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General Discussion Area / Woodworm

« on: 05 April 2010, 11:27:05 »

Mornin' all, the mother in law has discovered woodworm in the floorboards of her house. Her other son in law is a builder , and has suggested removing the carpets furniture and all the floorboards to treat them, and the joists. Tha lady is nearly eighty and as you could imagine is very upset at the disruption this will cause.
I've heard that some pest control companies can carry out fogging under the floor space that causes minimum disruption and in many cases this can be done without removing furniture, carpets etc.
Has anyone had any experienc of this treatment asd advise please.
Tia
Tony

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General Discussion Area / Organ donation

« on: 27 February 2010, 19:46:43 »

Hi all, being a great believer in recycling and reusing components, just done something I have been meaning to do for a while, just registered online to donate organs after my death after being prompted by a t.v. ad. How many of you "out there" are going to donate, and what do you think of the about organ donation?

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General Discussion Area / Question time tonight

« on: 25 February 2010, 23:08:36 »

Just watching question time and I agree with a number of UKIP policys I think the leader has done himself and his party no favours with his presentation tonight :-/

124

General Discussion Area / Browser question

« on: 17 February 2010, 18:30:29 »

Hi all. As I am not a computer buff can anyone give me any info. good or bad  on the google chrome browser?
TIA
Tony

125

General Discussion Area / Cant get my head round this one

« on: 08 February 2010, 20:49:32 »

Hi all, I was listening to Steve Rights factoids on the radio today and he came out with this one, marble is always 9 degrees cooler than the surrounding air (hence its use in fishmongers etc) Question no. 1 is is this true? Question 2 is if true why? :-/

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General Discussion Area / M.P's expences

« on: 04 February 2010, 18:26:14 »

Now the trough has been removed where are all the piggys going? It's estimated that half of all M.P's will not be standing for re- election.
The cost of the report into expences is higher than the money that has to be payed back  , they should all be forced to pay costs on a pro rata basis.

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General Discussion Area / A GIFT TO 4X4 OWNERS

« on: 09 January 2010, 17:07:48 »

All the current pressure on 4x4 owners to get rid of there gas guzzlers may backfire due to the current weather conditions. If I owned one it would be the ideal opportunity to stick two fingers up to the green lobby. The totally inadequate attempt by councils up and down the country to improve road safety by gritting has brought four wheel drive into a league of it's own, and the fact that some 4x4 drivers are actually being praised for using there vehicals to help out communitys with anything from recovery stranded cars to delivering meals on wheels to elderly people.  If I owned I would certainly think twice about getting rid of it now.

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General Discussion Area / WELL THAT WAS FUN NOT!

« on: 09 January 2010, 22:02:18 »

Just done a delivery to a birthday party, a pan full of boilng hot Lancashire hot pot weighing about 80LB had to carry it across 30 FT of sheet ice to the front door  Would not have fancied slipping and spilling that all over my meat and two veg! 

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General Discussion Area / MILESTONE

« on: 29 December 2009, 23:12:57 »

Just noticed I've hit the 3000 post marker!

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General Discussion Area / WHOO HOO LATE CHRISSY PRESS

« on: 27 December 2009, 14:24:54 »

Just noticed OOF Father Christmas has just delivered my missing post count. 
It just goes to show that if you are a naughty boy when posting, it can be reflected in your Christmas stocking

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General Discussion Area / LETTER TO OOF SANTA (AKA THE BOY)

« on: 19 December 2009, 19:11:05 »

Hello OOF santa, I have been a really good boy this year ( mostly ) Please could you ask your elves if they could make me a train set? Also for Christmas could you put a bar of chocolate and a couple of tangerines in my stocking? also a nice new shilling piece?  :'(The present I want most of all though is my post count back If you can do that it will really reinforce my belief in Father Christmas 
P.S. I promise not to mention caravans or their
 derivetives to you ever again

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General Discussion Area / B52's

« on: 12 December 2009, 20:34:39 »

Heard th B 52's on radio 2 the other day just had a look on you tube for and it's there rock lobster, what a zany, bombed out but brilliant record that was

133

General Discussion Area / Nearly 7000

« on: 22 November 2009, 17:09:42 »

Just noticed on the home page only 30 members to go before we hit the 7000 mark!!! 8-)

134

General Discussion Area / VHF MARINE HAND HELD RADIO

« on: 04 November 2009, 20:49:46 »

Hi everyone. Can any one tell me what sort of amp output charge level my hand held radio would require I bought it second hand but it didn't have a charger with it.
It's a Silva S12
The spec is: operating voltage 8.4 v DC
Max charge voltage                 13 V
RF output                                4W (High power)
                                               1W (Low power)

TIA
Tony

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General Discussion Area / Wheel balancing weights

« on: 13 October 2009, 17:13:27 »

Had to go and have a puncture repaired yesterday. While I was waiting I read a notice on the wall stating that due to new regulations lead balancing weights are no longer allowed and have been replaced by zinc based ones. As the cost of zinc ones are considerably higher they have no alternative but to pass this cost onto the customer. WTF when you think about the amount of lead that has been and will be used in industry, constuction and manufacture, in the grand scheme of things I fail to see what difference to the environment lead wheel balancing weights will make.