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    suspension problems

    pah , buy a citropen with hydropneumatic suspension. Set it to the lowest setting when parked, all wheels dissappear into arches, lower than most things you'll see. can even drive it les sthan 10mph like that...50mm ground clearance! then when you go over 10mph it resets it self! well...
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    3mm Tyre tread campaign??

    the colour indicator would be a good thing. the the police car that is following you can immediately see if you are illegal... or at least close to it (there is the 'reasonable cause') i dont have a problem getting pulled as i am fully insured/taxed/moted/licensed unlike 30% of the drivers on...
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    ton

    i drive 65 miles each way every day and the longestr bit of dual carriage way is 6 miles. 42 miles each way on single carriageway on twist roads. anyone who knows the glyn valley in cornwall will vouch for the bad journey to truro from plymouth.
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    Timer for boiler.

    I have an old servowarm elite boiler, nothing wrong with it, seems to give reasonable bills.. is it possible to change the electonic timer for a different one?.. they seem to be preety generic. i have a (on, off, all day, twice) option one, and would like to get one with more options, ie three...
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    Insulating crawl space pipes and other questions!

    i have a crawl space beneath my house which is well ventilated. Most of the downstairs heating pipes run throught this space, just beneath the floorboards. (in a mix of copper and polypipe) Is it well worth the saving to insulate the pipes?. bear in mind it will take me best part of a day in...
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    Joke for the lads....

    hmm. how long before richard starts a riot down this end of the country! mods will prob remove it anyway. :roll:
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    Misleading Proverbs

    many hands make light work and i always thoiught it was electricity>?.. or that my dodgy wiring?> :shock:
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    Misleading Proverbs

    he who laughs last, laughs loudest you haven't heard my boss laugh.. and we laugh behind his back all the time. :P
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    Misleading Proverbs

    a rolling stone gathers no moss depends how long he's been lying there.
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    Breastfeeding in public

    hmm. maybe it is only scotland then.. cant find english bit... oh well step in right direction.
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    Breastfeeding in public

    this is the scottish one.. almost certain there is and english one now too.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4359891.stm
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    Breastfeeding in public

    no i cant remember.. prob a civil thing..bit like DDa regs..will look it up when i get the time
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    Breastfeeding in public

    by law all retail outlets must provide a place for breastfeeding now. i think there have been a few cases where shops have been prosecuted! (i dont have a problem either btw)
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    safe distance for a 2.5mm from a heating pipe?

    whats the closeset i can run a 2.5mm cable to a heating pipe? thinking of using same notch or must it be a specific distance awya.. thinking heat resistant cable and voltage drops when warmed. (so many questions today) :p :P
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    exactly why is a spur off a spur dangerous?

    my point is that a radial is just a series of spurs off spurs off spurs off spurs... therefore connecting to the main supply at the CU (the incoming ring)... with a radial is connecting a spur off a spur off a spur etc.. off a ring. :shock:
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    exactly why is a spur off a spur dangerous?

    was thinking about this last night. Is the problem overloading the section of spur closest to the ring? If you connect a spur off a spur the max load from the furthest socket is 13A, therefore the max load off the first bit of spur is therefore 26A. If you connect the spur using 4mm cable...
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    32A protected Ring

    Ive checked all sockets and they all have 2 cables, plus the cables come back to the CU. Unless I have 2 radials off the same MCB! and a spur off the final socket in both cases! Either way i have decided to install 2 2.5mm spurs off the sockets in the bedroom. No harm in that? The...
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    32A protected Ring

    I'm planning to add another two sockets to the ring upstairs. I've checked back to the Cu and found a 16A circuit to the kitchen (ring), and 2 32A protected circuits (ring again), one to upstairs and one to downstairs. Now my question is this.. The 16A uses 2.5mm cable and the other two (the...
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    Lazy policemen?

    ok i see the point....but not really an option... http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13504491,00.html its the.... pmsl.. actually more like half a guinea (pig) in old money.. :D :D :D :shock:
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    Damp corner.. solution needed

    ahh but there wont be any backs on the wardrobes and they will be 900 deep... 600 deep wardrobe and then 300 deep into the alcove.. imagine the cupboard spanning the gap..
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