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Another minor repair

Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 31 Jan 22

Next on my list of minor repairs was this lap tray. I’ve had it several years already and it gets used a lot, for writing and drawing while sitting on the sofa (for me or the girls), for writing or using my laptop in bed, and even...

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Yet another repair story

Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 27 Jan 22

This is for you @JudyEv! My daughter (‘Big One’) has some boots she loves. But sadly the zip pull on one of them broke right off. And not just the little dangly bit that you actually pull, but the part of the slider that holds it...

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Keeping favourite things - even if they’re broken

Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 27 Jan 22

A comment by @BarBaraPrz just reminded me of this. A couple of years ago I was visiting a friend one morning. She also had another friend visiting at the time and was making us all tea, for which she was heating water in a kettle...

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Another minor victory

Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 26 Jan 22

Another minor victory in my fight against waste. This folder was not so useful as the elastic straps that hold it closed had got old and saggy and continuously fell off. It would be so easy to toss it and buy another. And a new...

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Another repair

Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 25 Jan 22

The next thing on my list to fix was this - do you know what it is? It’s a very simple bed heater. I guess it’s just one step up from the old warming pans where you would put hot coals inside (yes I have one of those as...

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I’m on a roll!

Fleur @Fleura (35031) • United Kingdom 24 Jan 22

I’m going through a bit of a ‘make do and mend’ phase here at the moment. Not that I don’t normally mend things, it’s just that sometimes they have to wait a while before I get around to fixing the problem. First on my list was...

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Having 2 cellphones can save your life

Beruang @Beruang (1309) • Malaysia 10 Nov 08

Have you ever considered carrying a spare cellphone with you all the time so that you would always have a backup in case one have a dead battery or you accidentally dropped one and damaged it? For most men, carrying more than...

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toshiba tv

chrisso43a7de @chrisso43a7de (1) • Sri Lanka 2 Feb 07

i need to buy spares for my toshiba 43a7de tv