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So Mr and Mrs Wishbone have very different opinions on the temperature of the bedroom! Mrs Wishbone likes it cold and can't handle the heat on, Mr Wishbone however grew up in a nice toasty house and wants the heat on. So after 20 years I'm thinking of getting him an electric blanket for...

Not sure where I can put this thread but so I'll start here - apologies if it's in the wrong place. My parents are looking at paying off their ground rent (to become freehold) to a company Birdfield Securities. They've been paying rent every year since 196*. This particular company has no phone...

HI there I'm based in Dublin and am looking for a Side Hinged Steel Garage Door (Oak effect to match my porch), I am getting quotes of almost 3k! I didn't think they'd be so much. That's not insulated btw. Could anyone recommend a company who they've used successfully and cheaper? I don't want a...

Hi All I was made redundant from my company. Due to length of service the notice was 8 weeks. We agreed in a meeting that I could leave after four as there was a particular training job they wanted me to do before I left. Now it would appear that the person who I was supposed to be...

It's that time of the year when Trocaire boxes have arrived in our houses. We have given up drink for Lent and the money we save will be put in the box...or at least that was the plan until my daughter stated that only a third of the money makes it to the people. Now that could be some wild...

My OAP Parents have a phone line which they don't really use. It was kept primarily for their Eircom PhoneWatch alarm and the odd call from a relative abroad. Now with the new budget changes it is costing them to keep the line for very little use and to top it Eircom have proposed a new camera...

Hi there We had booked a flight with Ryanair to Paris Beauvais - at the time the operator was Ryanair. Since then the operator has changed to Air Explore - a Slovakian Airline - we are not overly keen on travelling with them. The simple fact is that we would not have booked and paid for the...

Hi there I signed up for a Netflix free trial a year or more ago and didn't continue with the service. I got another free trial email this month so decided to try it out again. Whilst registering again I noticed that the credit card I provided the last time is not valid any more because I...

Hi there WE had a guy out the other day from Panda suggesting we change our current gas boiler and no zoned system to a condensing gas boiler with 3 zones - upstairs/downstairs/cylinder. We have currently a Vokera Mynute 28se (think that's BTUs - not too up to date with the terms) which does...

Mr*Wishbone used Hammerite Radiator paint on the heat reflecting boards behind our stove, the result is that our smoke alarm went off when we lit it. We expect it can't cope with the heat and is smoking or giving off potentially harmful fumes. so we need to remove it, or do we? If we do...

I am the proud owner of a newly installed WS Aoife Stove. It's great, it has been very nicely installed and I love it - there's just one thing...the noise in the chimney. This noise did not exist when we had the open fireplace. On Friday the lads removed and opened up the fireplace, put in...

Hello there. We have a 1998 Mazda 626 2.0l. Based on mileage and a full tank of petrol we have noticed the car is not very economical, it is about 10k per litre (10l per 100k). We seem to be at the petrol pump quite a lot and it is costing us 95e a full tank. We'd also like a smaller engine...

We have an old cat who had a problem! so we had to take her to the vet. En route it would seem she leaked on the passenger seat - first time ever, and probably related to her problem. The smell was a bit pungent but after a week or so it seemed better. However I thought maybe I should...

Hi there Just wondering if much heat is lost through floorboards. Our house was built in the 50s I think, a regular 3 bedroom semi-d in suburban Dublin. The ground floor has no carpet, we have floorboards or tiles. The floorboards are the original ones which we sanded and varnished. There...

Hi there, just wondering if anyone can recommend a good value place for shoes being heeled and soled in South Dublin. I just got a pair of ladies boots heeled and the top of the soles tipped and it cost me 16e!! I thought it was a complete rip off, the heel was a stiletto type heel (small...

Just wondering where I could buy a replacement stand that comes with my Samsung 32inch LCD TV. I was lifting the TV off the floor and bent it backwards which resulted in the TV Stand that comes with the TV breaking at the screws. so the actual plastic is broken. The TV cannot stand up. Where...

Hi there, just wondering what the story is here. Mr Wishbone received a cheque from someone which he proceeded to lodge to AIB. About a week or so later he got a letter from AIB saying the cheque writer had insufficient funds and so the cheque had bounced. We were then charged over 4e...

Just wondering if this kind of thing exists. Normally a shower door for an enclosed shower unit is sealed only on the outside so that any condensation can run down the hollow metal sides (inside) and run into the shower tray. Due to either bad installation or whatever, we have had to seal on...

Hi there I have a Sky SD Digibox with no sky card - ie using it for FTA only. Is there a way I can block the adult stations without a card? There doesn't seem to be. Can I use any old Sky card to give me access to this (ie borrow one for the time), or must it be a valid Sky FTA card...

Hi there, just wondering if you think this is OK. We got our alarm put into our house years ago and the keypad is downstairs and the alarm control panel (where the power and battery is located - I might have wrong term) is upstairs in a bedroom. Now the bedroom is being used by one of our kids...