OT: Windows Live Mail as newsgroup client?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:38:31 +0100
I've just installed Live Mail on my PC so that I can continue to access
Hotmail using a mail client (not that I use Hotmail very often, anyway!)
It's kindly imported all my accounts - including my news accounts from OE -
but I haven't tried using it for news.
Have any of you tried it - and does it overcome a ...
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Re: Does electricity surge damage house wiring?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:42:54 -0700 (PDT)
> Would the house wiring be suspect after a surge like that? Or would
> the main fuse blow? What about older properties with old wiring?
Wiring insulation may be damaged by a very serious over-voltage (it's
not clear how large a surge they're talking about). Ultimately arcing
could cause some plastics to carbo ...
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Dormer loft conversion
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:40:51 -0700 (PDT)
Hi,
Do the UK building regs prevent front-facing dormer loft conversions
where the height of the existing roof is not exceeded ? (I'm not in a
conservation area btw).
Thanks,
Mike ...
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Does electricity surge damage house wiring?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:32:30 +0100
There are reports on the BBC of numerous house fires after a power
surge on Saturday night in North Lanarkshire.
"About 400 houses were affected by the surge which caused some
electricity meters and fuses to blow in the Summerlee area of
Coatbridge.
Firefighters said they were 'inundated' with calls and att ...
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Strange motor characteristics in new Ryobi electric brushcutter
29 Jun 2008 12:19:35 GMT
I have just bought a Ryobi RBC-1000EX electric brush cutter. It works
well and is easy to use, I have also got some attachments for it and
overall I'm quite impressed.
However there is one oddity about it which I can't quite fathom out.
The motor just has a straightforward on/off switch (with interlock)
there ...
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Simplest, cleanest way to clean gloss
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:59:59 +0100
I have to redecorate my 10' 6" high living room.
What is the least messy way to clean gloss paintwork prior to repainting in
the same colour?
I reely reely don't want to have to lift the fitted carpet so sloshing
about with copious liquids is out.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
www.jimscott.co.uk ...
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Re: Demise of Ebay?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:47:06 +0100
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:24:58 +0100, Andy Hall <andyh@hall.nospam>
wrote:
> For example, why is it that 20% more per head is being spent in Scotland than in England out of general UK tax
>funds and yet life expectancy is three years less?
It's the deep-fried Mars bars that do it.
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Frank Erskine ...
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Joints requirements
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:14:28 +0100
I have 1 or 2 books on carpentry but none of them tell me
where I should use each joint type.
Diagram below shows X where I must use cross halvings.
I have been assuming that I Must use M&T at A,B and D
(M = M&T)
A--------B---------------------------B--------A
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Plastic corner basins?
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:10:13 GMT
One occasionally sees pressed plastic washbasins - usually in rented
accomodation done up to no-compromise pound-shop standards. Tacky as they
are a small plastic corner basin would be ideal in my caravan WC. Of course
when I come to look for them I can't find them anywhere (and don't say
caravan shops: everything ...
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tile paint ...
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
I'm planning on using tile paint to cheaply spruce up yellowy grout in
my shower room ..
Can you use tile paint to paint the grout as well (the tiles are all
white as is the paint) can i just carefully paint the tiles and the
grout to give one all over effect ... also the grout near the bottom
is a lot browne ...
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