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Probably too late, but I'd recommend getting a job lot of rechargeable batteries from Hong Kong on ebay. They tend to be 2500. This has saved us a fortune on powering the kids' toys and helped the environment as we no longer buy disposable batteries. You should avoid keeping your charged...

I replied in the other thread: cat loo The one thing that I didn't mention is to look out for moving trucks. When someone moves in with a new cat it's time to sure up your defences. When our neighbours moved in with 2 cats it took ages and clearing up literally a hundred "logs" to convince...

You used to be able to opt out on line, but when Watchdog reported this it became popular and they tried to make it more difficult for people. I'd hope to tape up my letterbox within a year or two. Unfortuntely theres the 6 child tax credit letters a year... Make a 'no junk mail' sticker...

A lot of people will only be doing backups once or twice a week at most so it won't be powered on that often. Having said that, this problem could come to the fore as more people are storing video on their external hard drive and playing it with a media player. I store backed-up tv from my...

I don't think it's that much of a problem. We've never had an external drive fail. You tend to upgrade to a bigger one 3/4 years later or so anyway. I would add that any backup procedure needs to allow for someone nicking your PC. If your backup drive is plugged in, they're going to take...

Is it really as cheap as 26p a week to run a PC? Did you measure it when it was going full tilt with all the cooling fans? It really depends how often you use it, it will die sooner if left running. I wouldn't leave a PC running unless it's doing a job, or downloading with a download manager...

Sonic repellers have worked fairly well for us. Always get rid of the poo straight away, I bury it in a deep hole. Ideally cover the dug earth with branches/pruned twigs. This may not be practical in your case. Consider putting something on your fences, but most people only own 1 run of fence...

I'd really question if it's worth buying a electrical device that you're only going to use once a year. Why not lend your neighbour something else in return? Anyone tried those spiked aerator shoes you strap onto your normal shoes and walk around? I find a rake good enough and don't think...

This election is all about sorting out the financial mess and it’ll be the NEXT election that’s decided on the issues. I don’t think the class thing applies as much anymore. Labour is no longer the workers champion. They prostituted themselves to big business to get into power and are as bad...

Just like to share my experience with Street View. The "Report A Problem" link on every image does give an easy way to get images removed. However, you have to be persistant with Google and I've had to keep going back and reporting the images from all the angles. They've now removed the...

Here in Peterborough (UK), you can borrow a device for free from the library to clip on the meter and measure your usage. This is a much more sensible approach with a few devices servicing a whole city. I've no problem in encouraging more off peak usage to protect crumbling infrastructure...

Is there an accepted definition of what fair "wear and tear" is when a new car warranty excludes this on tyres, brake discs/pads etc? If your brake discs and tyres wear and you've not done many miles can you claim under your normal consumer rights of "quality" and "fit for purpose"? e.g...

We started getting cloudy cold water a lot of the time about 4/5 weeks ago. It seemed to go away for a few days, but them it came back. It's not all the time, but quite often. Running the cold tap in the kitchen mixer seems to run cold then warm then cold again. I have to run it for 20/30...

Lavazza is the classic coffee to buy: http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/tesco-price-comparison/Ground_Coffee/Lavazza_Qualita_Rossa_Caffe_Espresso_2x250g.html The machine works on forcing the water through the coffee at pressure so I think you'd have to compress the tea down. I once tried to...

The issue with a pc is the huge amount of power it needs. It depends if you leave your pc on all the time anyway for "downloading". If you've decent broadband and wireless there are things to pipe TV round the house. The latest WDTV, the WDTV Live plays content from usb drives, your home...

To avoid heat loss between the upvc window frames and the walls, is it just a case of totally filling the gap? Is there any significant difference in terms of heat loss in what you use? Or is just stopping the air infiltration good enough? We had dodgy window installers who hid everything...

"Wispa", because our products have given you throat cancer :wink:

So another British institution has gone and jobs will go. However, the big issue is that Cadbury have been bought by Kraft; a front for Philip Morris Tobacco. Would people be happy to buy food products from a tobacco company if they knew? Will they slowly sneak in unecessary addictive...

Posts are snapped off at ground level. It really depends on how huge the concrete blob turns out to be. Some of ones on the other fence were massive. Funny, I was thinking about exactly that when I saw it in Screwfix/Toolstation: Pointy chisel

Thanks. I've ordered a big masonary bit anyway and will give both methods a go, probably before an emergency trip to HSS to hire what I used last time.