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Fibreglass supplier

It was back in the last century that I last needed to do a fabrication job and it was easy to get the materials ,just p...
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posted by gemehabal
7 comments posted 1yr posted by gemehabal

OT : backing up a phone (Android)

I have now acquired a new phone and I thought - as a precaution - it would be a good idea to back up my entire Pixel 5...
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posted by newsgroups
17 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

TOT Go woke go broke

A master class by Jaguar cars and learning nothing from the Bud Light campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0lEO2u...
66 comments posted 1yr
posted by junk
66 comments posted 1yr posted by junk

OT: Heathrow substation final report

"An elevated moisture reading in one of SGT3’s bushings had been detected in oil samples taken in July 2018. According...
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posted by usenet
8 comments posted 1yr posted by usenet

100% Hill

A video popped up on my Facebook feed earlier talking about steep roads in America, they seem to measure in percentages...
31 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
31 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

External hard drive

I have found a fairly old WD My Book Essential drive (which I think I previously wiped). I thought this might be useful...
14 comments posted 1yr
posted by newsgroups
14 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

Coming off the gas

I'm planning to disconnect from the gas network for a while. My supplier, Octopus have told me that the gas meter must...
29 comments posted 1yr
posted by stuck
29 comments posted 1yr posted by stuck

SATA PCIe Cards

I think I have found a card that just works: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124178148650 Ordered 22 June, delivered 28 June...
8 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
8 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

To lag or not to lag

Outside tap is against the wall of a utility room extension the other side of which is the boiler in a cupboard. The fe...
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posted by nospam
4 comments posted 1yr posted by nospam

Detergent / water ratio

Is there an "ideal" ratio of detergent (i.e. fairy liquid) to water for optimum de-greasing? I learnt (albeit a long ti...
25 comments posted 1yr
posted by pastedavid
25 comments posted 1yr posted by pastedavid

OT Ragwort

Ragwort pulling in full swing:-( Noticeable increase in Cinnabar Moth caterpillars this year. Upside to everything? Tim
4 comments posted 1yr
posted by tim
4 comments posted 1yr posted by tim