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    What post? It seemed that some were incapable of...

    What post? It seemed that some were incapable of grasping the phrase "It's Illegal and dangerous" so I had to do a bit of spoon-feeding.
    It's a post to clarify the technical aspect of the circuit. I...
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    I know when I'm licked. It's true what they say...

    I know when I'm licked. It's true what they say about a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. No amount of arguement is going to change your mind. Go ahead and do what you want and I'll do...
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    Maybe there's an electrician on the board who can...

    Maybe there's an electrician on the board who can put him right because it's getting a little tedious. But I'll have one more try.
    A common circuit starts from the point at which it connects to the...
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    Whole leg in mouth

    Wow, it's open again. Time to have my right of reply to Boban's deleted thread before it gets closed again. I accept the fact that I wasn't clear enough in my original post when I told of the...
  5. Me neither. We can save the governor general but...

    Me neither. We can save the governor general but nothing will save santa.
  6. Thread: Freeze Warning

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    My daughter lives in New York and is expecting...

    My daughter lives in New York and is expecting the arrival of her third child in January. When her second was born we nearly froze getting the baby from the hospital to the car. It was about 20 deg...
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    I'm amazed and confused. Are there any conditions...

    I'm amazed and confused. Are there any conditions on where this circuit can exist. Is this allowed in the same building. I can't see the point in requiring separate Power and Light circuit breakers...
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    An air drill and a forstner. Now there's a...

    An air drill and a forstner. Now there's a combination to conjure with. I know less about air drills than I do about forstners but I would have said it was a case of 'ne'er the twain shall meet.'
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    I had a space under my house that had a concrete...

    I had a space under my house that had a concrete slab, power point and lights and nothing else. I converted it to a proper room, put up the walls, plaster and cornice, painted it and tiled the slab,...
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    That sounds like excessive movement to me....

    That sounds like excessive movement to me. Everyone I spoke to recommended Ardex X56 because my floors are yellow tongue chipboard. The grout I used was Flexgrout Ultrasmooth. I have only finished...
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    Flexible (adhesive) doesn't mean the tiles have...

    Flexible (adhesive) doesn't mean the tiles have the ability to move. It just means that the rubber in the adhesive gives it the ability to have an almost microscopic amount of compression when the...
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    I agree with a couple of the previous posts....

    I agree with a couple of the previous posts. There's no reason why it won't be perfectly OK to drive the car on them. Just use the rubberised flexible glue and make sure it's evenly spread. Ask the...
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    It's always going to go on but the thing that has...

    It's always going to go on but the thing that has changed is the way we deal with it. I remember being told by a teacher in a Sydney inner city primary school that one of the male teachers had been...
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    I know a few people who were abused as children...

    I know a few people who were abused as children (male and female) and if some of us have to get our noses out of joint to stop other kids from going through what they have been through, then so be...
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    Unless you are going to have trouble getting...

    Unless you are going to have trouble getting tenants I wouldn't spend anything on it. I have had two rental properties for a number of years and you have to work on the broad assumption that all...
  16. Thread: Kitchen

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    Kitchen

    I've given the lathe a miss for a while to concentrate on square bits of wood. This is the kitchen so far.
    I can see the light at the end of the tunnel but it's been about two months now and I'm...
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    More to the point - how did you get him ON it....

    More to the point - how did you get him ON it. You must have one hell of a chuck on that Delta.
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    Thanks. That's good info.

    Thanks. That's good info.
  19. Thread: Workshop Forum

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    Workshop Forum

    I don't know whether it's been suggested before but I'd like to see a forum dedicated to the Workshop. I'm sure it would be a good place to get info on layouts, space saving ideas, dust collection...
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    Tiling on Particleboard

    My kitchen floor is yellow tongue particleboard. Is it ok to lay tiles directly to it? It was suggested to me that I put down a layer of masonite first but that just seems to be covering seams that...
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    Thanks for the reddie Stuart. :o I don't mind...

    Thanks for the reddie Stuart. :o
    I don't mind having to sift through disparate views to get the info I need; it's what makes the forum so good.
    I'm building a kitchen at the moment and I...
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    There have been some good examples of the craft...

    There have been some good examples of the craft on Grand Designs (Lifestyle Channel).
    They've had two episodes where people have used green oak to frame their house. It was held together with...
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    Tinitis. IBS-C. Diverticular Disease. Low...

    Tinitis.
    IBS-C.
    Diverticular Disease.
    Low Blood Pressure.
    Skin Cancers on skin cancers.
    Sinus.
    If I knew all the things that were wrong with me I'd just start to worry and make myself ill.:eek:...
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    You're lucky to have been living rent free all...

    You're lucky to have been living rent free all these years. $100,000 worth of improvements is less than 17 years worth of rent so you've had it easy. You should have been saving the rest for a place...
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    One of the great joys of installing kitchen...

    One of the great joys of installing kitchen cabinets is that the 2mm becomes 10mm when you put it on a wall that's out of square. I couldn't find a straight line anywhere in my kitchen. I don't envy...
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    I can feel that!!!:eek: :eek: :eek: Apart from...

