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OT: Telephone ringers for the hearing impaired?
Hi all, We just had my sister on the phone asking if we could pop round to check Mum was ok (1/2 mile away) as she couldn't get though to her on the phone. Daughter walked round there (snow on roads)...
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OT Wetherspoons phasing out steaks
It's now going to be pizzas they sell. Better profit margin.
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If Salvador Dali did UPS batteries
A couple of weeks ago they were fiddling with our local electrical supply, so they decided to run the area from a local diesel genny which they parked in a field and lashed up to a power pole. Aside...
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OT: Wireless speakers (not Bluetooth)
Hi folks ;-) I want to fit a wireless "extension speaker" in my kitchen (and perhaps elsewhere), to work off my hi-fi. Currently I've got a pair of Thomson UHF wireless headphones (863 MHz or so) with...
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Endoscope/Borescope
I'm looking to buy one for diy use. They're as cheap as £3.54 on amazo n but will they work with a computer here? They all mention android and/or win xp - 7. I don't use any of those here. What's the...
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An unusual clock
I bought a kitchen clock in a second-hand shop. I think it must be German, from the around 1960. Photo: It's not a good picture, sorry. The clock is ceramic, and is very pretty. The mechanism is very...
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Water not getting hot enough
Any ideas why my boiler won't heat the hot water above 55 degrees c. Potterton prima 40 b running y plan stored heating system. All stats and valve working ok but boiler will just keep churning on if...
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MCB tripping and not switching off power
A bit of a flash as the cable popped out of the terminal block and touched the earthed light fitting. Now I would have expected the MCB to have tripped, however power was still on. So a long trip to...
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light switch pull cord
It isn't exactly major works but this is puzzling me. The bathroom light switch pull cord - bog standard, looks like this That is too utilitarian for W towers and Mrs W has asked that it should look...
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Kitchen lights
We currently have 4 x double tube 4" fluorescent light fittings (which no longer work) in our kitchen. When they worked, they gave a lot of light, which is great for seeing what you're doing whilst...
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Descaler warning ?
We have a B2C coffee machine (de Longhi) which has a warning light when the thing needs descaling. Given that we live in a soft water area (maybe the softest. Our kettle is like the day we bought it)...
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"The oil tank is too small and it could therefore leak" - logic?
We're selling our house and one of the questions our buyer's solicitor has asked us to get a heating engineer to comment on is that the buyer's surveyor said "the oil tank is too small and it could...
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3-D printer. What to print?
I quite fancy, for a bit of fun, building one of these sub-£100 3-D printer kits. My wife (I'm careful, she's mean) wants to know what use it is. Looking on the internet they mostly seem to be used...
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Washing Pillows
Any tips on how to was a typical polyester fibre filled pillow without getting the fibre fill twisted or distorted in the washing machine. I have rarely succeeded on having one come out the right...
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OT: 1965 Halfords catalogue
Ahh, the joys of changing the 'points' and getting the gap correct. Halfords Catalogue 1965 | Honest John
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