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Difficult stain on oak top

I have a "solid oak" desk/bench top. I use the "" because it is made from compressed wood strips (how do they do that?)...
5 comments posted 1yr
posted by pinnerite
5 comments posted 1yr posted by pinnerite

OT: Brown is a trademarked colour?

I have just noticed this on the UPS Tracking website. It makes for a strange claim, that brown is trademarked. Can this...
25 comments posted 1yr
posted by davey
25 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

Windscreen cleaner

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my windscreen. It's not the first time this has happen...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by jim
12 comments posted 1yr posted by jim

Gridwatch

There seem to be no uptodate frequency records at BMreports And since the number of people bitching about it comfortabl...
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by tnp
0 comments posted 1yr posted by tnp

Min Max Thermometer

We have a 'new' greenhouse (I put it up last autumn). I dug out an old-style mercury min-max thermometer and, whilst it...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by not
12 comments posted 1yr posted by not

Something funny with Gridwatch?

Only the grid frequency is on the stops low, and wind power is almost zero despite a decent breeze, at least on the East...
29 comments posted 1yr
posted by wibble
29 comments posted 1yr posted by wibble

Glueing rubber to plastic

My laptop has long strips of U-shaped rubber fastened underneath as "feet" at the front and rear. The front foot pulled...
3 comments posted 1yr
posted by me
3 comments posted 1yr posted by me

WiFi Clock

My Ali Express WiFi clock arrived at lunchtime: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007538965861.html I hadn't expected...
16 comments posted 1yr
posted by jgnewsid
16 comments posted 1yr posted by jgnewsid

Strange but true

I have been enjoying using between 2 and 3 kw/h per day on my 39p day rate for the last year or so. Suddenly it has gon...
22 comments posted 1yr
posted by me
22 comments posted 1yr posted by me

OT .Don’t recycle

Like many households we have a separate glass container collection bin that is collected fortnightly. So bottles and ja...
14 comments posted 1yr
posted by gemehabal
14 comments posted 1yr posted by gemehabal

Velux Roof Window with centre hinge

I'd like to know how one detaches the window from the frame of a centre hinged Velux roof window. I do NOT want to deta...
8 comments posted 1yr
posted by nickodell49
8 comments posted 1yr posted by nickodell49

Waterproof cement drying time?

Hello, A bit of a long question, sorry, but I am almost completely ignorant of this topic. I have recently been on what...
10 comments posted 1yr
posted by pastedavid
10 comments posted 1yr posted by pastedavid

Adhesive for plastic

The bracket for my dashcam has become detached from the mount (not the mount from the windscreen) so I am minded to glu...
6 comments posted 1yr
posted by newsgroups
6 comments posted 1yr posted by newsgroups

13a soucket outlets with usb ports

Installing several more of these over the last couple of days reminded me that when they first came available a fww yea...
32 comments posted 1yr
posted by peter
32 comments posted 1yr posted by peter