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Evening all Where I live I'm off the drainage grid so have a variety of sumps and septic tanks to deal with all the waster and rainwater. My issue is that just over 2 years or so ago when we moved in one of the pumps was playing up so I got the first pump maintainer I could out to look and...

...and am moving over to The Other Side, and have just bought myself a 27" iMac!!! WooHoo :D My pc is royally p!$$ing me off and given I built it when I was into PC gaming and video encoding it is now not really the correct spec for me with what I do with a home computer. Bearing in mind it was...

Hello all We have a 2 bed terraced house we have bought to rent out and are currently getting all the trades in to quote for the refurb works. the house is completely gutted, empty (no kitchen and only sink and toilet left in bathroom as per advice from builder friend) so easy to work in. We...

So with the recent arrival of Tiny Trimble II I haven't been in the workshop in anger for a couple of months now and now I need to get back in there and complete the build of the bed for my daughter that I started months ago. I have been procrastinating and convincing myself that the main...

Evening all It's my birthday this week and my wonderful wife (just in case she appears over my shoulder while I'm reading this :D) has amazingly generously offered to buy me the Jet 16-32 drum sander I have been drooling over for the last couple of months! Where's the problem with that you...

Hi Chaps Anyone on here have any experience of and suggestions of good DVR and/or security camera software for PC? I have a system I am looking to upgrade and I have had a quote from my alarm company which was extortionate, and another from someone who would do it as a foreigner but that was...

Hey there Tiger Let's not hide behind PM's big fella, let's air our feeling in the open, like big boys do. I have absolutely no problem with you other than the fact that since you first joined the forum you have effectively acted like a twunt whenever posts either haven't been answered, or...

Evening all I am tempted to get a camvac and have found one available for £50 (currently) but it is 110v. I have done a search for Bobs various helpful posts on motors, inverters etc but can't find the one I think I remember, where there were some suggestions of sites and models to go for...

I am joining the I Hate eBay club now. Saw a a lovely jet 22/44 come up yesterday, with all the accessories, with a starting price of £500, and it was very local to me in Trafford Park so easily picked up, 3 days to run. Dropped him a couple of questions about it and asked what his reserve was...

What the turnip is this monster I just saw swimming around just under the surface of my pond? He's about 2" long with an angry looking face with what look like nasty pincers curled and ready to rip off my arm!!! Saw a couple more of them under the water too, along with some of the local frogs...

Just a quick one as I need to head back to the hospital, but at 09:15 this morning Trim Jr (Barney) arrived safe and well into the world. Just the 5 days late. Following the lead of his big sister he couldn't make it easy and broke his waters at 3am :shock: Serves me right for staying up...

All My MIL is gagging to get some kind of software installed so she can call up and see our daughter (they live in Kent, us oop North) so she is pestering me to 'sort out skpe, or something'. I am doing a bit of googling, and MSC and Yahoo all allow video calls but I was wondering if there is...

Afternoon all I am making a bed in ash and reading lots of horror stories of wee-wee coloured wood after oiling. Any tried and tested finishes out there that won't give me the dreaded mellow yellow? I've got some of the magic hard wax oil so I'm going to try a test piece of that, and will try...

God I feel like a right d!ck! Long story short, I was changing a rad upstairs, drained system down, and off I went. Looks like I didn't isolate the UF heating so when this came on water has filled the bucket I used to drain and gone down the edge of the oak flooring. By the time I noticed it...

Following DW's dream thread, my missus had a dream the other night that the baby was crying in her cot and needed her nappy changing. In the dream SWMBO had Mr Tickle arms and just reached her arms out of bed, down the hall, into the nursey, did all the necessary and put baby back to bed, all...

Hey all I'm just swapping over a rad in the babies room and need to remove the valves from the old one (the bits that are actually in the ends of the rads, not the TRV or lockshield part). The only way to remove them appears to be with a male hex spanner of some kind, but I don't have one...

I have never used one of these so know little about them. I guess what I need to understand is whether: 1 - Snipers are used like the 'Maximum bid' tool (eg they will keep bidding until you win or your max is beaten)? 2 - Or they are a single shot, best offer basis? My assumption is that the...

My cinema room is close to completion now after a flood and the insurers/tradesmen should be out by the end of next week, so I have just bagged myself this bad boy as replacement for the Jurassic (in both age and size) one we inherited from the previous owners. SONY VPL-HW10 - Full 1080P I...

Fulham - Great result, well done, go on and win it now! Liverpool - Bwahahaha, get in there Diego! :D

I felt sorry for the hypnotist I went to see last night. He put 7 of the biggest rugby players I have ever seen in a trance then dropped the mic on his foot and shouted "F~ck me!". What happened next will haunt me for ever!!! :D