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Putting green fence stain over creosote

Has anybody tried to put a green fence stain over a fairly newly creosoted fence? Did it work, or did the oil in the creosote prevent the new stain from adhering?
17:02 Thu 12th Apr 20074 answers, last by bricro 11:34 Fri 20th Apr 2007
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Orangutan BBC1 Diaries - Sanctuary to close

I was distressed to watch the wonderful BBC Orutan Diaries recently and learn that the sanctuary ? Nyaru Menteng ? has completely run out of funding. The World Society for the Protection of Animals...
09:50 Thu 12th Apr 20071 answer, last by Gowergirl 20:43 Thu 12th Apr 2007
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"Shopping the supermarkets"

Did anybody see this programme showing how Somerfields were putting a family lettuce grower out of business, and how supermarkets are reaping so much profit from milk that 3 dairy farmers a week are...
21:18 Mon 02nd Apr 20074 answers, last by Reverandfunk 14:14 Tue 03rd Apr 2007
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Hard water clogs irrigation hose

How can I prevent limescale clogging up the sprinklers in my garden irrigation hose? We live in a hard water area.
14:26 Mon 02nd Apr 20071 answer, last by Hawkwalk 22:37 Tue 03rd Apr 2007
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Mitigating the effect of creosote

Is there anything I can put on top of a creosoted fence to lighten the dark colour? I don't know whether its chemical properties will allow any proporietary light-coloured fence stain to be absorbed...
10:32 Mon 26th Mar 2007
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Creosote on fences

Our next door neighbour is erecting a replacement feather eded fence on our garden boundary and coating each slat with creosote both sides before nailing it on. .It's his fence so we assume he can...
15:08 Thu 22nd Mar 20077 answers, last by WendyS 17:05 Wed 28th Mar 2007
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Whitefurze Freezer/Microwave containers

Has anybody else had a bad experience with these plastic containers with the little blue rubber release valve in the lid? The advertising material says they are suitable for both freezer & microwave...
19:46 Mon 19th Mar 20073 answers, last by sense4all 09:25 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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Repointing a patio

What should be the consistency of cement used to repoint between patio paving slabs - dry or quite moist? Our mpatio was repointed only 2 years ago but already the pointing is breaking up because I...
17:15 Sun 18th Mar 20073 answers, last by jake-the-peg 09:07 Tue 20th Mar 2007
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How can electronic scales fail

Our Salter electronic kitchen scales just appear to have packed up. We've changed the battery but still no response. Is there anything else we can do, or do the electronics on these devices just pack...
10:44 Sun 18th Mar 20071 answer, last by coco pops 11:37 Sun 18th Mar 2007
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Fence colour to give illusion of distance

We're about to have a new fence at the end of our garden. The raw wood is very light in colour and will look odd against the two side fences which are stained Forest Green. I don't really want to...
16:40 Wed 14th Mar 20074 answers, last by rugeleyboy 17:04 Sun 18th Mar 2007
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Contaminated petrol scare, News Feb 25th

Can any users tell us which petrol stations have been selling the contaminated petrol which has been causing cars to grind to a halt, and in which part of the country? I'm worried about filling up my...
23:09 Wed 28th Feb 20076 answers, last by Nick's Dad 19:25 Mon 05th Mar 2007
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Standard Life shares - free July 07 allocation

Does anybody know what proportion/number of free shares will be allocated to Standard Life shareholders if they hold their existing shares until July? Thanks.
14:27 Mon 26th Feb 20072 answers, last by WendyS 18:54 Wed 28th Feb 2007
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Need a good patio cleaner

Our yellow paved patio slabs are black and grimy and covered with algae. Can anybody recommend a really effective liuqid patio cleaner? I don't want to power wash them again as previously using this...
11:52 Sun 25th Feb 2007
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Why is February the shortest month?

Does anybody know why February has always only had 28 days in the month instead of 30 or 31, and why every 4th year is a Leap Year with 29 days?
15:21 Sat 24th Feb 20074 answers, last by almcd007 14:20 Tue 27th Feb 2007
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Anbody got frogspawn yet?

My first batch appeared today. This is about 3 weeks earlier than last year but I've only seen 3 frogs in the pond so far. Last year it was heaving with them so did last year's heatwave kill a lot of...
10:49 Fri 23rd Feb 20074 answers, last by Thunderbird+ 17:03 Fri 23rd Feb 2007
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Paying extra tax for Councils emptying your rubbish

There's a new petition on the Downing Street website to try and have Councils prohibited from charging extra tax for emptying your rubbish, on top of your existing council tax bills....
15:21 Sun 18th Feb 20074 answers, last by lady_p_gold 08:16 Thu 22nd Feb 2007
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Don't want to pay extra Council tax for rubbish collection?

Then check out & sign the Taxpayers Alliance new petition on the Downing Street website to try and have Councils prohibited from implementing this extra tax....
15:19 Sun 18th Feb 20071 answer, last by Figi 22:30 Mon 19th Feb 2007
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How many motorists are there in Britain?

And how many of them haven't yet signed up to protest against the "Pay As you Drive" petition on the 10 Downing Street website. The petition closes on 20th February and has now attracted over 1...
16:03 Thu 15th Feb 20074 answers, last by dilligaf 21:53 Thu 15th Feb 2007
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Telegraph Eat Out for �5 promotion

Two courses for ?5 sounds a good deal, but by the time you add possibly ?5 for the third course, drinks, coffee, tip etc, our recent bill for four people came to ?48. So don't get carried away if...
15:26 Thu 15th Feb 20071 answer, last by bundleone 19:41 Fri 23rd Mar 2007
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Finger swipe laptop won't recognise

My new fingerprint laptop continually refuses to recognise my right index finger swipe despite the computer having confirmed it as a perfect match. It usually recognises my left index finger only...
10:02 Sun 04th Feb 20072 answers, last by WendyS 11:50 Sun 11th Feb 2007

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