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Have just moved into another (shared) house in the city. Washer here is one of those new-fangled F&P WashSmart (Smart-Drive) jobs. After nearly a week, am finally doing my first load, after carefully reading the very simplistic manual. All I can say is - WOW! And the cycle is only onto the...

Overseas Shipping Just be very careful with any valuables! I cannot stress this enough. Some folks I know of with the USAF lost a significant portion of their possessions when several crates were lost to the Pacific ocean during relocation from Australia. I don't think they ever got the full...

I can and will sympathise with the whole "She/He/They didn't reply to my email" issue. A lot of people are useless with email because they don't check it. They prefer wasting their time with text messages. Some people read and see things, but just don't reply until you "light a fire under...

During my trip to the USA, my friends had just bought the GE set being discussed. They bought this because it was "Made in USA," was reasonably priced and not filled with doodads, dingdongs and wubba-wizoo's, plus it had the deep-fill options and extra rinse too (helpful for washing babies'...

If ducted heating was something of a necessity where I lived (it *IS* where I've just moved to), then yes, it would be a sensible idea just to prevent hot/cold spots. One thing I don't like heating "just one room" with room-heater devices like mini-splits is you end up with cold hallways, hot...

Speaking of Fluorescent Lights We've got the old Rapid Start fixtures (1984... Vintage!) in this house that take the T12 (preferably) or T8 (usually works, until humid weather... Something to do with earthing with these). Start instantly, and seemingly tubes last longer than conventional...

@norgeway Whats illegal about our setup is the clearance from the stove. The building code requires a certain amount of space between the stove and vent hood - presumably for fire safety reasons, particularly with gas ranges.

The type of house we live in does have the facility to vent outdoors... EXCEPT, during the renovation of many in the 1980's this was tiled over and recirculation hoods installed instead... The actual vent outdoors would only be about 30cm (11.81") above the bench level - so either the old hood...

M-O-N-T-H-L-Y "Clean or replace filters MONTHLY" is always what I've seen recommended. Replacing later than that, and you are guaranteed to see reductions in airflow, thus reducing system capacity and un-necessarily raising energy consumption. Thankfully, our A/C filters the air at the point...

@rp2813 You'd be surprised is all I want to say! Some wouldn't even understand where the clothes go or even what button to push...

The site may well be run off a less-than-ideal homegrade internet connection: Often, small hobby sites are run from home-serving environments as a hobby - no fees or dealing with companies that drift in and out of existence. Pull the plug whenever you like. Here's something similar that I've...

Whatever You Do... Avoid "Kambrook" toasters, as sold here in Australia. We had to replace a completely worn Tiffany unit (<- awesome when they work) and this was the SECOND toaster after the supermarket model died within days. While it has held up, it has to be the slowest, most useless...

Sounds too good to be True Ultrasonic humidifiers: Yes, they work. Ultrasonic cleaning? I imagine that would have to be quite powerful to achieve anything, if its not snake oil to begin with. Much as Consumer Reports (and others) aren't held to the highest regards in these parts, I'd like to...

Haier's already gotten the Kiwi icon - Fisher and Paykel. "What on earth will they think of next?"

It also turns out the Windows 7 and 8 *MAY* have received updates that allow this to occur as well - although the story is more complicated than just an automatic update, it seems. This article explains the removal of said updates: http://thehackernews.com/2015/08/windows-spying-on-you.html...

Not That I'm Aware Although given the limited selection here "out in the stix," it could be something exists elsewhere that I don't know about.

@tolivac Problem here had more to do with the fact QF has downsized their 747 fleet dramatically the past 5 years from 20+ frames to about 12 or less IIRC. This perhaps leaves them quite "short" in spares department if something goes very wrong - since you can't really substitute another 747...

HID/LED Lights Absolutely ANNOYING. Even when people drive on low beam these damned things blind you. When driving at night, I have to slow right down is how bad these are. Whatever happened to height-adjustment headlamps? Or the correct factory adjustment as a courtesy to other road users...

Another Contender from the Drawer Department! Here we go again! This load probably qualifies for a BobLoad, too - having sat for three days (the PB glass was already dirty, and I smeared it with my FINGERS this time. Oh the guilty pleasure of it), and being stuffed to the gills. The glass in...

All other brands available (i.e. Morning Fresh, Earth Choice and assorted supermarket brands) seem to have been phosphate free for several years now. Interestingly, the tablet products we have still have the previous ">30% Phosphates," although for how long is anyone's guess. I'd say the...