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If you don't make a convincing case then just get angry/get insulting? Then I'm canning the discussion now. Well just about every other country in the world, how about China/Mongolia Japan Iran all border onto Russia, were non-nuclear and didn't get attacked. Countries which don't border...

Since there's a long long list of countries which don't have nukes and which they also haven't attacked, that isn't 'evidence' of a nuclear deterrent working. There can be other reasons for lack of Russian expansion through Europe in the 50s/60s - could it not be e.g. lack of money to support...

So it's just an assumption that it's down to nukes. The evidence that they acted as a deterrent is 'cos you think they did'. but lots of non-nuclear non-aligned countries didn't get attacked either.

I'm asking questions and looking to understand - I don't need your insults. How is it that the facts show that nuclear weapons have had a deterrent effect - none have been used against countries with or without them, not even against countries without nuclear near-neighbours and nuclear...

No, I'm saying that we've sunk many many millions into trident and are looking to do so again, but if we're compared to other nations like us but which don't spend on Trident (Sweden? Switzerland? Germany?) what is it we gain since they haven't been attacked by anyone? (Somehow we've been in...

Yo're probably more expert on this than I am Tony1851, but the point I was trying to make was that the countries which don't have a deterrent haven't been getting attacked either, so on that basis it's hard to see what difference having no Trident would have made - why would we have been...

The Trident thing isn't (I believe) about defence at all - since we've had it we haven't needed to use it, sure. But is it saving us from something? Well the many/hundreds of countries that don't have a nuclear deterrent haven't been getting invaded or attacked by nuclear weapons either so it...

These are some of the questions I'm hoping to find answers to myself Woody. From what I've read a layer of ballast goes over the insulation (need to be heavy ballast - I'm in a windy spot!) and that would have weight implications for the load-bearing capacity of the existing roof. But I can...

If they're only representing 1 country then there wouldn't be a need for so many. And why we have 650 even now is mystifying. (If you take the fact it's a self-continuing industry out of the equation that is).

Agree about the English parliament - daft to have 'semi-parliaments' in the other countries but not in England. It means that the Westminster one can hardly decide anything without it affecting W/NI/Scotland so they need to have representation in it (D Cameron's 'English votes for English...

Hi. I have aluminium sliding patio (well...onto a small balcony really) door which is really heavy and stiff to slide open. I've cleaned & lubricated all I can get at but with very little effect. They must be about 25-30 years old, there is no product name on them that I can see. They look as...

Hi. I have a partial flat roof over the kitchen, and it's FREEZING in there in winter. I doubt that the insulation in the flat roof is up to much so am thinking about improving it. The flat roof was redone about 4 years ago so ideally I wouldn't want to have it stripped off, but have read...

Afraid it's a misconception that other parts of the UK are paying for Scotland - (born & resident in England by the way, in case anyone thought I was some sort of Mel Gibson type Braveheart freedom fighter). Scotland's actually sending more to the UK treasury than it's getting back. (Puts 10.5%...

Thanks everyone for your help, greatly appreciated. Problem now solved. This one was today's winner! "How about a wide bladed implement (i.e a shovel) levered into the top, and forced down? 1/4" should see it! " Have made a new connector between the handle and catch, and in case it...

Hi. Does anyone know how to do this.... I have an old-style up&over Henderson garage door with a cable going from the central handle up to a spring catch at the top. The cable has broken, with me on the outside and all my tools on the inside! There is a metal plate guarding the catch from the...

Hi. The DAB radio I have often loses it's station and finds another one - unfortunately a different station altogether, not another source for the same station. The garage says that all connections are OK and that the radio's OK. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks!

Thanks Sam Gangee. Yes, silly of me, it's a Samsung UE40h5500. The Freeview receiver is internal to the tv. So if I understand correctly what you're telling me, the fact it's reproducing something on HD channels means it's getting plenty of signal, therefore the doubts are about the TV or the...

Hi guys. I looked for any answers to this on other threads but didn't find it, so many apologies if it's been asked before and I stupidly failed to see it. My son has a new TV and a rented flat. His new tv pic is poor (soft images) yet the TV is a good one. I tried my tv in his flat with the...

Hey-ho, job done. Two things I learned - Screwfix's version isn't the same shade as Leadmate, I had to nip out for another tube of stuff. And you can't smooth it off with a wet finger like you can with other mastics, how you put it on is how it stays and if you see a gap and want to smooth the...

Hi Grenage, thanks for this. Just to check - you sprayed with water before using a mastic? (Just asking cos the Leadmate tube says surfaces to be dry).