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I can't find the answer to this anywhere. I'm rebuilding a low front garden brick wall from the 1920s. The wall has saddleback copings which are hollow inside. I've seen people set the solid copings. They seem to bed them, then point between. But mine are hollow so I don't think that will work...

Thanks. You folks are great. You've pointed me in the right direction. Just what I needed to know.

Thanks - I'm fairly certain the branch off is lead judging by the dents/deformations that you wouldn't get in cast iron. I'd only ever seen cast iron and plastic ones, so it threw me a bit. What's the best way to join it to a new plastic Y? I've bought some push-fit slip couplings and the rubber...

Hi all. My scaffolders pulled off a section of the iron soil stack. In fairness it was in poor condition. I've just been up the ladder to have a look. There's a short section that joins at the 'Y'. I thought it was all cast iron, but looking closer it's quite badly dented, so it may be hard to...

Far left-wing overbearing statist control. Don't be fooled by the nice-sounding, eco-fluffy labels. They want to control everyone's lives. They don't even have good reasons to oppose the freedoms they despise - they just don't like them.

If it actually inspired people to enjoy learning then it might have a point. I read recently that everything you learn in your 10 years a school could actually be taught in about 100 hours. I love learning stuff. I'm the big kid that never grew out of asking why. Why is that? [See!] That's...

Co-op all butter mince pies are definitely one of the best...

Prunes and peanut butter. I 'invented' this by accident - but I think it's a bit of a delicacy in Caribbean cooking...

I quite like the Pastafarian faith (also known as Flying Spaghetti Monster) - an incredibly clever way to both illustrate and disarm the zealots. Check it out... Edit: And obviously anything that Dawkins says is worth a listen, despite his rather strident tone.

I got one of those energy measuring plug adaptor things - not the modern smart meter - it just works on a single socket - Maplin I think. Of course if you know the appliance's power rating and it's on all the time then you can work out consumption easily. But this helped with thermostat...

Thanks to everyone who commented on this. My mum also used this bloke for an outside painting job and it's actually pretty decent. But ironically he styles himself as a roofer. I'll never understand cowboy builders' mentality. Does he really think he did a decent job on the roof? Or is this...

Yup - here's my personal fave - appropriate to this thread

Really clever as an experiment. But looking at the size of those blades you'd need a hell of a big car park (err 'copter park) at your local Tescos.

Agree with joe - to expand a bit - apes and every other creature living today are modern lifeforms just as we are. There's a common misunderstanding about evolution that says evolution is the process whereby primitive creatures gradually evolve over long timescales to become 'higher' animals...

That's a good point - we talk about "survival of the fittest" but it's a phrase that Darwin never used - he referred to "natural selection". The phrase "survival of the fittest" is an unfortunate one popularised (I think) by the philosopher Herbert Spencer. Back to the Creationist issue...

Right - we're not talking fit in (either of!) the Jessica Ennis senses! We mean those best adapted to survival (and hence reproduction) in their specific environment.

I'm interested in opinions on this re-felting job. It's a conservatory roof - the job was organised by my mum about a year ago - I only got up on the roof to have a look last week. I'm no roofing expert but a number of things concern me: This edge is a bit tricky - the roof goes down to a...