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Garage circuit question

When I first bought this house, nearly 30 years ago, I installed a socket near the garage doors, wired back to the then...
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posted by peter
12 comments posted 1yr posted by peter

HMRC Incompetence

I received a brown envelope this morning from His Majesty's Revenue & Customs. On the back was printed an invitation to...
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posted by pinnerite
4 comments posted 1yr posted by pinnerite

Q: about International Driving Permit

Hi All Probably a question for uk.rec.motoring or similar, but I thought I'd ask it here... 'A Friend' has returned fro...
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posted by jkn+es
13 comments posted 1yr posted by jkn+es

Washing machine dolly

Looking for some wheels to put a stacked washing machine and tumble dryer on, so it's possible to pull them out to acce...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by theom+news
12 comments posted 1yr posted by theom+news

OT: debt scammers

My burner iPhone has had a number of daily calls from 07451 264xxx numbers this week. These are debt scammers it seems...
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posted by tim
0 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

Log Burner v Multi Fuel Stove

We are contemplating replacing our open fire with a stove, but, with no experience, do not know whether a pure log burn...
54 comments posted 1yr
posted by News
54 comments posted 1yr posted by News

HDD for cctv

Can anyone recommend a good reliable disk to use for cctv recordings. My second WD disk has just failed after almost 2...
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posted by rob
17 comments posted 1yr posted by rob

OT: major Reform pigs-ear in Folkstone

Seems they managed to put out a leaflet that had the KCC logo on it, as if implying an endoresement by KCC. This went o...
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posted by tim
0 comments posted 1yr posted by tim

Difficult stain on oak top

I have a "solid oak" desk/bench top. I use the "" because it is made from compressed wood strips (how do they do that?)...
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posted by pinnerite
5 comments posted 1yr posted by pinnerite

OT: Brown is a trademarked colour?

I have just noticed this on the UPS Tracking website. It makes for a strange claim, that brown is trademarked. Can this...
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posted by davey
25 comments posted 1yr posted by davey

Windscreen cleaner

I have a very good hand car wash near me, but they do use wax on my windscreen. It's not the first time this has happen...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by jim
12 comments posted 1yr posted by jim

Gridwatch

There seem to be no uptodate frequency records at BMreports And since the number of people bitching about it comfortabl...
0 comments posted 1yr
posted by tnp
0 comments posted 1yr posted by tnp

Min Max Thermometer

We have a 'new' greenhouse (I put it up last autumn). I dug out an old-style mercury min-max thermometer and, whilst it...
12 comments posted 1yr
posted by not
12 comments posted 1yr posted by not

Something funny with Gridwatch?

Only the grid frequency is on the stops low, and wind power is almost zero despite a decent breeze, at least on the East...
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posted by wibble
29 comments posted 1yr posted by wibble