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So it's official. The number of Gays in this country represent circa 1% of our population http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11398629 So why are they represented (sorry over-represented) on every TV play, dramas (like Dr Who spin-offs), house-hunting programmes, home improvements programmes etc...

you got my vote joinerjohn

Given BG's increase in profits and the current criticism, is now a good time to switch Energy Supplier do you think? Or will they all reduce prices in the next few months? Place your bets please

Thanks gazza I took RF Lightings advice on board and bought new ones, given the age of these No probs since and peaceful sleep!

A 4 year old Ariston Primo unvented glass-lined cylinder with electric impressed current anode system has just failed in a friend's house with disastrous results. This in a very soft-water area in Cornwall. I am hearing that the anode system is no longer offered by Ariston as it was not...

How wrong can I be? 2 o'clock in the morning they start beeping again.......Dog in panic mode; wife with sense of houmour failure and me going round with a chair taking them all down again Looks like I'm shoping fornew ones this morning

Thanks for all the helpful comments As a result I gave them all a thorough clean and hoovering, and then re-installed as per the book (i.e. mains power off). So far so good But comments on them being due replacement soon are noted thanks

Yes sir, several times in an effort to stop the **** Beeping Currently have taken all 3 down and they in the garage minus batteries Wife not very happy with that arrangement though!

Thanks for the reply Lectrician Answers are yes, yes and yes. Have done all these things umpteen times thus the current frustration! Beeps are a 2 or 3 minutes apart at one time then half an hour or so next. No pattern at all. Weird innit!

Recently put new Duracell 9V batteries in with catastrophic results. The 3 interconected smoke alarms kept "bipping" at me every few minutes with the end result we now have no smoke alarms. I used Duracell Plus 6LR61 thinking they were fine However I now see on then inside of the AICO alarm...

Followed your example garrymun Paid a local chippy with a good reputation to lift all the boards in the upstairs hall. He found all sorts of problems caused by shrinkage of timbers and the original builder's work. He braced all timbers using 2"x2" glued and scrwed in herring bone pattern...

Thanks for the advice gents

The following are extracts from a recent message from an old mate of mine in Dubai (amended slightly to protect identity). "Things are interesting out here, as you can imagine. Up to about two months ago the area was in a state of denial and believed that the Middle East was immune from the...

"Anyone - Do I just sit back and wait for the roof to dry out? If I improve the ventilation how long until I see it's worked??" Had the same quandry a year or so back Decided to bite the bulet and got a local odd-jobber to belt through each end of the gables and put a vent in each end...

I know I‘ve got a problem with very squeaky floors upstairs, but am just not sure how serious a problem it is. This is an 8 year old 4 bedroom Cornish house built in traditional block-work with painted rendering. The upstairs floors are unfortunately chipboard. The original builder screwed...

Son's partner had a "N" registered BMW 916 compact. She had owned it for the past 7 years and it has only 95K miles on it. The garage that sold it to her have serviced the car on time without fail and stamped the book over those 7 years. She was trading it in [at the same garage] for a 2 year...

Been using copperslip for years on spark plugs and found it magic. Stops any seizing up/braking of plugs

Sorry gcol It's when they don't bounce that the problems really begin

Magic. Thanks VanSolo. All coming back to me now

Can anyone remember the American comedy where the girl working behind the bar gets a phone-call from a bloke asking " IsMike is in the bar" To which she natrally asks "Mike who"? Back comes the answer "Hunt" Over the tannoy she calls for "Mike Hunt" and when nobody cames forward asks...