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OT Petrol heads only!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RB3z1er9Sw
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry130747

Lots of water vapour from boiler at startup

I see a lot of billowing steam vapour from the outside vent when my Ideal ISAR boiler starts up in the morning. It can...
14 comments posted 6yrs
posted by pamela.poster
14 comments posted 6yrs posted by pamela.poster

dash now

Home bargains in Hawick has hand sanitiser two bottles per customer.......
25 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
25 comments posted 6yrs posted by kinvig.netta

Howe Tools - anyone used them?

They talk a good fight but are they OK? Cheers Dave R
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by wibble
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by wibble

The van has done it again

Need I say any more? AA took 57 minutes to turn up, my longest ever wait. A very simple breakdown but they just did not...
170 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
170 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Singer sewing machine foot control

Anyone know how these work? The foot control of my wife's 1980's Singer sewing machine started emitting smoke a couple...
40 comments posted 6yrs
posted by watt.tyler
40 comments posted 6yrs posted by watt.tyler

OT: Gridwatch

Not seen so much FF generation for a long time. Total demand close to 45GW, Coal seemingly nearly flat out at 3.57GW (8...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by me
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by me

Re: Reconditioning dripping ceramic disc tap?

> My kitchen mixer tap is one of those with a 90-degree on-off levers on > the H&C taps, with ceramic discs inside; unf...
4 comments posted 6yrs
posted by kevidennis13
4 comments posted 6yrs posted by kevidennis13

Red diesel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51731757 "Rishi Sunak is set to announce in next week's budget that red diesel - so-calle...
46 comments posted 6yrs
posted by allsortsnotthisbit
46 comments posted 6yrs posted by allsortsnotthisbit

Extemporaneous hand sanitizer.

I've just ordered a litre of IPA, I going to decant it into small plastic bottles with a little hand cream. Couldn't fin...
83 comments posted 6yrs
posted by graham-usenet
83 comments posted 6yrs posted by graham-usenet

PRV in cold supply

I am going to have to fit a PRV in the cold supply for the benefit of a new thermostatic shower mixer (max allowed pres...
12 comments posted 6yrs
posted by news
12 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

Re: tee heee

> https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/devastated-woman-discovers-plant-shes-21621016 It would have died from...
2 comments posted 6yrs
posted by max_demian
2 comments posted 6yrs posted by max_demian