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Three lane roads ....

With everybody wanting to overtake I think they should bring back the three lane A road........all 1950s three lane roa...
148 comments posted 7yrs
posted by kinvig.netta
148 comments posted 7yrs posted by kinvig.netta

“I will secure the line”

When dealing with large organisations, when you are on the phone and are about to give your card details, they sometime...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by cpvh
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by cpvh

Calling all deaf people - 4500 Watt wireless speaker

Wow £2,450 for a single wireless speaker, all 4500 watts. That must make heating unnecessary too. https://www.devialet....
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Andrew97d-junk
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

how far after the Audi A4 fuel light comes on?

Due to a series of events yesterday I had to travel 76 miles after the fuel light came on in my 14 year old Audi A4 1.9...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by rgdavidson
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by rgdavidson

A loft query

Back when I could see, I put dense chipboard down along the middle to the water tank and taps from the top of the loft...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by briang1
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by briang1

Virgin Media local telephones status?

I have been speaking to Virgin Media Customer Service and to VM complaints this morning, using BT POTS at my end. I und...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dr.s.lartius
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by dr.s.lartius

Flooring a loft with chipboard loft boards

I need to extend the floored area of my loft. The loft consists of trusses supporting the roof which is quite a low pit...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Shower Waste Trap - Not low profile

Needing to exit waste through a joist 4inches below its top face (centre of joist). Most traps seem to be low profile w...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Somewhere
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

Hole in joist - at an angle?

I've dug more stuff out of the stash and found a right angle adaptor and a cut down 25mm spade bit. However I am having...
35 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
35 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

floorboards to replace 22mm chipboard

Hello, The previous owner of my house had a loft conversion done and they used 22mm chipboard for flooring. There are t...
20 comments posted 7yrs
posted by reply
20 comments posted 7yrs posted by reply

Temperature measurement stability long term?

Much has been written re the long term temp variation of the climate but as it appears were talking about around 1 deg...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tony
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by tony

Waiting to get through - then idiot mode

I'm supposed to have a good clear speaking accent, but I'm sometimes turn into a complete gibbering idiot, by waiting t...
18 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
18 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Making a marble garden table.

Since te X Ffed off with all te decant patio furniuter - bitch - I need a gardene table ... Ive got lods of 12mm marble...
17 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tnp
17 comments posted 7yrs posted by tnp

DIY laptop swap.

JFI. Bought a s/h motherboard for my broken Yoga S1 (i5 cpu) on Monday. Swapped it today when it arrived in the post. I...
4 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dennis
4 comments posted 7yrs posted by dennis

Puzzling LED behaviour

We have an en suite which uses three mains GU10 fittings (probably at least a dozen years old). One over the shower is...
16 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jmlayman
16 comments posted 7yrs posted by jmlayman