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Its hard to explain, when the beam is broken it sends a signal to a relay in the garage, (all powered by the alarm ) the relay then sends a signal via the alarm panel to a sounder in the house ( which has now stopped working) Also the relay brings on a bell and light in the garden via a timer...

Wireless bell will be in house, probably mains powered, the trigger is an existing 12 volt relay controlled by a clean contact in turn triggered by the infra red beam, this is basically the current set up but connected via the alarm panel

I have a long standing customer with a beam cross his gateway which triggers a light and bell in his garden, and used to trigger a sounder in the house through the alarm system, the sounder failed after a power cut. I am looking for ideally a wireless doorbell set up that can be triggered by a...

When I worked for NORWEB cut out fuses were pulled daily, no PPE apart from jeans and Tee shirt, a few years ago a factory I looked after had a new substation , the DNO guy turned up to fit the new fuses, huge gauntlets, full face guard, fire resistant boiler suit

We were returning to Harare from UK, the pilot announced Harare was fogged in but "I will have a go" , alternative was Bulawayo , about an hour away. There were a few nervous looking passengers, we bounced along in the fog and the runway appeared suddenly, there was a round of applause for the crew

I worked a few shutdowns at a local GSK plant, one of the jobs was changing dashpot oil

We had a few furry visitors in our garden a few years ago, then our neighbours cat befriended us and became a regular visitor, caught a few mice and rats disappeared, the neighbours moved and the rats are back

Took the car in for an investigation into a spanner light on the dash, booked a courtesy car, filled in the form and produced licence, then was asked for NI number, luckily Mrs CB had hers written in her diary, never had that before

Went to Japan last October via Amsterdam, flew over middle east on the way out, return over North Pole

A factory I used to work in used electrode boilers to generate steam to condition leather, every so often they would trip the RCDs, a few spoons of salt used to cure them

I doubt I would ever be allowed on board, I like a few complimentary G&Ts before and during the flight, I can hold my drink and usually fall asleep

I was parked at Tesco eating a sandwich, I observed an old lady pull into a space, fairly well positioned, she then took five minutes to manoeuvre and succeeded getting a wheel in each of the four spaces, must be the holy grail of bad parking

Never noticed any difference, its the kitchen and has a big window on the other side

We have had one for 20+ years, live in it from early March to October, South facing, nothing better on a sunny day watching the birds coming and going to the feeders

Mark Tully https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nnp4d064do

No, but use of the swimming pool and free bar

Germans : when I worked in Zimbabwe, it was alongside GTZ a German aid agency who were better funded than ours, to a man they were all real gents, very generous , letting us use their cars and inviting us to many functions

Norman Gifford https://wccc.co.uk/news/norman-gifford-mbe-1940-2026/

I stayed at a hotel outside Halifax which featured on Last Tango, in the foyer was a photo of The Beatles leaning on a Ford Zodiac, they had stayed to celebrate John Lennons birthday in the early 60s ( probably a few associates too) the bill was £42. Reckon tradesman rate would be about £8 -...

Saw him Sydney 83, serious moonlight tour, probably the most theatrical gig I have seen RIP DB