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    Laptop with a faulty power port

    Solder suckers are cheap and may help by removing the majority of the solder (of you can melt it).
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    Home finances - sharing the running costs

    Wife pays joint Mortgage, I pay all bills and food. Works out about even really (until next utility bill comes in!).
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    Tiling Advice With Uneven Floor

    I levelled ours as I went, really you want to be using the powdered mix at home adhesive as it sets quicker and gives a better result if laid thicker than normal. Not bad to do once you get cracking.
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    Leak from bath! water dipping to kitchen, how to remove bath side wood?

    When I fitted our bath I made sure to leave good access for taps, waste and pipes, seems others do the exact opposite and end up with what the OP is dealing with.
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    Filling in old socket boxes

    Might be worth putting a couple of concrete screws in to give it something to hold on to?.
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    Possible relaxation of MOT testing frequencies.

    Who'd buy a 5 year old EV where the battery can potentially write the car off financially.
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    Possible relaxation of MOT testing frequencies.

    If you keep your vehicle in good order and serviced you should have no bother at MOT time. We've seen some absolute death traps over the years, should not have been on the road.
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    A new machine fault on me!

    I've never ridden one but seen a couple and amazing people can ride them to be fair!, must take some skill.
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    Stihl FS-55 locked at bottom of stroke

    If you give it a couple of gentle rotations before starting you could tell if it's hydrolocked before giving it the beans.
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    A new machine fault on me!

    I bought a Petrol leaf vacuum last year and to say the choke diagram was ambiguous was ab understatement. Why can they just print on and off next to the bloomin thing!.
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    Help my fence post holes are too wide I've messed it up!

    I was mulling over what to do with ours (30 posts worth), the ease of replacement and drainage around the posts sold it for me.
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    Help my fence post holes are too wide I've messed it up!

    I used 3 foot deep holes and packed in gravel, solid as a rock and 10 years down the line they will be easily replaced.
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    2 Stroke engine carburettors

    I was going to suggest same thing, Aspen fuel for last run of the season then stand it up. Use it in my lad's motorcycle, generator etc.
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    Happy St Georges day.

    We've got York parade tomorrow, over 5000 attended last one iirc?.
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    Transfer pix from Mobile Phone to a PC

    I often email pictures and documents etc to myself, wouldn't work with 100's of pictures mind!.
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    Leasehold scandal

    I would never own a property where someone else owns the ground it's built on personally, sounds like a recipe for disaster!.
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    People Are Stupid

    More money than sense..
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    What do you look down your nose at?

    Nothing wrong with Binmen, good honest wage earnt imho.. Same as McDonald's etc, they're all working and earning their keep, fair play to them.
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    Have you ever changed a tyre on a scooter ?

    Old Lambretta's and Vespa PX's have spilt rims, and that's it. Everything else has a one piece rim. Even the PX owners buy a cast 1 piece alloy wheel as an "upgrade".
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