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    dot&dab and skim

    You don't mention the height of the room. Assuming 8ft then aprox 27 plasterboards, 10 bags of Drywall Adhesive and 10 - 12 bags of Board Finish. About £250 - £300 for materials alone then. You also don't say how many windows and doors there are. Are there just the four external corners...
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    Dry Lining help

    Gyproc Easy-Fill. Tape the joints and fill, feathering into the boards. Wait until dry and lightly sand. Apply again, once again feathering into the boards. Once dry sand again to a satisfactory finish. For the screw holes just fill each one and sand once dry again. You may need to fill...
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    Share in my winnings

    Should scam them right back. There's a site dedicated to scamming the scammers, 419eater.com. Has provided me with many hours of amusement. The ony people who actually fall for these things are generally completey stupid or just downright greedy. In the latter case I have no sympathy.
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    The fire brigade

    In case they get a shout - all are present with the appliance and they can attend the emergency straight from their current location rather than having to return to the station first.
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    X Factor

    I wanna see Diana and Ruth in the final. I hate the whole sob story thing - shouldn't be allowed. It's about the talent, or lack of, not about who's got the saddest story. LOL, remember that big bird, . What the hell happened to her lol. She won, sung then disappeared. I guess people...
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    How to deal with a redundant socket?

    In circumstances where it's easier to spur of a socket than it is to extend the ring. For example, if there were only one or two sockets required and there are two existing sockets on the ring which have no existing spurs from which you can spur. You'd extend the ring or create a new one...
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    Favourite cover versions

    Unbrella by The Manic Street Preachers. I hate the Manic Street Preachers - can't think of a single song by them that I like other than the above cover. Heard it on Radio 2 late one night and loved it.
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    amusing film lines

    From Happy Gilmore: "I eat pieces of sh*t like you for breakfast every day" Adam Sandler responds, somewhat disgusted: "You eat pieces of sh*t for breakfast???!!!"
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    amusing film lines

    "Is it loaded?" "Hell no, What do you think I am!" BANG!!! "JESUS!" And another from the same film: "TRRRAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNN" lol.
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    Help with a small hole in external wall

    Is it a brick wall? What size is the hole? Simply mix up 4 parts sand to 1 part cement with a bit of water so that it's not too sloppy but wet enough to work with. A splash of washing up liquid will help you mix it. Fill hole and job done.
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    plasterboard to solid wall

    How much building out of the stud wall is required? I'd be inclined to just build the stud wall out around an inch further than the breeze block wall and then dot n dab the boards to the blocks and screw to the battens of the stud wall.
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    Gyproc Plasterboard bladerunner...

    Never used one but looks pretty good, assuming it actually works and you can replace the blades. Don't quite understand how it can score both sides of the board at the same time - I guess it sticks to the underside magnetically. How much was it? If it doesn't cost the earth then probably a...
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    Wall skim but small rough patch

    No worries. There is nothing better than Easi-Fill for the job. Dries quickly and nice and easy to sand. Nver use polyfilla. Ever. Horrible stuff. Once you've misted the plasterwork you may notice further imperfections here and there - just do the same with them. If you want to be a...
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    Financial hurricane coming?

    Why, because they managed to build a business out of buying property and letting it out? It's just good business sense. Because they chose to invest their money, or at least some of it, and ultimately their pension, in property rather than shares? Well their money is a lot safer than those...
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    Maths Homework For An 11 Year Old

    It's not a deliberate attempt to mislead at all. It clearly states that no team played another more than once. It doesnt state that all teams played the same number of games. Did any team play the same team twice? Nope. Therefore the question did not mislead. It clearly stated this fact...
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    Wall skim but small rough patch

    Once the whole wall is dry and you've given it a mist coat a bit of fine surface filler will resolve it. Then rub down the filled area lightly, mist coad the repaired area and allow to dry. You're now ready for your two coats of paint.
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    Maths Homework For An 11 Year Old

    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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    Maths Homework For An 11 Year Old

    Of coure it's maths. It's no different to an equation where you're asked to say what the value of a is. Except of course that it's filled out with some tenuous semantics as you say. I don't disagree on that but then questions of a problem solving nature usually are. Maths when I was in school...
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    Maths Homework For An 11 Year Old

    Assume nothing - never assume anything. In a way yes, that's the reason for the proposed change to the points system but if the question was asking what effect it had on promotion and relegation it would have asked to order the teams based upon the old and new points systems. It's not...
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    Maths Homework For An 11 Year Old

    Flawed points system or not, the numbers are there and the sums add up. The question is about logic and analysis of the information provided, without pre conceptions and without assumptions, whilst not being distracted by trying to decipher information that has been placed within the question to...
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