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I'm not sure I agree with your point on the war on terrorism, Sturdee. When Britain was at war with the IRA there was no expectation that Irish people (in Ireland or in Britain) or Catholics around...

The Fischer ones are available at bunnings: the tilt bin ones are called VisiPak: http://www.fischerplastics.com.au/ProductPages/VisiPak.html

They should be easy to find as they keep them in...

This forum doesn't work like that - basically everything is unread until you have visited and then done nothing for 15mins after which everything is flagged as read.

There's no real fix to this. The last visited time resets after 15 mins of inactivity. If you go in first thing in the morning it will say you have not been in for X hours. The X hours will remain...

A few things to consider:
How wet does the area get? If the soil is heavily compacted and has uncompacted sand on top, then if the sand gets water saturated it can cause real problems with the...

I don't suppose Bunnings will honour the price-match

I have one of the Shop-vacs too - they are a very common brand in the US. They are not bad for the money as the unit, but there is a big sting in the tail for replacement parts. Using the old Gilette...

Another problem with acrylic paint on doors and windows etc is that it is more likely to stick. Definatley go for oil based enamel

I'd use a sledge-hammer, seems a bit of a waste though. :D

I did a google and found these sites and also a mention to using adhesive tape:
http://www.3m.com/us/mfg_industrial/indtape/bumpon/jhtml/t_index.jhtml...

As well as the "Right-click and select open in new window" that others have suggested you can also hold down the Shift key and click to open the link in a new window.

The technology used in this type of projector should give a much better image than a typical commercial projector that costs $3,000 plus mainly because the LCD that is used as the source of the image...

I'm also voting for "all of the above", but I specifically mean "all" and not "any", ie:

Me: Pass the thingy
Wife: What's a thingy?
Me: You know, the watchamacallit
Wife: Not helping
ME: The...

If it is coming up stewed, it means you are trying to cook too much in the pan at once.

This is true of all meat that you want to fry - make sure there is plenty of room around each piece and that...

There aren't any Estate Agents in Scotland, all house conveyencing is done by a solicitor. Whist solicitors aren't exactly angels, they are a significant step higher in the food chain than real...

A couple of other questions:

Is anything else tripping when the globes fail? Ie does the circuit breaker trip at the same time.
Are the globes that fail on the lighting circuit (ie ceiling...

Free Healthcare

You should be really careful as carbon monoxide fumes can be lethal, mainly because you can't smell it and you will just faint with no warning.

Having said that, you can use them in enclosed &...

I agree LEDs are nearly here, it's just the colour of the light that I think is wrong. Bunnings sell a set of garden step lights which are black covers and would be simple for a DIY installation (if...

I learnt something new on Saturday.

When Bunnings have those orange tags on items with reduced prices, that is because one of their competitors has a special on with that item at the reduced...

If the lights you are using are enclosed and you want to connect them from one cable then you would need a junction box by every light as the normal process would be to use the connections on the...

Ask her the details of what she had done.

She'll be happier that you showed a genuine interest rather than you actually knew.

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PS In next week's tip I'll be explaining how to fake looking...

The smell of freshly cut timber

Yes, sorry to guess and go - it does leave the quiz in a bit of limbo.

In a classic case of coincidence, I was away working at Alcoa (an aluminium refiner) for the day.

If it is to do with Aluminium, then it will be either Davy (of the lamp) or Charles Martin Hall, who came up with the refining process. Being that your picture is called 08CMH.jpg, then I'm going...

I recently purchased a Maktek - the cheap version of a Makita, seems OK so far, but time and use will be the main test

Fred Trilby?

Not any more. A fix was implemented by Neil in April so votes no longer affect the date of a poll, only new posts.

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Sorry Grunt, I'm going to spoil your glory.
Mick, if you right click on one of the photos, and select properties you'll see a link to the website that grunt is getting the photos from.

I agree there, I'm 6ft but my wife is 5ft-4 so I find them too low too

The IKEA France site sells units the same size as here - ie the underbench units are 860mm high with adjustable feet leaving space for the benchtop to bring it up to the nominal 900mm. I assume that...

ACtually, no there isn't - it is entirely up to the retailer whether they honour price errors, although most do unless it is an obviously ridiculous error.

There was a post about these a few months ago.

They are definately not noise cancelling (would need to be 10 times the price).
What they should do is give you volume control of the noise which...

Two problems with the same piece of equipment? Sounds like warranty time to me, otherwise it'll probably fall apart gradually.

But on the other hand:

you put off doing a job for months because it looks tricky and when you finally get around to doing it, you're finished in 30 minutes and wonder why it took you so long to...

Dodgeball?

He's obviously not a Mark Webber fan!

It's no coincidence that my memebrship to this forum started a couple of months after I went from being a renter to being an owner again

I remember when I rewired part of may flat in Scotland

They were the original rubber coated single cables - although most had lost large sections of the rubber coating.
It's great fun trying to...

I was out driving the other day and some dick in a truck pulled out in front of me!

Hi String

Check the following:
In the bottom left of this page there is a box labelled Posting Rules. One of the rules is IMG which should be on.

If it is not on:
Cllick User CP in the...

That gave me a thought, why do you think the white thing on the right is a gas vent. It looks like a normal room vent to me.

Do you have a gas heater behind the wall, and if so the mystery item is...

I may be asking you to do the obvious, but what is around it?
ie what is on the inside of the wall at that point (and below) and is there anything near the ground in that area on the outside.

The perils of setting light to your drinks!

Note this is a 2MB download

http://users.bigpond.net.au/manfred/pics/sambuca.gif

Sorry, bad terminology on my part. I understand the roles are different but the people are the same - politicians who represent political parties.

Yes, it would have to be done differently and if...

I can certainly see your argument, but from on the basis of what I'm suggesting there would be no option but to include religious people as they have a significant representation of society.

Either would be nice, but I meant a range of people who gave a reasonable representation of society.


I agree that what I propose is similar to the current House of Lords in the UK. I have some...