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Help To Flatten Out Floor Tiles

Please can anyone advise. Earlier this year we had a leak under the kitchen floor which required about a 1m by 1/2m area of floor tiles lifted. I think they are probably some kind of vinyl... ...

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Warning On Buying Cheap Foreignclothes

I wouldn't touch Temu, Shein or *Ad which shall not be named* with a bargepole but wonder if some are aware of these potential dangers: "Toxic substances up to 622 times Korea’s permitted levels were found in... ...

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Boiler Going Rogue

Can anyone suggest what went wrong with our CH heating - long story below - we will ring british gas on Monday but.. We went away Friday for the night and returned last night. Left the CH on as per... ...

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Cloud, Cloud And More Cloud

I wouldn't normally start a thread about the weather but in my part of Dorset we have had solid grey cloud all day every day for a week, no wind, unseasonably mild and a lot of mist and it looks... ...

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Calling An Amubulance Question

Hi, can anybody help with these questions if you've had to call an ambulance. I was in that difficult situation of having to call for a work colleague recently, luckily not had to do it for... ...

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Another Boiler Question

Apologies, I don't want to search - this may have been answerd to others before. Why do so many plumbers and heating engineers give conflicting advice? Anyway we have a standard Baxi Solo gas... ...

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Vw Polo Warning Light/Tech Question.

This is a puzzle, thought someone might like to make a suggestion. Currently abroad in a rented VW Polo. 3 times now when driving past the exact same spot on different days the following happens -... ...

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Kindle Content Help

Does anyone know a way of exporting the list of books stored on a Kindle off the kindle/kindle app into an editable file such as Excel?

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Lock Screen Display Help

Please can anyone help, I might not get the tech names right - My lock screen (?), meaning the screen I see when I open my laptop and there is a bar to enter my passcode, has notification blocks ... ...

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Black Screen -Please Help

Please can someone help me, I'm so frustrated I'm almost in tears. About 3 hours ago I was on my laptop as usual, all was good when the phone rang and I lifted my laptop off my lap and onto the... ...

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Remembering Sqad On His Birthday

Sqad would have been 90 today. As it's a special birthday and in case he's looking down I thought I should post him a birthday thread :-) Not asking for others to join me really, just wanted to... ...

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Determining A Leak

How would one know if there was a water leak under a concrete ground floor without waiting for the next water bill with usage and more to the point how would a capable plumber check for it and fix it?

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The Cuckoo Ch 5

I wasn't going to start a thread on this Ch 5 mini-drama from last week as I expected others to and I was a bit meh about the whole thing anyway. I am surprised no-one has mentioned it though,... ...

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First Swallow Seen

I saw my first swallow on Sunday 7th April. I know others will have seen them already but I like to record it on here so I can compare previous years. This a couple of weeks earlier than recent... ...

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One For The Mods

Just before you delete this and in case he's looking in I was wondering where one of my favourite posters was and on checking profile see he went UI just over a week ago. I'm gutted.

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Water Stained Ceiling

Can one ever make a badly water stained white ceiliing (actual brown edges) ever look good again without reskimming/plastering? Does even that work?

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Gumtree Sellers

I've not used Gumtree much - are 99% of the sellers lacking any decent manners? That's been my experience in the last couple of weeks while looking for something specific.

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Laptop Technical Help

I'm concerned that my laptop is about develop a major functional fault, wondering if anyone can suggest what's going wrong. It's only about 8 months old but in the last week or so almost daily for... ...

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Horlicks

I've recently rediscovered a regular favourite from my youth, a hot sweet mug of Horlicks, so nice on these cold evenings. It has also made me remember Ovaltine & Bournvita. Do they still exist?... ...

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Very Sad News - Sqad

It’s with a very heavy heart that I have to tell you that Mrs Sqad has asked me to let you know that Sqad passed away on New Year’s Day. He had been quite unwell recently as many of you realised... ...

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Help To Flatten Out Floor Tiles

Warning On Buying Cheap Foreignclothes

Boiler Going Rogue

Cloud, Cloud And More Cloud

Calling An Amubulance Question

Another Boiler Question

Vw Polo Warning Light/Tech Question.

Kindle Content Help

Lock Screen Display Help

Black Screen -Please Help

Remembering Sqad On His Birthday

Determining A Leak

The Cuckoo Ch 5

First Swallow Seen

One For The Mods

Water Stained Ceiling

Gumtree Sellers

Laptop Technical Help

Horlicks

Very Sad News - Sqad

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