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Smart meters to be compulsary?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7632657/Homeowners-refuse-install-smart-meter-face-huge-hike-energy-bills.html#...
67 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
67 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

Indoor Amplifier no longer working

I have a Vision V52-100 amplifier (14db - 26db UHF, 0db - 16db VHF + FM) in my loft and over the past few weeks I have...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Ashley
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by Ashley

BT8500 phone set - time display

Where do these phones get there time from? I remember setting them once around three years ago, when I installed them,...
21 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
21 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Cherry Picker

One hell of a cherry picker used in that chimney rescue attempts in Cumbria. Would it have helped at Grenfell?
71 comments posted 7yrs
posted by train.JPlant
71 comments posted 7yrs posted by train.JPlant

Old-fashioned bath taps

I've noticed in houses with very old plumbing, the bath taps are often side-entry https://i.postimg.cc/wBCXrcQT/Dulcima...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

Drain blocked with caustic soda

I poured caustic soda down my shower hole and it has harderned any leads ? I?m panicking
26 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Jake
26 comments posted 7yrs posted by Jake

IT question (slightly OT)

I do incremental backups of a couple of datasets with simple batch files using Robocopy /MIR. These normally work fine,...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newshound
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by newshound

Anyone remember Matty from NZ?

Off to NZ soon and have no fixed itinerary but I was reminded today about museums there. IIRC Marty worked at a museum...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

Brown Electricity and Gas meter boxes

Are they made of brown GRP, or white GRP painted brown ? And why are they twice the price of white ones ? TIA
18 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mark.carver
18 comments posted 7yrs posted by mark.carver

DIY the Metro way

Picked up a copy of "Metro" in a hospital waiting room this morning, and was intrigued by this DIY article. Apparently...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by graham-usenet
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by graham-usenet

Floppy drive

As it is quiet in here:-) Clearing the office in preparation for the house move, I came across some floppies! The curre...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim

Energy firms going bust

Seems as if lots of firms are going to struggle to meet their obligation to pay Ofgem to cover its renewable energy cha...
15 comments posted 7yrs
posted by nospam
15 comments posted 7yrs posted by nospam

Re: OT Economics of migration

> > > > > > Some do, some don?t. Rhinos and hippos generally don?t. > > No. If they move at all, its when they're runni...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

Did someone mention WiFi repeaters?

I don't know why but I never get results searching for stuff with Thunderbird, maybe i've downloaded too much.... Anywa...
17 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rsandr
17 comments posted 7yrs posted by rsandr