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Rotten Apple?

Son has sent me a message to subscribe to his photo album while he is on holiday. I click on the subscribe link, and it...
24 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Billaboard
24 comments posted 7yrs posted by Billaboard

OT: splitting PDF files

Why are there all these online sites to upload, split and download PDF files? It seems to me all that is needed is to se...
18 comments posted 7yrs
posted by newsgroups
18 comments posted 7yrs posted by newsgroups

Consumer Units with RCBOs

Screwfix have a BG 12 module CU with 6 RCBOs on offer for £69.99. At that price it is a steal so I am thinking of getti...
72 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
72 comments posted 7yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Crocodile roller shutter style garage door

I have the same unit they keep advertising on TV by that builder type bloke, but it is not a Crocodile supplied unit, t...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Problem with Hozelock garden sprayer

Have a Hozelock pump sprayer (5L) which is 20+ years old, and no pressure, so bought a service kit and replaced various...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by News
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by News

Nuisance calls

My elderly neighbour was complaining about nuisance calls. I said I'd register them with the Telephone Preference Servi...
90 comments posted 7yrs
posted by me
90 comments posted 7yrs posted by me

overboarding for shower tray.

For the life of me I cant remember when I done the shower room. Now doing the main bathroom. Putting down a resin showe...
3 comments posted 7yrs
posted by noname
3 comments posted 7yrs posted by noname

Iphone compass app

I have read that the Iphone uses a magnetic compass, which suggests it would be affected by very local magnetic fields,...
14 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
14 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Checking USB power output

Following on from my brief foray into solar power, I noted that it wasn't easy to measure the power output of the USB a...
6 comments posted 7yrs
posted by wibble
6 comments posted 7yrs posted by wibble

Log burning stove chimney sweeping question

How do you do it? Our log burning stove sits in its inglenook with its unjointed vertical chimney pipe emerging from th...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim.downie
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim.downie

Bolt cutters

Not what I thought they were for: https://metro.co.uk/2018/02/15/body-piercer-sliced-off-finger-bolt-cutters-turned-pend...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CFKinsey
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by CFKinsey

Help needed to resolve a discussion

I was being hepful the morning by hanging out the washing I lefy yhe bag of wooden pegs in the sun as there would be mo...
25 comments posted 7yrs
posted by gmrace
25 comments posted 7yrs posted by gmrace