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London Congestion Charge

Idly musing about life at work the other day, electric cars came up, and their range. We struck upon a solution. A trai...
19 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rgdavidson
19 comments posted 7yrs posted by rgdavidson

OT:van insurance

Everybody probably already knows this but... I had a renewal quote in a letter from Direct Line increasing my annual pr...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mjadams25
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by mjadams25

Uninterruptible power supplies

I was watching an item on TV about use of batteries to balance the national grid. I have also heard it said that the su...
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posted by newsgroups
70 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

circular saw number of teeth

I have a Royobi EWS1150RS circular saw that came with a 170mm 12 tooth blade. I need to cut down a chipboard kitchen ca...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by sm_jamieson
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by sm_jamieson

Cut the non-DIY political crap, chaps?

This IS a very interesting NG but this morning there were 220 messages waiting and there is no way that I was going to p...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by headstone255
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by headstone255

Valuable or Tatt?

I have a couple of "porcelean" vase ornaments - from the clearing of the loft. Not sure if they have any value or not....
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by train.JPlant
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by train.JPlant

Septic Drainfield sabotaged by farmer

We are investigating whether to redig our drainfield for our septic tank or buy a new Septic Sewage treatment plant (be...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dicegeorge
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by dicegeorge

Old Age is a Waste

Old Age is a Waste by Stephen S. Hall, MIT Tech Review, Sep/Oct 2019 In Oct. 2014, Ezekiel Emanuel published an essay i...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by imbibe
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by imbibe

Click pop up waste..design flaw?

Just curious on others opinions. When you install one of those click pop up waste plugs you can get a good seal at the...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by noname
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by noname

OT: Moblie phone delivery scam

I read on Ceefax that a new scam is for a courier to deliver a top of the range mobile phone to you, that you didn't or...
36 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
36 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

Re: had my fun...tee hee

> time to ignore cole reay fmf and bernie....wish me luck ....Oh and uk > diy ...... Bye, Jim. Best of luck.
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by bernie.usenet
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by bernie.usenet

Re: Sick transit gloria Mundi

> > >> > >> ..I'm going to stop > >> posting to DIY as I am casting my pearls of knowledge before > >> swine,,,,that in...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by gkk
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by gkk