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ebait
what do you think of the new ebay sellers users agreement? .....
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Tiling troubles with large tiles
Hi All, We are tiling our bathroom with 500mm x 300mm tiles. After a lot of Google / YouTube effort it seems that the consensus was to use a float with 10mm s quare "teeth" and put the adhesive on...
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I'm off
You wont hear anything from me for a couple of weeks as I'm off to Kyrgyzstan for a wee trip. Like all good travellers I've been reading up on the customs so as not to accidentally offend anyone. I...
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Burglar alarms
Has anyone come across a company installing burglar alarms but not requiring a maintenance agreement? Printer ink, electric toothbrush head.... marketing syndrome! I feel competent to do an annual...
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Antiference six element FM aerial free
Antiference six element FM aerial. It was on my roof for a few years but now I've taken it down. Condition is perfect. Anyone got a use for it? Buyer collects. It comes into two halves easily for...
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6 years ago
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Speed cameras "under test"
Saw some average cameras (new ones I think, the actual camera was smaller than I'd seen before). But they all had a big yellow temporary sign propped against the post saying "cameras under test". Why...
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6 years ago
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OT the telephone network
Does anyone know where I can find a map showing where all the phone lines go; the routes from the exchanges to the premises and/or the streetboxes? Is there a UK newsgroup that discusses such things?...
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What word would you use?
Snicket was the most common, although both ginnel and gennal were both often used when I was a kid. Any other names out there? Tenfoot is Hull dialect for what others call alleyways, ginnels, snickets...
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Painting concrete window sills, surrounds, and roughcast walls in wet windy area
Hello, I need to paint the concrete window sills and the window surrounds on my roughcast kit bungalow near the Atlantic coast of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. They're painted at the moment but...
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Cat proof fence?
Electric. See your local agricultural suppliers.
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6 years ago
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OT Traffic Crisis
Britain is in crisis with cities losing billions in productivity from time lost in traffic jams. One of the journeys I do from time to time takes about 10-15 minutes by car . Just once I went by bus,...
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Radial earth return in FAQ diagram
Shouldnt there be an additional earth return to consumer unit from the end of the radial circuits in the FAQ diagram at ? House Wiring for Beginners - DIYWiki
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6 years ago
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Why aren't AA batteries square?
Try it sober...easy-peasy!
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OT Damned Traffic lights
The dutch, and now the germans have much better ideas, A small town in Germany which scrapped all its traffic lights and road signs in a bid to cut down on crashes reported yesterday that the...
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Waste pipe outside diameter
I am trying to source some thin wall plastic piping to act as a protective sleeve where other piping passes through brick and blockwork walls. The holes I have laboriously bored are 51mm dia. 2"...
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