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Lidl Parkside accessories - bank transfer only?
I've just got round to trying to order a replacement battery for my cordless circular saw. I've bought one in the past, and AFICR other bits, but I think I used a credit card. The Ts&Cs also say...
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Are these surface mount components or not?
See all those little brown blobs? Are they actually surface mount resistors/capacitors? They don't seem to be connected to both contacts. It's the power board for an LCD TV.
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6 years ago
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OT: fast fibre for West Sussex
Apparently West Sussex is going to be one of the 6 areas to benefit from this announcement. Are they really going to install fibre to every property ?, or will it be limited to a few high-profile...
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BP monitor
I am just in the process of pulling a faulty one apart, faulty as in not getting up to pressure so showing an error. They are quite intricate for what little they cost - there is a tiny compressor,...
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6 years ago
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Let's be careful out there
Link is safe - points to The Independent. (H&S related) A worker is seriously ill in hospital after his penis was ‘sawn off’ in an horrific industrial accident. Paramedics were called to the scene...
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6 years ago
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OT: Horse chestnut trees
Those in the London area may have seen a piece on the BBC TV local news yesterday about Wandsworth council wanting to replace diseased horse chestnut trees on Tooting Common. There is a footpath lined...
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Cutting plasterboard over timber studs
I need to replace a damaged section of plasterboard on a stud wall and am hoping to cause minimum damage. What's the easiest way to cut a rectangular section of plasterboard out? I want the cuts to...
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6 years ago
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Lazy folk
Well this is getting ridiculous, apparently people actually pay someone to clean their oven for them. I just got a leaflet through the door advertising an "oven cleaning specialist". How lazy do you...
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Update on latest FIT scheme.
A feed-in tariff is a payment you can get if you generate your own electricity (eg with solar panels or a wind turbine) and you can also sell energy back to the grid. Find out how to apply
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OT Criminologists.
USA but sounds familiar. Monopolized by the Left, academic research on crime gets almost everything wrong.
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6 years ago
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Eternal September showing IP address
Since today's "reconfiguration", Eternal September headers now show the posting-host header in plain text. One or two posters ain't gonna like that.
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6 years ago
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Battery life for PIRs
I have a wireless Yale alarm, battery operated. I dont have a need to use it often but find the batteries in one particular PIR only lasts approx 6 months, the others maybe 18 months. This PIR is...
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6 years ago
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Inserting bushing into mounting
Hi, I need to press a bushing into its mounting. It's one of these concentric steel & rubber types about 40mm dia and an interference fit with its mounting and I don't have a fancy press. Once I get...
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6 years ago
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Speed up the ball bearing
After more than a few spins, the free fidget spinner that we got from a newspaper offer now seems more noisy than when we first got it. I read not to put oil in the ball bearings because that will...
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OT Bike ride
► Watch Rampage 2016 LIVE HERE Oct 14: http://win.gs/Rampage2016YT See firsthand what it's like to rip down one of th...
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6 years ago
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