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  • WTFH
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    She's got the Rayburn and a full tank of oil. Last time I was talking to her about beans she mentioned flicking.

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  • MrMarkyMark
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    Is that what Mrs Fox Hat is left to heat her beans up with until February?

    Euphemism alert

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    I ran out of time. It will be a project for when I get back home in Feb, but I have found my old soldering iron (that rests in a Mecano cradle.)
    Is that what Mrs Fox Hat is left to heat her beans up with until February?

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  • WTFH
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    No spare parts...

    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Don't keep us in suspense.

    What happened next?
    I ran out of time. It will be a project for when I get back home in Feb, but I have found my old soldering iron (that rests in a Mecano cradle.)

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  • RSoles
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    Fair point. electrolytics don't like heat, they'll dry out and stop being capacitors.
    Won't necessarily show signs of failure, unlike when ...err... someone... plugs them in the wrong way round :whistle:

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  • xoggoth
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    Most of the time it'll be a capacitor or 2 that'll need replacing
    Not a bad idea. Much of the time it's electrolytic capacitors that fail first.

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  • SeededLoaf
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    Would it not be worth looking at getting the PCB repaired by a specialist? Most of the time it'll be a capacitor or 2 that'll need replacing rather than any of the chips. A friend repairs my heater control PCB every few years, they stopped making parts for it years ago.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Regrettably far too late for shauny to make an economic contribution to society.
    My contributions go way beyond the merely economic. I am a cultural enigma me!!

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    In a few hundred years you'll be able to buy a sack of gloop and tell it to structure itself into whatever inanimate household object you require!
    Harry could get himself a new wife In Bruges.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    In a few hundred years you'll be able to buy a sack of gloop and tell it to structure itself into whatever inanimate household object you require!
    Regrettably far too late for shauny to make an economic contribution to society.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    In a few hundred years you may be able to get parts for models that are decades old because the manufacturers won't be able to come up with any significant innovations. ..
    In a few hundred years you'll be able to buy a sack of gloop and tell it to structure itself into whatever inanimate household object you require!

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  • vetran
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    Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
    £20 behind a skip at the back of Wilko's, £5 if our remainer specialists do it
    FTFY

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    Have you ever considered stand-up?

    Have you ever considered a mobility scooter?

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  • barrydidit
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    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
    Have you ever considered stand-up?

    £20 behind a skip at the back of Wilko's

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    He could invite you round, and then there'd be no food left in the house to cook, so it wouldn't matter.
    Have you ever considered stand-up?

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