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razor blades in walls ?
That's pretty funky... Many people have opened up the walls of old houses only to have an avalanche of rusty old blades fall out. Fifty years ago, nearly every bathroom had a medicine cabinet. At the...
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Homegroup on my PC
A short-cut icon has recently appeared on my desktop - a little green sphere with three smaller blue spheres orbiting it like planets. Says its a short-cut to Homegroup. I didn't consciously put it...
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OT: DPD latest
I had a parcel sent from the US near the end of March, and today, I wondered why it had not been delivered. It was shipped with DPD, who are usually pretty good around here. DPD say: "DPD UK | Your...
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OT: Councils.
Happened to look at the newish site our council uses for parking matters. If you apply for a resident's parking pass online, they ask for proof you are who you say. Like a scan of a council tax bill....
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Is bad practice to fit wood across/along grain?
I need to fit two chunks of wooden worktop together with their grain running at right angles. I know I *could* run the join at 45 degrees but that involves all sorts of other problems and compromises....
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replacing the PCB in a gas boiler (ATAG E32C)
The numerical display on my ATAG E32C combi boiler is failing; half the segments don't work any more. This display is on the PCB so I'm guessing the whole PCB has to be replaced. It's about 10 years...
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Re: Crescent Shaped Awning
Yes I think the term is yawning not what they say. I have blocked this serial spammer and maybe we need now to just ignore them. Brian
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Windscreen and dashboard suckers
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 13:57:47 +0100, Terry Casey interior rear-view mirror was simply glued on. When the mirror got knocked on one occasion and fell off, I just glued it back with evostick. Rather...
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How does rechargeable torch recharge?
What I mean is I have a rechargeable torch whereby there is a plug that goes in to the wall socket and the torch sits on it for recharging, it is one of those that is all plastic so no metal contacts...
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OT Well that's next weekends trip decided.
We are just going to use dice at the road junctions and roundabouts to decide which way to turn and after an hour an half of driving the just find the nearest hotel.
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Wire colour dilemma.
I just wired a fan controller, the only fitting on the circuit. To the switch from the CU is a red and black T & E cable. From the controller run neutral and two switched lives via a new bit of 3 core...
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Old Crabtree light switches OK?
I have old Crabtree light switches , 250 volts, brown, bakelite? I'm rewiring with new cable but they have no earth. OK to leave the earth wire unconnected at the back? The screw which holds the...
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Why ? Just why ? (Hive outage ...)
In one sentence can anyone explain to me why I should consider a thermostat that isn't connected to my boiler, but which is connected to a "server" goodness-knows-where which then controls my boiler....
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Bile Amplifier
I was looking in the bay of the flea for phono pre amps And came across a 2 valve or amp. It didn?t say if the valves were included for £19.99, it did say the PSU wasn?t. It also said...... ?The...
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Outdoor cameras to mastic or not
Hi all I am fitting some outdoor CCTV cameras. Was wondering whether I should mastic the bracket on to the wall as well as screw it to seal it? Or. Should I screw it on and then mastic around the...
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