    I can feel that!!!:eek: :eek: :eek:
    Apart from minor cuts my latest was to fire half a 50mm brad into the end of my thumb down to the first joint. The worst part was pulling my finger off the brad....
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    Come on guys, give it a rest. There are people in...

    Come on guys, give it a rest. There are people in Iraq who send their kid down to the corner store to get milk and end up childless. There's a little girl on the northern beaches of sydney who loses...
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    Boy oh boy! I haven't been on the board much...

    Boy oh boy! I haven't been on the board much lately but it's obvious that it hasn't changed. Still bitchy.:) :) ;)
    Notsohandyman, don't be afraid to get stuck in to the job. There's no difference...
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    Thanks guys, Gives me something to mull over....

    Thanks guys,
    Gives me something to mull over. This kitchen project is going to give me the excuse I needed to buy a thicknesser and a small jointer. The tools are probably going to cost more than...
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    I was thinking of the same option but I wasn't...

    I was thinking of the same option but I wasn't sure about wood movement. The laminated timber could possibly have a uniform movement across the grain but when it gets glued to something like MDF...
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    Timber Kitchen Bench

    I'm in the process of planning my new kitchen and I was going to make a solid timber (laminated) countertop. I wouldn't have a clue what sort of timber to use, maybe Jarrah or Redgum. I want to get...
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    A friend of mine has one of those garden settings...

    A friend of mine has one of those garden settings made out of PVC tube and a plastic mesh held on by plastic 'rivets.' She always folds down the padded insert and when she went to sit on one there...
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    Do a google on "540mm gas " and you get a few...

    Do a google on "540mm gas " and you get a few hits for Chef, Westinghouse etc.
    I'm shopping around for a new range as well. The best I've seen so far (without spending big bucks) is the Lofra...
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    I've been out of IT for 7 years but from what I...

    I've been out of IT for 7 years but from what I remember, IT people (and office workers in general) spend an inordinate amount of time in front of computers doing anything that doesn't include work....
  35. I worked in IT for 30 years and I've seen plenty...

    I worked in IT for 30 years and I've seen plenty of powersupplies with smoke coming out of them and scorch marks on motherboards when CPU fans fail. I would be interested to know what effect, if any,...
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    My first experience with suicide was when I was...

    My first experience with suicide was when I was in primary school. One of my friends brothers hanged himself on the clothes line. He was only about 12.
    The next was a guy I worked with in the 90's....
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    http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/bob.htm ...

    http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/bob.htm

    Same stuff, different day.
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    Have you tried lower speed settings?.

    Have you tried lower speed settings?.
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    The MC900 range is (1-10) 500, 620, 760, 900,...

    The MC900 range is (1-10) 500, 620, 760, 900, 1050, 1210, 1400, 1590, 1790, 2000.

    I suppose the MC1100 is pretty much the same.
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    You should go to Optus or Vodaphone or any one of...

    You should go to Optus or Vodaphone or any one of the other overseas owned telcos and see if they can do it faster.
    The answer you will probably get is 'we don't do that sort of thing. We wait...
  41. It depends what your definition of "trouble...

    It depends what your definition of "trouble maker" is.
    He's a peace activist who has spoken out strongly against the US involvement in Iraq. The term trouble maker was also applied to peace...
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    Your's is a very good example. Japan is small...

    Your's is a very good example. Japan is small enough so that if a sparrow breaks wind, most of the country will hear it and half the country will smell it. There's a population of 125 million...
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    I agree, it could be better but with a population...

    I agree, it could be better but with a population only 60%of the size of California in a country the size of the lower fourty eight states in the US what country do you choose as a benchmark?. Who...
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    Sick of Telstra Bashing

    Is anyone else as tired of all the crap and misinformation that's said about Telstra as I am.
    The service we get from Telstra is very good and anyone who thinks it's bad, should ask their parents...
  45. Thread: Telstra 1223

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    HiString is right, 1223 is clearly listed in the...

    HiString is right, 1223 is clearly listed in the phone book as the number to call for directory assistance. The number you quote is for operator assisted calls. If you're using 1234 you have too much...
  46. Thread: I'm OUTRAGED

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    It's that little red MG. No room for kids. To...

    It's that little red MG.
    No room for kids. To be eligible these days you have to swap the 'boy's toy' for a Tarago and buy a small white furry dog called pixie.
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    Nice job Mike. My workshop has quite a few jigs...

    Nice job Mike.
    My workshop has quite a few jigs that I copied from photos on this site. But only the simple ones because I don't yet have sufficient time or patience these days to put that kind of...
  48. Thread: woof woof !!!

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    There's a Game museum in Munich that has stuffed...

    There's a Game museum in Munich that has stuffed animals like that on display. They look like a taxidermist took LSD and decided to glue chickens, squirells, dogs, cats, pigs and ducks together. The...
  49. Thread: Hello

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    Nice work. Welcome to the forum. They're a good...

    Nice work.
    Welcome to the forum. They're a good bunch of guys here but I hope you have a thick hide because you'll need it from time to time.
  50. Thread: Crosscut sled

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    I was reading it this morning. Very good....

    I was reading it this morning. Very good.
    Thanks.

    Just and aside: I wonder if the publishers realise that the binder they sold me no longer takes the new magazines.
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