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I hate selling things on Gumtree, but sometimes I have no choice depending on what it is - I won’t sell anything on eBay if it can’t be posted (or if it’s valuable enough that someone will just claim it never arrived and scam their money back through eBay’s flawed resolution system). The past...

What is up with all the spam posts in General Discussion? Hundreds of the d*mn things! ====================================== Don't repost it please, we can all see it. Mod

DUNG!

I moved house in June this year and treated myself to a new lawnmower. Ended up buying a budget petrol lawnmower (Yard Force or some rubbish like that). Turned out to be a big mistake as after just 2 uses the engine developed a fault which couldn’t be fixed by following the troubleshooting...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an Egyptian Mummy covered in chocolate and nuts. They’re calling it the Pharaoh Rocher!

I have two fluorescent tube lights in the garage. Both were there when we moved in so I don’t know how old they are. Recently one of the two has stopped lighting when I turn it on. The two ends glow, and flicker but the tube itself never actually comes on. See the photos for what I mean. Does...

Sorry, dumb question but I have a multi way socket that I am wiring up and it says in the instructions to use 1.5mm flex. Why is this the case whereas we use 2.5mm for sockets when using T&E?

In 1968 Leonid Brezhnev is planning a visit to Poland and wants to present a gift to the General Secretary. He gathers together his advisors. “Comrades” he says, “In 1 month I will travel to Poland. I wish to present a gift to the General Secretary. This gift must be something that will...

He was so bad that getting around the course took him a hole day!

Hi everyone. Mrs and I moved into our new house in early summer. Our house has a downstairs toilet, which honestly looks like a conversion of the cupboard under the stairs - it’s just a toilet and sink, with light and extractor fan on the wall. The stairs are against the outer wall of the...

…and the teacher, annoyed by his disruptive behaviour, points a ruler at him. “Johnny,” she snaps, “There is an idiot at the end of this ruler!” “Which end, miss?” says Johnny.

…and the teacher asks him to stay for the English lesson. “Today”, she says, “we’re looking at what tragedy is.” Turning to the class, she asks “Can anyone give me an example of a tragedy?” Wee Suzie puts her hand up. “If my mummy and I were crossing the road and someone knocked us down and...

A relative wants this 3-way socket adapter mounted on the wall, but as you can see there are no mounting holes on the back. Any ideas how to do this? Doesn’t want adhesive etc to be used.

If someone doesn’t like confrontation then they’re not fit to be a manager. EDIT: should say “If someone actively AVOIDS confrontation even if it’s a requirement of their job because they don’t like confrontation, then they’re not fit to be a manager.” Would you agree?

So that when they enter port they can Scan the Navy In! (Heard that one from a student of mine this afternoon!)

Hi everyone, See photos attached for what I am referring to here. When we moved into our new house there was one of these handgrip things outside the front door and another in the bathroom. I managed to remove the one in the bathroom, and I’m trying to remove the one at the front door. I have...

I discovered the No More Nails “red” strips a while ago - these are the “Permanent” ones and I’d always had a lot of success with them - I’d used them to attach a monitor for a reversing camera inside my wife’s car, I’d used them to attach cable clips where the supplied adhesive pads had failed...

Hi DIYers! I’ve recently been doing some DIY electrical work and have, of course used earth sleeve on my Twin + Earth cables. But here’s something I’ve always wondered - why do they not just supply the cable with earth already sleeved? Three core flex has the earth wire sleeved, so why not...

Hi everyone, Last night when I went outside I switched on the outdoor LED floodlights (which were already installed when we moved in) and noticed they had both stopped working (one has a nasty looking burn mark on one of the LEDs). I plan to replace them, but I was having a look at the wiring...

Hi everyone, The previous owner of our new house had the garage plumbed for a washing machine, which frees up space in the kitchen. We have a washer dryer connected in there, and plugged into a double socket A condenser tumble dryer sits beside it and is plugged into the same double socket...