cumbria has 425 cases. That's way, way more than Warwickshire and West Sussex c...
7 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
7 comments posted 6yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

Re: OT:Miserable Old Git

Its only words, for goodness sake, roll your eyes and move on. Brian
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by briang1
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by briang1

Re: OT: Food parcel.

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Re: Another Nail in the High Street Coffin? O/T

> >> >>> >>>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2020 09:32:35 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> >>>>> Supermarkets exist because...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

French isolation farce

I have it on good authority that in France you must complete a printed off paper form authorising yourself to go out of...
15 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
15 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

Water sealing a hole

I've got a piece of plastic through which I want to pass a 1/2" hose. I want the seal between the hose and the plastic...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nospam
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by nospam

Two sorts of people......

A crisis really separates the wheat from the chaff, doesn't it? A NHS worker I know is off work (effectively pulling a...
37 comments posted 6yrs
posted by rsandr
37 comments posted 6yrs posted by rsandr

on topic(!): finding mortar course

Half the time when I fix something to a rendered/plastered block or brick wall the fixing holes find the blasted mortar...
11 comments posted 6yrs
posted by nothanks
11 comments posted 6yrs posted by nothanks

DIY UV sterilizer

For those who may wish to go that one step further. There are some interesting links in the Discussions https://www.inst...
16 comments posted 6yrs
posted by smithski
16 comments posted 6yrs posted by smithski

Replacing 250mAh NiMH with higher capacity

Hi All So, as per subject. This is for some solar lights that have 250mAh NiMH 1.2V AA cells, but would 2500mAh cells wo...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by not
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by not

Water softener?

SInce we had a water softener fitted, a number of the Yorkshire compression fittings have a greenish dust emanating fro...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by headstone255
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by headstone255

Kill filing help please

I wish to kill file a certain individual, I am sick of him/her posting nasty comments about one and all, never anything...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by messageboards
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by messageboards

2 way PIR switch

I'm hoping to install 3 outside LED light fittings controlled by 2 PIR switches - all lights to come on if either of th...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pknwblue
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by pknwblue