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    Collages

    Can anyone recommend a free software program that will allow me to create a collage of several small photos, each with 'soft' borders? I have Adobe Photoshop 6 but I can't work out how to get the effect where each photo merges into the adjacent ones. Sorry if this has been asked before -...
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    Adventure playground

    Can anyone suggest where I can buy a new upright pole for the adventure playground at our local school? I need to go and measure it properly but I think I want a circular pole, about 150mm diameter and 4metres long with a semi-circular cut out at one end to take a cross bar on the top. It is...
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    Samsung RS21DCSV 'American style' fridge/freezer

    Hello, This appliance has stopped producing ice. We are getting chilled water OK. I have changed the filter and the water pressure seems fine. The small ice tray at the top of the freexer compartment has ice in it but this isn't being tipped into the dispensor when we try to obtain ice...
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    Pipe condensation

    In one of the offices at the school where I work there is a 22 mm cold water pipe running along one wall (mains fed) about 8 foot high. When the room is warm the condensation from this pipe drips onto desks and other furniture. I am re-decorating the room and I want to lag the pipe to try to...
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    What's this all about?

    Any clues ? Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/diynot/f_dbase.php on line 57 Warning: mysql_select_db(): Too many connections in /home/diynot/f_dbase.php on line 58 Warning: mysql_select_db(): A link to the server could not be established in /home/diynot/f_dbase.php...
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    Parking on grass

    Parking is very limited at the school where I work and the Head Teacher wants to park his small car on a grassed area. The area is about the length of his car and probably twice as wide. I want to lay something down first so that he doesn't just churn up the ground and turn it into a mud bath...
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    200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar

    Imagine of you will the scene. We are upon the Quarterdeck of HMS Victory on the morning of the 21st October 1805 with the combined French and Spanish fleet slightly northeast and to leeward. Shortly before noon Admiral Lord Nelson addresses the Victory's Commander,Captain Hardy. Watch now...
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    Portable DVD batteries

    We are taking our grandchildren on holiday to USA soon and want to buy a portable DVD player to keep them amused during the flights. Want a decent sized screen but not mega expensive so am considering the Philips PET800/05 at £149.99. Seems good value but I can't find anywhere to buy spare...
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    Pipme

    Pipme, I find most of your posts interesting and helpful but one thing puzzles me. Looking at the times of your posts, when do you sleep ? :lol:
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    Renew, or replace ?

    I don't know if it is because I am getting old and cantankerous, or if this is a genuine grievance. I received a renewal notice for one of my car insurances for a premium of £225.75 - £4 less than last year so I was happy to allow it to renew automatically. However, the next day I received a...
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    Have I got lodgers?

    I need your help to convince my wife we haven't got ghosts! A couple of months ago our telephones stopped working. I tracked the problem down to a broken extension lead that ran from the main BT socket (upstairs in my office) to the cordless base station in the kitchen below. The lead was...
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    McGuiness has a conscience ?

    Caught a bit of Question Time last night. Heard Martin McGuiness say “I am opposed to fox hunting” and “I am also struggling with my conscience about going fishing”. I bet the victims, or their families, of past IRA atrocities were happy to hear that !
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    Relax

    ...and watch an artist at work... http://www.compfused.com/directlink/574/
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    Fill your shorts

    I have found something I have in common with Bill Gates. We are both short of money. Only difference is he has gone short on purpose. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9556-1471483,00.html
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    Public Liability Insurance

    Have searched this site but didn't find the answer. Not sure if I am allowed to ask, so Mr Moderator please delete this if I am breaking your rules. If the question is allowed, I am not sure where to post it, so Mr Moderator please move it if in wrong place. And, finally, the question...
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    Puzzling !

    I went into a self-service shop the other day and selected four items to buy. At the checkout I was told that the total cost was £7.11. Thinking this was too high I asked how the figure had been reached. The assistant said that she had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items...
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    Cooker hood with false chimney

    Need to install a stainless steel cooker hood that includes a 'false' stainless steel chimney stack between the hood and the ceiling. Any advice please on how best to cut the stack neatly so that it meets the ceiling exactly, and how to then fit it without damaging the hood, chimney stack or...
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    Shower cubicle in mobile home

    Hello. I have just been asked to quote for something that is a new one on me. A gentleman living in a mobile home wants his bath replaced with a walk-in shower cubicle (he is elderly and can't manage to climb into the bath easily). Immediate problems I see are: The floor and walls seemed...
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    Moving a radiator by air-locking it

    I need to move a radiator a couple of feet along a wall. I have been told that a 'proper' plumber would not drain the system down but would instead either freeze the pipes or "air-lock" them. Could someone explain this "air-lock" technique please ? I am replacing all of the floor boards, so I...
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