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    Books arranged by their spine colour?

    If you did you would put the letter in the right order - CDO! ;)
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    What adhesive tape ....

    I have never used it on tarpaulin but this https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008AISDX0/ is very sticky and strong.
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    Screwfix

    My educated guess is that there is a three-way split: - Sufficiently modern browsers just see the relevant page. - Old browsers (non-compliant ones) see the relevant page with the warning banner. - Even older browsers cannot load the page. The browser that I used that sees the relevant page...
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    Screwfix

    As I said, my very old browser could not access their website. Hence it did not display that banner.
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    Screwfix

    I am pretty sure they have changed their website to use something that older browsers do not support. A very old browser stopped being able to access their website last week. So I tried a different one and can access it. When using that second browser I see the following warning banner
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    Parkside tools are they any good?

    I have a number of Parkside tools and that is (in essence) what I did. I am a moderate DIYer and I needed a new drill/driver so the Parkside one I bought is fine for me. I bought that (and another tool) together with a charger and two batteries. I used them, saw they were good enough for what I...
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    First Time Angle Grinder User

    To somewhat echo what has been said; I have an angle grinder, a recip saw and a chain saw (two in fact). If I wanted to cut "branches too big for my shredder" the first tool I would reach for is a bow saw. On the bow say is a raker tooth blade like this, whereas they normally come with a peg...
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    Options for weed/plant/everything removal.

    This is what is technically known as 'cobblers'. Companies spent billions and may years to produce herbicides that don't work? Really? People used herbicides for decades before glyphosate, none of which that worked? Really? So no chemical works, but the chemical sodium chloride works. Sorry...
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    Options for weed/plant/everything removal.

    For domestic use, basically the only general weedkiller you can get is glyphosate. It used to be under patent and so expensive. The patent has now expired but if you buy a brand name (Resolva is one I have seen in a recent post) you are paying a premium just for the name. You can buy unbranded...
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    Cordless drill chuck lock

    Indeed and his 'logic' is pretty questionable. Measure from RH end to arbitrary point then add measurement from LH end to arbitrary point - good. Measure from LH end to RH end then add size from value on the back of the tape measure - bad.
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    Unknown screw type- pls help ID!

    Hence sometimes called a sex bolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_bolt
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    Metal Garden Gate & Post - correct screws to use

    I would expect a metal gate and a metal post to be connected with bolts rather than screws. Some photos would help, including the overall gate assembly, the existing holes and the screws you are using.
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    Ideas on bedding plants or shrubs?

    That is sort of true and sort of not. By 'house manure' I take it that you mean horse manure. My understanding is that when fresh this is quite odorous and you only want it if you have a big garden, and can put it far away from the house to rot down. Garden centres won't sell that, your best...
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    Unknown rear garden hedge responsibility

    And they would be wrong, at least about it being carcinogenic. Of course it is hazardous/toxic if you do something stupid like drink it, in normal use not so much. Glyphosate, under various names, has been in use in for decades and has been used by many millions of people. All the studies that...
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    Unknown rear garden hedge responsibility

    Indeed there are. I wrote a bit about this here. Well I don't think that was good advice. Doing that (or using old sump oil as wood preservative) has been an offence for decades. You are in effect dumping a hazardous / toxic substance on the ground where it can affect wildlife, other peoples'...
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    Does round up work on moss on tarmac?

    I had never heard of Wet & Forget until John mentioned it. What I have used it is Patio Magic, it (and Wet & Forget, probably others) are c. 7-8% benzalkonium chloride that you dilute down to 1-2% and apply by spray / watering can. Once the moss is dead, it will turn brown & shrink but will...
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    I accidentally superglued my tongue

    When I had a crown fitted I asked my dentist how it was held in place and he said, "Glue". He went on say that his colleagues would call it 'dental cement' but it is glue.
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    Mould growing under bay window and area around it.

    A slabbed (tiled) area can also bridge the DPC. Can you see the DPC? It should be c. 2 bricks above the ground level.
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    surface rust

    Except you didn't actually say that. You said "Yes it does add up that the charger could be using 3 amps to deliver 2 amps to the battery, making it 66% efficient" which you maybe meant as agreement but is actually just a comment on the machine. Remember on the 'net there is no tone of voice or...
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    surface rust

    Oh yes it was. If you pose a question then you are inviting anyone to answer it. Posting often does not make him incapable of being wrong / being unclear. That is obviously not true. If it was I would not have read it that way. You probably meant that you did not take it that way, which is a...
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