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    Maybe it’s me….

    TV Advert….Direct Cremations have a money back guarantee! Yesterday radio 4 someone said "we need to put our foot on the gas pedal about global warming" Again, radio4 yesterday, " well, in a nutshell, transgender….."
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    Texecom Veritas R8 issues

    Years since I fitted an alarm 😂 Just replaced alarm at my daughters with the above.All fine apart from the unset light keeps flashing ( I thought it would be steady ) Alarm sets and unsets, goes into alarm when it should. All walk tests work, full set, part set, forced entry, all fuses ok ...
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    Just wondering, why bother?

    Found on a re wire today. Total recent rewire of a property
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    Todays little issue….

    Meter tails rubbing against metal edge on a BI Callendar Biscuit Tin cutout. No way am I wrestling with/cutting live/opening cutout. Sooooo. 1 phone call to E.N.W.. 59 minutes later 2 jointers were leaving site having changed the head to a plastic one, replaced wooden backboard, fitted...
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    Deke

    So it’s 3 years today since we lost Deke ,the only person who knew how the Internet actually worked. He was an active member on here from its inception and had a wealth of knowledge gained from actually doing the job instead of wafting bits of certificate about Now here’s the odd bit, I have...
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    ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️

    Doubtless your toilet will block tomorrow due to the excess richness of your diet which you have embiggend celebrating the birth of a fictional character. So , given advance notice of this, there is an Xmas Special of Mrs Browns Boys which will provide ample time to ' break out the coat hanger'
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    Luminaire assistance

    Does anybody know of an IP x4 or greater, suitable for zone 2, surface mount, brushed, 4000k? Same style as the old "shoe polish tin" versions. It’s to go under a bridging unit above a wash basin and mirror. Needs to be surface as the timber is only about 35mm thick
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    Well it’s that time of the year again! It’s been a mixed year so , in-line with tradition, here are a few things that have mildly irritated me

    These are purely my views, some may agree, some may disagree, deal with it 😉🤪 Deal or no deal Steven mulhern Every “reality show” Fake lips Felt tip pen eyebrows False suspense Online gambling adverts. “We have a range of tools to help you” yeah , Cheers for that but I won’t bother as I’m...
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    Software recommendations please

    I use open office on my Laptop and am now looking for something compatible to run on my iPad that will read/write to Open Office. Does anyone use anything suitable that ideally is free/open source? That they can recommend?
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    Who remembers these and also what the "issue" was with them 😡

    as the title says! id forgotten all about them. Newly tiled bathroom, 3 months on this failed ( not my job I may add, just helping an old dear out )
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    BBC Verify, why?

    What a load of old 💩,! She just spent 5 minutes telling us stuff they cannot confirm! W⚓️⚓️ And whilst I'm at it Steve Coogan in the Reckoning V Good portrayal of the nonce Jimmy Savile. However, no mention of Esther Rancid!
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    Vape...

    On the news just now "There is a Vape factory on fire at Shadsworth Ind Estate Blackburn. Residents have been told to keep windows shut and stay in doors due to the smoke." Just saying... ( not made the ban on disposable vapes illegal yet, that's next week )
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    Call,me old fashioned, maybe fen a tad cynical but

    If your 10 year old daughter experiences an "incident" and you have nothing to hide then DON'T flee the country and take your closest relatives to India and hide, later calling the UK police and suggesting they have a look at your house as you have concerns having left your daughter there...
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    Cyclist baptism

    Beautiful day here today, so I decided to wash the cars. Jetwashing one at the pavement end of the driveway and an irate and somewhat damp MAMIL shouted "can't you see I'm on a bike?" My response of "yes and on the pavement!" Could barely be heard as I carried on jetwashing
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    ROLEC caravan hook up issues

    Am I losing the plot or was there a thread on here about these being moody? Son is away in his caravan and the lights went out and the smell of "money" came through the window. He went outside to investigate and....... Pic taken after he had blasted it with his own powder extinguisher ( site...
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    Retro Electro Workshop on the Yesterday channel

    Discuss...
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    Premier Elite 24W issue

    My son has the above panel which I fitted about 6 years ago ( he has the same at work and I have one at home, probably fitted about 10 of them in total) Yesterday he got a battery fault error. There was about 13.4 V at the battery, battery quite warm. Disconnected battery and put my ACT Smart...
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    Farmers eh?

    65m run of 2.5 T&E from a sub board to a barn. Supplying. 20 lights, 6 sockets, water heater! All off a 3036. Run in a 3" gas pipe complete with bends. Also contains an unknown 1.5 twin and a water main
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    CEF Live in Brum

    Anybody going tomorrow? I've got a quiet day, local branch is running a Free Coach, so I thought 'why not' I shall be wearing my usual Camo shorts......so,if you spot me come and say hello. I don't bite ( much) and shall be on my best behaviour. Warning.....my 'best' isn't that good...
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