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Strimmers: self feeding reels ?

After a few years of paying someone to (badly) cut and strim the lawns, it looks like it's up to me again. Have pulled...
38 comments posted 1yr
posted by jethro_uk
38 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk

Do-It-Yourself Fly-past watching

https://news.sky.com/story/ve-day-flypast-route-when-and-where-to-watch-13359075We should all do our bit to celebrate t...
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posted by davey
6 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

Counterboring in wood

I need to counterbore some holes for fixings so they are flux or below the surface. The plywood will be pre-drilled wit...
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posted by fredxx
13 comments posted 1yr posted by fredxx

Best glue for small vinyl floor repair

Dragging the washing machine out for maintenace has buckled and torn the vinyl flooring underneath in a small way. What...
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posted by mikehalmarack
2 comments posted 1yr posted by mikehalmarack

OT Heath and Safety

Having watched few episodes of Digging for Britain over the past few weeks I note that on quite a few sites all the mem...
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posted by junk
8 comments posted 1yr posted by junk

LG LED TV 'slipping' onto wrong transmitter

It has happened a few times, to the 49 inch LG set, but has not affected two other smaller, slightly more recent LG's i...
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posted by harry.m1byt
8 comments posted 1yr posted by harry.m1byt

Technics RS-676US

This had been in storage for 4+ years. Even before it was packed, it stopped within seconds. I have now spent time fami...
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posted by pinnerite
8 comments posted 1yr posted by pinnerite

2nd power cut in 8 days

In Brum. Only lasted a couple of minutes. All those air conditioners coming online at once across the UK. (Makes note to...
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posted by jethro_uk
8 comments posted 1yr posted by jethro_uk

New Binky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Wqh7KxgdM -- Cheers, John. /=========================================================...
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posted by see.my.signature
5 comments posted 1yr posted by see.my.signature

Octopus ‘Free gas safety check’

Why has Octopus emailed me to say that I can have one of these checks? An unsubtle way of lumbering me with a smart met...
30 comments posted 1yr
posted by aero.spike
30 comments posted 1yr posted by aero.spike

OT: The shipper, not the courier

"Arriving between 29/04/25 and 02/05/25". So when do I plan to stay in to be sure of receiving it? Evri, the chosen cou...
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posted by davey
17 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

Induced atmospheric oscillations.

https://ibb.co/Jwqy6R3p I can't find an authoritative reference to this effect, at least not in the context of power tra...
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posted by usenet
227 comments posted 1yr posted by usenet