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    Making an garden table

    Hi all I want to make an outside table like the one in the pic below I'm going to use 8x2 boards. The legs i can buy ready made online for £60. The table costs around £500 but I can do it for a fraction of that..... However my only issue is that I'm not sure how to stop the wood from...
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    vibration/wobble

    need a bit of a sanity check here my nissan almera is suffereing vibration/wobbles under hard acceleration. when under light throttle it is fine, press the accelreator and the drivetrain starts to shake, cruise throttle and its fine, release throttle and there is a slight vibration/wobble...
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    Mason greenwood case dropped

    So today Manchester police have advised they are dropping the case due to key witnesses dropping from the case and new evidence coming to light. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-64502021.amp The full police statement sounds like a spot of arse covering for...
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    Sturgeon red faced... Using trans people for political gain..

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64288757.amp I agree with this decision, the system would be open to abuse, and 16 year olds shouldn't be able to make such a life changing decision. Lastly women's rights shouldn't be pushed aside in favour of trans.
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    Notice of intended prosecution

    Hi all, I received a NIP I'm the post today, it regarded an incident that took place in the NIP is dated as having been sent in December 29 days after the alleged incident. I believe the incident in question was to do with a minor collision with another vehicle on the slip road where 2 lanes...
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    Mountain biking

    Any keen mountain bikers on here? Bought my son a new mountain bike for Xmas, and now he's in the bigger size means I now need to get a bike to keep up with him. I want to get into proper mountain biking for the pair of us, he loves his bike and so Im thinking it's something we can do together...
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    Used car prices

    Looking at a new car our Audi is a bit long in the tooth and starting to show its age and the bodywork is now tatty. Looking at replacing it like for like but used car prices seem to be astronomical.for what is 6/7 year old cars. Even a Mondeo is 16-17k for a 2016 models. I've got my heart...
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    Topdressing calculation

    So seems like it's the time of year to sort my grass out, used to be lovely but past couple of years been neglected and have bald patches in places and lots of weeds. I've done a weed and feed process so now ready to fix it. I'm going to scarify it first, then aerate it, then seed it, topdress...
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    Installing aluminium doors

    Looking at installing an Ali front door, but having a read around many people say I need to install a wooden door frame first, but all the doors I see seem to be fitted flush against the brick wall. What's the deal in fitting these?
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    Evohome not showing the correct outside temperature

    Got a problem with my Honeywell Evo home, it's been stuck on 3 degrees for the past couple of months, I've ignored it till now. I've disconnected and re-connected the internet and passwords etc but still not showing correctly. I havnt done a hard reset as it's a pain in the bum getting...
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    Where to get energy for the future

    Read an article where sturgeon said drilling the North sea more and building nuclear plants isn't the answer to end reliance of globalised energy resources. But it appears she didn't say what we should be doing. What is everyone's thoughts on where we go from here? I see our electricity...
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    Youngsters happiness all time low...

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/23/happiness-among-uk-young-people-has-hit-13-year-low-study-finds Is it any surprise, not just covid but all the other bull that is being chucked their way at the moment to.. there not sure whether they're allowed to be male or female without...
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    Computer chips, is the UK missing a trick?

    So it's been announced that the EU are to pump 48 billion euros to boost chip production so they are less reliant on Asian manufacturers. America recently announced they were investing 80 billion dollars so they arent reliant on China.. Boris and his government continually talk about...
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    Roller garage door seal

    Had my roller garage door installed today, pleased with the install. Unfortunately my floor doesn't appear to be as level as first thought and I now have a gap at either end of the floor seal. I'm concerned rain water will enter which isn't ideal. I'm not really sure how to remove this gap...
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    Wokeism strikes again

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-59981811.amp Not a big deal really, but it does smack of people finding fault and offence for the sake of it..
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    Removing emulsion from brick

    Hi all, So February I'm having a roller garage door installed, It's going to be fitted behind the pillars, unfortunately the previous owner painted the walls inside the garage and went up as far as the garage door painting around 4 inches in the pillar. This means once the new anthracite door...
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    WiFi Enabled Appliances...

    has anyone had such a need? i'm looking at potentially having to replace our samsung fridge freezer as its getting stupidly noisy (i'm convinced its the compressor) looking around, i'm seeing wifi enabled fridge freezers, the sales pitch says "Download the app and you can change the...
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    People that ask for advice and then ignore it....

    does anyone else get frustrated by this? i have a couple of examples, all with my brother and his wife, both intelligent people but lack in common sense / real life skills. example 1, i had a new boiler installed with smart this that and the other, all opentherm etc we spoke about the costs...
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    Alice Sebold...

    Surprised this hasn't been posted previously (if it has I'm sorry for the repost) So turns out she's quite the Karen, sent an innocent man to jail based on a feeling. Ok there was other things at play like a skewed law system against black Americans, but he wouldn't have been arrested had it...
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    Evergrande...

    £221 billion of debt, currently 5 missed missed bond payments.. Are we really due another financial crash like the express says? How can a company be allowed to mount that sort of debt...
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