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OT: electric cars (one for Brian?)

I believe rules are to be introduced for electric cars to be fitted with sound generators so pedestrians can hear them...
63 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newsgroups
63 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

Gas Boiler lifetime

In 2010 my mother replaced her gas boiler. Old cast iron lump with vertical flue with a Glow Worm. Supplied by British...
23 comments posted 7yrs
posted by vir.campestris
23 comments posted 7yrs posted by vir.campestris

OT Humour - Ground worker prank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4cNxSMyfQo Well I liked it.
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Supplying power to a computer desktop

Checking my thinking for any gotchas. I am reorganising the office and putting a couple of kitchen drawer units with a...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

fire wall in loft missing

Hi all, Buying a house. Mortgage offer has come through and has one condition listed: "Our Solicitor must obtain, and p...
29 comments posted 7yrs
posted by dmc
29 comments posted 7yrs posted by dmc

Superglue removal

As well as apprentices with tape measures and a computer that did not do what I want it to do I have one final question...
27 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
27 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Do floating shelves actually work?

I've put up my own shelves with proper brackets. But I see these "floating shelves" advertised. I thought, "What's hold...
2 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CFKinsey
2 comments posted 7yrs posted by CFKinsey

Help with Windows (computer not glass ones)

For some reason my usual desktop has disappeared? It used to sit there nicely with the icons on it I wanted. Also Thund...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Apprentice with a tape measure problem

A simple job. I left him in a pub car park to measure the length of two fences for an outside socket. 30 minutes later...
39 comments posted 7yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
39 comments posted 7yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Gutters and downpipes

Simple job? Don't be silly. Long story short, blocked downpipe [1], but now need new downpipe. The bottom half is origi...
8 comments posted 7yrs
posted by News
8 comments posted 7yrs posted by News

Orientation of bib taps?

Just to be clear, I'm talking about combining these two parts: Compression Wallplate Elbow 15mm x 1/2" Hose Union Bib T...
31 comments posted 7yrs
posted by a24061a
31 comments posted 7yrs posted by a24061a

Health and softy gone mad!

I saw this on a bag of salt by someone's door (the stuff for stopping it being slippery in winter): "In case of ingesti...
166 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CFKinsey
166 comments posted 7yrs posted by CFKinsey

Baxi Neta-Tec fails Calibration

Long shot here, perhaps? This boiler has no error codes but flames out with what looks like insufficient gas on a modul...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by fredxx
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by fredxx