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    Land Sale scam

    A couple of years ago, I was quite interested in starting a home build project. If I could get a plot at a reasonable price. I then became aware of an organisation that call themselves "The United Plot Owners Association". The general concept behind this organisation, is that they present...
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    Is there an easier way of upgrading a laptop Hard disk?

    I just finished a swapping the HD on my laptop. I didn't fancy the idea of loading the OS, drivers and applications from scratch and even then risk loosing some overlooked piece of work. So I figured the simplest method of achieving this would be with Norton Ghost. The trouble is, I can't...
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    Shower fitting problem.

    Does anyone have any ideas of how to fit an ash tray in a shower cubicle. Using a soap dish is useless as the ciggy gets soggy. I was thinking of some sort of cover over the top of it, but there is still the other problem, that the cig would be inclined to get wet, as you take it out to have a...
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    Gap in the tool market?

    Why is it that Angle grinders don't have a facility to follow a straight edge, and manufacturers don't make diamond blades for circular saws. Is there some reason that we shouldn't attempt to get diamond blades to cut in a straight line? I've been making my own router table and had some nice...
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    Where are all the Haunting challenges?

    Just been reading BOBs post about his haunted castle stopover. By co-incidence, I was having a fairly lively debate with my daughter this evening. She's quite hooked on "Most Haunted" but I can't help but find the whole thing laughable. She then dared me to take the "chislehurst cave...
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    Popups! Even in Firefox

    If you use firefox, and have been experiencing popups (despite enabling the Tools.. Options.. Web features... "block popup windows") Check this out. Seems to have done the job for me.
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    Pain or Urban Myth?

    If you ever watch the grand prix where two well matched drivers are seperated by a small margin, you will notice that their difference (in distance) varies with their speed. As they slow down for the corners, they will be very close, but as they accelerate down the straight the distance...
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    Forum info

    I've noticed that when I look at a list of posts, in any of the forums, some of the topics have a little icon in front of them like this Whereas others, haven't. I'm just curious, can someone tell me what the means. ___________________________ moderator topic / post you have not read if...
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    Music question.

    I wonder if someone can put me out of my missery. A few years ago, I heard some backing to a documentary, that I really liked. No one in the room could put a name to it. Later I heard it again on an add for one of those IBIZA Chill out type album adverts. By the time I got into the living...
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    Cooker Electronic ignition bodge.

    I just thought that I'd share this bodge of mine that seems to work pretty well. I have one of those cookers with an ignition button. Every so often, however, one or other of the burners decides that it's not going to spark. For some time, to remedy this situation, I have just removed the...
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    What price a guilt complex.

    When I bought my house recently, I specifically asked the vendor if she had experienced any disputes with the neighbours. She assured me that she hadn't. I was quite happy with the price being asked, but felt obliged to enter into the spirit of negotiation. As an opening bid I offered 10%...
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    6th Sense?

    I'm not a great believer in the supernatural, ghosts, Clair Voyance, or any of that sort of thing. But the one thing that baffles me, is our uncanny ability to pick up when we are being watched. For some time now I have been pondering, how on earth does this work. For every experience...
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    £30 an hour to just take it easy.

    Started moving all my worldly possessions to Great Grimsby (from Romford Essex) this week. Filled up the tank (LDV Cargo van) and took the first load up Saturday at an average speed of 75-80mph. By the time I got back to Essex I was running on fumes. it took £66 to refill it. Next load, I...
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    Why are solicitors so slow

    I viewed a property over a week ago (14th May). Made an offer on the spot to the vendor (which was accepted). Got confirmation through the post from the Estate agent next day that my offer had been accepted. The house is currently empty (as the vendor has moved in with relatives). and I'm...
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    Personallity transplant?

    My sweet natured, demure, shy, 20 year old daughter passed her test last week. She now has a 1.1 litre Ford Fiesta. On her first trip out, with me in the passenger seat, while waiting to pull out of a side turning, she wound down the window and yelled some rather abusive language at the...
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    Piano Lid problem

    I'm about to move again. This time I need to take my pianola with me. Since I have had to disassemble it (to get it through the doors), I have decided to take this opportunity to completely renovate it. It is still quite playable (or was until I took it apart) but could do with some attention...
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    To P or Not to P

    If someone installed a small cu into a brick built shed. Fed 8 plug sockets (from a 16A MCB) and two 60W flourescent light fittings (from a 6A MCB), then ran 4mm 3 core SWA from this cu back to the house (15m length, burried 2ft deep), and then, once inside the house, connected it to a 3 pin 13A...
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    P*ss Taking house buyers

    The Scenario In two bedrooms of my house, I built in some cupboards and drawers topped with worktop. These were not stand alone cupboards, but "built onto" the walls using battons and pieces of veneared chipboard. They were finished off with solid oak door and drawer fronts. In the third...
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    While you're here can you just...

    I recently quoted on a job to rebuild a small brick garden wall (2ft high x 6ft long) that the customer had knocked over. To save costs I agreed to re-use the existing bricks. Since this was a friend of a friend and not very well off, I gave a price of just £30. Once I was on the job, I...
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    Spanish Cedar

    I'm building a desk from solid Spanish Cedar. (It's actually of Brazillian origin). This is for a child so I would like a finish that is fairly easy to maintain. Having now read up on some of the properies of this wood, I probably wouldn't have picked it as my first choice, but I have it now...
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