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OT:UK RAF airfields mined 1939-1945 ?????

(Story below) following this news, I ran into a couple of people claiming it could have been a UK planted bomb "in case...
26 comments posted 7yrs
posted by jethro_uk
26 comments posted 7yrs posted by jethro_uk

Demolition Breaker

I need to break up about 5m x 5m of concrete, varies in depth, seems to be about 4" max. I intend to do it over a few w...
35 comments posted 7yrs
posted by patchmoney
35 comments posted 7yrs posted by patchmoney

Vaillant repair pricing

Very odd servicing options from Vaillant. They do a fixed price repair for £311. This covers most parts, excluding the...
7 comments posted 7yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
7 comments posted 7yrs posted by NOTsomeone

[OT] Unlocking Orange handset

Orange accounts are being closed down. I asked EE, who took over these accounts, for unlock codes for some old Orange N...
34 comments posted 7yrs
posted by pamela.poster
34 comments posted 7yrs posted by pamela.poster

Smart meters - SMETS2 from today

[From BBC Radio 4 You and Yours] In theory, from today, SMETS1 meters can no longer be installed - all new installation...
5 comments posted 7yrs
posted by andrew
5 comments posted 7yrs posted by andrew

Re: Teens Need the Truth About Drugs

[wrote nothing in fact, just copy pasted something from the USA about the USA and didn't bother marking it OT even] Rod?...
0 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim
0 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim

Re: Teens Need the Truth About Drugs

> Teens Need the Truth About Drugs > Decades of scare tactics haven?t worked. What?s effective is clear > information a...
1 comments posted 7yrs
posted by harry130747
1 comments posted 7yrs posted by harry130747

Anyone ever speeded up a stairlift?

I've yet to come across any old person who wouldn't like their stairlift to get there quicker. For goodness sake, they'...
20 comments posted 7yrs
posted by CFKinsey
20 comments posted 7yrs posted by CFKinsey

Fence post mounting

The recent winds have seen the end of a boarded arris rail fence. The posts are 100mm x 100mm, 3m apart and the fence a...
20 comments posted 7yrs
posted by andrew
20 comments posted 7yrs posted by andrew

led floodlight

I'm after a recommendation for a LED floodlight with inbuilt PIR BUT with the additional override function - the type w...
9 comments posted 7yrs
posted by junk
9 comments posted 7yrs posted by junk

Terraced Houses

Why is the bit that usually has the kitchen and small back bedroom at a lower level than the rest of the house? Was it j...
29 comments posted 7yrs
posted by Somewhere
29 comments posted 7yrs posted by Somewhere

Mending ceramics

I have knocked over a vase. It was cracked top to bottom and has now come cleanly apart into two large pieces and one s...
48 comments posted 7yrs
posted by tim
48 comments posted 7yrs posted by tim

Mixer tap spout removal

I need to replace the O rings on a mixer tap. It has no grub screw securing the spout so I understand that the spout ne...
13 comments posted 7yrs
posted by news
13 comments posted 7yrs posted by news

pottery kiln

I need to repair loose fittings on the outside of my wife's pottery kiln. An outer skin of stainless steel encloses ver...
10 comments posted 7yrs
posted by mikes
10 comments posted 7yrs posted by mikes