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Bendy bananas
Now that this Government is finally getting rid of this so called EU legislation, can we have our 100% British bendy bananas back, or are these Brussels pen-pushers still going to interfere with our...
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3D Printers?
Does anyone on the group have one? If so, which one? What software do you use to ‘drive’ it? (Including designing things) I only use either Linux or MacOS - does anyone drive theirs from one of...
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QUORA: How did the Roman aqueducts not have dirty, bug-infested water in them?
QUORA: How did the Roman aqueducts not have dirty, bug-infested water in them? answered by Ciro Pabon, B.S. in Civil Engineering & Highway Engineering, Universidad La Gran Colombia (Graduated 1984)...
 
Stick fast non-sticky Insulating Tape
A print mounted on a thin aluminum sheet came apart from the plastic frame it was glued to after a slight bump. (There is no glass to hold it in). It was attached by rubbish double sided Sellotape. I...
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DVB-T PCIe card
If you can get to Harrow, England and would like my Hauppauge DVB-T TV card, email me and you can collect it FOC. Regards, Alan
 
New word ?
I hate this type of thing. It just grates.Apparently we now should call people with dash cameras 'cammers. Ugly ugly word WTF
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Windows 11
SWMBO's 3 year old HP laptop failed as there was a problem with the touchpad which stopped the laptop fully booting properly. HP will not supply a spare part. So I bought a new Asus laptop which came...
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Electric fence energisers - basic principles?
We have a mains powered electric fence energiser that is now more than 20 years old. It still works but I suspect it is weakening and I'm wondering if there is any 'main' component whose replacement...
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Home made timber
I thought it might be interesting to play sawmill for a bit: Home made timber - DIYWiki Home made timber - DIYWiki
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double double switches
I have redecorated the sitting room and I want to replace the old plastic light switches with a new face plate with a nice retro bronze look. Should be a simple job of undoing the old ones and wiring...
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Air Fryer Savings
Well please with all the Electricity i am saving with my £35 air fryer. Which is essentially a very small fan oven great for meat, fish, chips etc. The grill under the food gets a bit gummed up with...
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Network DVD has gone bust :-(
thought it was odd that their web site had stopped working today. Some rubbish news: the wonderful DVD and Blu-ray company Network Distributing has reportedly gone into liquidation. Some rubbish news:...
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Poltergeist?
In mid-April I posted a message with the subject "Great service" about very quickly receiving a replacement remote-control receiver for a DC 6-speed and reverse fan which was not working properly. The...
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wotizzit?
OK, given that grandad was a farmer I presume it's for something like dragging sacks about on the back of a trailer (or maybe lifting if you had a pair of them)? <>
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Profiteering or not.?
I was surprised by the 40% increase in Asda's tinned curry that was packaged long before for the spike in inflation.
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