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One incident I remember from a TV prog related to looking too enthusiastic/keen to buy. In the program the auctioneer saw the enthusiasm of the bidder and then took competing bids from a fictitious bidder, referred to as taking bids 'off the wall'. I am sure I fell foul of this when bidding...

Thank you all very much for your advice. Off into the workshop now to figure out how to connect the hose onto the business end of my pressure washer :) Cheers, John.

Hello, Question first, story afterwards if you are interested :) Any tips on the best way to flush central heating radiators. The boiler is broken and the system is totally drained, so no chance of pumping anything around the system. Obvious answer is to remove each rad take it outside...

Bit more Googling and the about.com site comments; "In 1777, Samuel Miller invented the circular saw in England, the round metal disk type of saw that cuts by spinning and is used hand-held or table-mounted. Large circular saws are found in saw mills and are used to produce lumber. In 1813...

Two posts in one, I've been on a time management course sorry :) Part 1. Just looked for the first time at books.google.com (note no www) Wow. If you have not tried it, have a go and type "woodworking" in the search box :shock: You will be presented with extracts from over 4000 woodworking...

I posted a while ago that I had machined out the miter slots on my TS2010 for an Incra 1000SE gauge. The results were acceptable but not great. I believe that when the ally was machined the cuts were too aggressive and the pieces were not sufficiently clamped. The result is that the each face...

Just renewed my subscription to Fine Woodworking and the details have appeared on my statement. For two years it is $73.95, the exchange rate was 1.915 so I paid £38.61 which works out at less than £2 each, delivered to my door :D I'm happy with that, any other US bargins to be had...

Steve, We had a dishwasher repair man out a few days ago, not for the same problem as yours, but his advice was, to keep your dishwasher working properly run it at the highest temp at least once a week. He also said that in his experience the dishwasher cleaners do nothing for the workings...

Thanks for all your replies. I went to photobox on Jan 31 and noticed that they were having a January special where you could buy 600 print credits for 3p each, didn't sign up at that moment, then forgot. So missed out on the offer :evil: Anyway on my way through the local shopping complex I...

In a recent post I mentioned that I had lost (hard drive went bang) and then found (old back up folder hoorah!) some photos on my PC. Having now got back to some normality and with the PC up and running again I thought I had better print some of the recovered shots. So has anybody used one of...

Thank you all very much for your replies, advice and offers, but things are not quite as bad as I feared :) The hard drive has definitely gone bang. The failure is not that the disk won't spin, but that the read head is stuck in the centre of the disk. I have decided not to go the data...

1 - Back up your hard drive 2 - If your hard drive stops working, no matter how tempting they might look, don't undo those screws holding the top on it :oops: No sympathy expected, but wanted to share my sad tell to help prevent the same happening to you. After 7 years of unreasonably...

Colin, Could you tell me please, what sort of filter does it have? is it a replaceable paper bag type or a washable foam type? Am I right in assuming that if you plug an appliance into the socket on the machine that the vacuum starts up when you start to use the appliance? Obvious question I...

I have put down solid oak block flooring throughout most of the downstairs of my house. The blocks are about 60 wide 400 long and 22 thick, laid straight. The blocks fixed onto the concrete floor using a dipping mastic type adhesive (made specifically for job) and the only problem I have had...

That was great, thanks. Lifted my spirits at the end of a long day. Cheers John