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    Nigella Lawson

    Cat's are not really considered 'people' any more..
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    oak varnishing?

    Hi and a big thanks sorry for late replay serious PC issues..... What would you recommend I use to get a similar effect?
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    oak varnishing?

    chaps we have an oak cabinet which was in the bathroom. moving it we notice it has suffered some water damage and I wish to sand and re-varnish What varnish does the manufacturers use ?/ TIA Richard
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    dangers of a Te*co Clubcard key fob!

    It also reminds me of that old fable about people getting their cars nicked and the theif putting 'home' in the tomtom....
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    How much Poll tax did you pay?

    The old "tax them more: me less" approach. :lol: I too was a married householder so would have expected a rise but I believe you should pay tax based on what you use not how big your house is.. However if you read I stated it was poorly implemented and should have been phased in to...
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    How much Poll tax did you pay?

    I agreed with the poll tax as a fair way of taxing people. It just seemed so badly implemented. They should have phased in the increases over 5 years by which time everyone would be used to it. The rioters were mainly layabouts who didn't like being asked to pay for what they had been getting...
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    Would you subsidize a typewriter manufacturer?

    Plenty of cheap labour coming over in the next couple of years... maybe time to think about reopening a few of the old mines..
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    new lawn

    to be fair we have spent quite a lot on trying to recover it over the last few years and whilst it looks ok from the bedroom window, close up it's a very tired lawn full of dead patches and more moss than grass... Plus it needs levelling as my mower gets sea sick when traversing! so I...
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    Commercial tests

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    Commercial tests

    Of course he did! however this was part of a 5 year project and as it stand is running at max 18 a. the guarantee will be long gone when the rest is installed -although we expect a max running of 45a tops then in any case... (assumes these phases get signed off) It's just a manufacturers...
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    Commercial tests

    thanks.
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    Commercial tests

    thanks is this a legal obligation though??
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    Commercial tests

    no I made a simple mistake as it was 35mm sq not 32mm but as I say I am not involved in the electrical side
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    Commercial tests

    Yes you are right it was for a 100a supply running about 150m or so..
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    Commercial tests

    I was asked by a maintenance manager today: "If we added an additional 20a single phase supply on an existing consumer unit to power an air conditioner isolator to outside (we are doing the a/c install only) what test certificates of the new circuit are a legal requirement? " The board is...
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    new lawn

    you wouldn't have a hope in hell in using that fork in our soil. Far too stony. I was going to rotovate it as it needs leveling as well...
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    new lawn

    anyone got any advise on the do's and dont's
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    new lawn

    Very kind but not my cup of tea. I am a straight up/down kind of guy and we play garden badminton too :-)
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    new lawn

    chaps our lawn is looking well past it's best. It's pretty obvious the ground has become weed infested and compacted. Given that it's all bumpy uneven and slopes slightly I think it's best to give up and start again So the area is about 75m2 and the brief would be to lift the slabs to the...
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