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Virgin Media - disabled priority repair

Help! I have a housebound relative whose Virgin media landline has been cut by cowboy builders working next door. Faste...
84 comments posted 8yrs
posted by '''newspam'''
84 comments posted 8yrs posted by '''newspam'''

Prepare floor for vinyl tiles

I am going to have to lay about 4 sq metres of Amtico tiles. They are much thinner than those I laid 40 years ago, so t...
7 comments posted 8yrs
posted by pinnerite
7 comments posted 8yrs posted by pinnerite

Head Torch

I was just looking at this head torch, which claims to output 6000 lumens. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078NCZ6...
50 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NOTSomeone
50 comments posted 8yrs posted by NOTSomeone

Head torches

I was just looking at this headtorch, which claims to output 6000 lumens. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078NCZ6K...
0 comments posted 8yrs
posted by NOTsomeone
0 comments posted 8yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Trains and fares

Just had some guard try to charge me and my other half £13.80 for a one way train journey. Like f*ck, so I asked for a...
71 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
71 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Meditation - DIY or not?

Is DIY meditation effective? Or is it better to join some organisation such as TM or Buddhism or Quakers or SES or SOM e...
4 comments posted 8yrs
posted by nospam
4 comments posted 8yrs posted by nospam

OT: Oven temperatures.

We have a new oven. A gas hob with three electric ovens. No, I don't know why we need three either, but the wok burner...
17 comments posted 8yrs
posted by cliveta
17 comments posted 8yrs posted by cliveta

Screwfix webpage cockup

https://www.screwfix.com/p/wylex-module-15-way-populated-high-integrity-dual-rcd-consumer-unit/8863f or https://www.scr...
11 comments posted 8yrs
posted by adamwadsworth
11 comments posted 8yrs posted by adamwadsworth

Cricket lighter for gas cooker.

I tried to mend a friend's Cricket brand gas lighter which wouldn't spark. I restored sparking by adjusting the gap. Th...
13 comments posted 8yrs
posted by davew
13 comments posted 8yrs posted by davew

Split aircon

I've been online reading up a bit about air conditioning after seeing a nei ghbour having it fitted. I notice some inst...
18 comments posted 8yrs
posted by johnjessop46
18 comments posted 8yrs posted by johnjessop46

Vertical blind problem

I have vertical slatted blinds across two separate sets of patio doors; the blinds were made to measure just over a yea...
8 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mail
8 comments posted 8yrs posted by mail

TOT: Mam Tor

I have to organise a little ceremony on Mam Tor. Does anyone know roughly how long it would take a fit middle-aged perso...
78 comments posted 8yrs
posted by wrightsaerials
78 comments posted 8yrs posted by wrightsaerials

OT Engine oil differences

Hi All I have an old Audi A4 which consumes a lot of oil and has done for years. M OT test fine and no obvious leaks no...
15 comments posted 8yrs
posted by leenowell
15 comments posted 8yrs posted by leenowell

Acrylic mirror sheeting

Just wondering if anyone here has used (or heard tales of) acrylic mirror sheeting. Can acrylic provide the same dead-f...
10 comments posted 8yrs
posted by mail
10 comments posted 8yrs posted by mail

Another conundrum.

Can you sail dead downwind faster than the wind itself ? Or sail dead upwind?
34 comments posted 8yrs
posted by tnp
34 comments posted 8yrs posted by tnp