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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    People are not buying EVs and manufacturers are turning away from them as well. EVs do not have the range of an ICE, nor do they charge up in a viable time. An ICE pulls into a garage and fills up in five minutes. Plug an EV in, especially in a domestic set up and it can take 24 hours to fully...
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    Things you've turned down that might have changed your life.

    I joined the army at 15 in 1966. The only things open to me where I lived in Wales was the coal mines or the steelworks. I did 4 years in Harrogate as an apprentice and then got posted to Cyprus and Germany. Thoroughly enjoyed my time in the army. I would have gone on but I came out after 12...
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    Not Getting Hot Enough!

    I have a Greenstar R21 0r 24 ( no number on the case) Condenser boiler and mine doesn't cycle on and off every couple of minutes. In fact mine appears to be on all the time, it is in my garage so I don't watch it that much, although I suppose it will turn off when it reaches temperature. I have...
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    Ebay - Return a faulty item

    Also you do not need a reason to send stuff back according to "Distance selling regulations." I think you have 14 days to reject anything (it might be longer) for no reason.
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    HELP NEEDED! Are there any roofers out there that arent cowboys???

    They should because like it or not ALL roofers, good and bad, will get tarred by the same bad brush if they don't do something.
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    Main heat exchanger small leak

    How long is a piece of string basically. If you are going to change the boiler in the summer anyway and you are happy to top it up every so often then leave it. You say your boiler man can change it quite quickly so leave it. If it breaks down completely then get your man to change it if it goes...
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    Day rate for a Carpenter in Dorset

    Contact a local carpenter and ask him for a quote. Your £250 a day is way way out of line.
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    I thought WhatsApp was supposed to be secure

    Whatsapp is not secure neither is facebook messaging. I do use facebook occasionally but I do not use whatsapp.
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    Front Door Quality / General Security

    The way I see house security is that if they want to get into your house they will no matter how secure you think it is. Don't get me wrong I have a house alarm and new "high security" doors and windows because my house insurance says I should have these, but I could get into my house from...
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    Roof repair new tiles are slightly chipped on bottom corner

    He means the join of the two new tiles is very very near the join of the two older tiles below and that would allow water to leak into the roof space below.
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    kemi badenoch "sacks" Robert jenrick after reading draft resignation letter

    Might as well call themselves New Tories.
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    Thoughts/advice about welding

    Yes ignore those YouTube things that look like electric drills. The laser welders, that also look very similar to an electric drill, do work but are stupidly expensive and are accompanied by massive boxes and wires that, generally, do not get shown. the rest of the stuff perporting to be welders...
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    Thoughts/advice about welding

    Stick welding is where you you have a rod of welding material covered in a flux that shields the weld whilst you weld the material. MIG is where the welding material is a wire on a roll that has a flux core. The wire is fed out on a roller system contained in the welding machine. The flux core...
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    Johnson & Starley; chronic lack of engineers and parts.

    I'm no plumber but if you are having that much trouble with it and spares and engineers are scarce or non existent I would change it.
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    Dacia wiper motor

    I had the same fault although not on a Dacia. On my vehicle the crank arm had been rubbing on the motor wires and eventually wore them through so every time I tried to use the wipers the fuse blew. I had to remove the scuttle to get at it.
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