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OTish - sourcing lamb shanks ....

Tried an ASDA own brand sous-vide style lamb shank in mint gravy last night. Very nice, and at £5 for the pair, a damn...
21 comments posted 6yrs
posted by jethro_uk
21 comments posted 6yrs posted by jethro_uk

Rechargeable batteries - life expectancy

I found a few rechargeable batteries that had not been used for at least three years. I charged them all and found they...
19 comments posted 6yrs
posted by newsgroups
19 comments posted 6yrs posted by newsgroups

Adam's apprentices

Adam's apprentices have apparently banded together and formed a scaffolding firm here in London. Next door are having s...
125 comments posted 6yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
125 comments posted 6yrs posted by NOTsomeone

emma.carter.green@gmail.com

Good afternoon, We had your flyer through the letter box today. If you are really trying to reduce global warming then...
1 comments posted 6yrs
posted by messageboards
1 comments posted 6yrs posted by messageboards

OT: Happy PC Christmas..

It Snowed Last Night 8:00 am: I made a snowman. 8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn't make a snow woman...
6 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tnp
6 comments posted 6yrs posted by tnp

Best lubricant for interior steel hinges?

As the subject. All my doors squeak and squeal as though they are auditioning for a Hammer horror movie. I have lubrica...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by messageboards
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by messageboards

OT Happy Birthday, (Not).

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/12/04/why-no-one-is-celebrating-10-years-of-the-lisbon-treaty/
0 comments posted 6yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 6yrs posted by harry130747

How long to fit a bit of dado trunking?

2nd year apprentice had the task. I had already drilled the holes and fitted the red rawl plugs. About a 2m length of d...
26 comments posted 6yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
26 comments posted 6yrs posted by adamwadsworth

OT: Police gave me thumbs up?!

So I'm going about 36 in a 30 limit, come round a corner and see a police car parked on the other side. I tap the brake...
32 comments posted 6yrs
posted by CFKinsey
32 comments posted 6yrs posted by CFKinsey

decent leyboard.

The stick on letters that I put on this logicrap KB after 6 months have, a year later, also died. What is the best keboa...
68 comments posted 6yrs
posted by tnp
68 comments posted 6yrs posted by tnp

Seized screw in tap

Any ideas? Not my doing but one of the screws in tap is seized and head destroyed. (see image) I have carefully tried v...
13 comments posted 6yrs
posted by noname
13 comments posted 6yrs posted by noname

Cylinder unions

Hopefully the last query before I get this job done. Most of the openings on my new (14-year old) cylinder *appear* to...
8 comments posted 6yrs
posted by ben
8 comments posted 6yrs posted by ben