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    Matching Patterned Wallpaper??.

    Thanks Zampa, The wife was going to get her mother round tomorrow! :shock: (she knows just about everything else :lol:) you have saved the day and, most probably, the rest of my planned week pottering about papering, tiling and painting the bathroom with the radio on and a few Stella...
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    Matching Patterned Wallpaper??.

    I need some advice with regards to matching patterned Textured Vinyl wallpaper. I am about to wallpaper paper my bathroom, however the paper has a circular motif pattern which repeats every so often, the pattern isn't that easy to match up and i wondering what would be the best way to try...
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    Radiator repairs

    Ok , I know this is a "Car" forum.. but..... I've been searching everywhere for a company who repairs or preferably builds motorcycle radiators, to no avail.... :? I have a GPz900, (hey i know it's old.. '84' but i've owned it for 18years and i've got a bit attached to it....sad?? :cry:)...
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    Personal Health and Safety.

    I work in the Oil Industry (Offshore + onshore). It's mandatory to wear PPE on site, all day every day. I wear my steel capped boots and safety glasses when I am in the garage or doing the garden at home. I may look a prat sometimes wearing full PPE strimming the garden or trimming the hedge...
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    blood stain

    Before your parents or worse your wife sees it, :oops: quickly take your or your nieghbours cat to the vet, get a receipt and say the cat was sick and made a mess all over the bed! It worked for me. :wink:
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    Volkera flowmatic

    Thanks guys, for your reply/advice. Sorry i was unable to reply sooner, I had to dash off to a funeral and returned a bit worse for wear.... I will take on your advice and keep the old boiler (not referring to the wife!) for a while longer at least, until she starts playing up.... (now i...
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    Volkera flowmatic

    Hi, I moved into our house 1year ago (house built mid-70's). I signed up to 'Home Care' got British Gas to check out our combi-boiler, although the boiler seems to be working ok, the bloke said "as the boiler is more than 15years old we should think about replacing the combi with a newer HE...
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    Project in France.

    Found just about what i need on Amazon. More books on the subject than I thought available.. :)
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    Project in France.

    Has anyone had experience of renovating property in France? If so, is there any specific web sites on the subject? or good books available? with regards to issues governing building regulations, pitfalls, minefields (not the exploding type!!) etc.... I've tried searching, however, my...
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    Best way to grow a privet hedge?

    Gary, Thanks for the advice for my PC problem :) I started/grew some privat hedge a couple or three years ago and they are now over 6ft. I planted them with a hand full of 'bone-meal' (for roses) and general purpose compost. I also 'feed' them with water from my outdoor fish pond...
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    Blade for flip-over saw.

    Try their web site: www.elektrabeckum.co.uk/ :roll:
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    Telephone Cable.

    Thanks...
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    Telephone Cable.

    I've damaged the household phone cable. This was possibly done whilst running (pulling) a seperate phone cable (for my PC which works fine) through the same, passage way (from hall-understairs to the study) through walls etc... along the existing phone cable route. My question; Is there...
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    TESCO iQon

    Cheers, GaryM... thanks for the advice, that will save me alot of time in the future.. :)
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    TESCO iQon

    The System Recovery was a non-starter :( It looks like, what you said, I've formatted almost everything :oops: However I've managed to download most of the drivers required and the PC seems to be 'flying' at the moment, scroll-rate etc.., even got sound :P :o Seriously need to...
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