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  1. tam

    Calling Coin Nerds!

    Cool puzzle! The first side looks something to do with royalty - king & queen - the dates are 1330 and 1930. Google translate suggests the text is something on the lines of 'back to the beloved' or 'as you love one another'. Can you make out the text on the other side better in person? Or try...
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    mystery poop in the garden

    Google suggests this might not be an issue in the UK. Although other worms are, which is why worming pets and washing hands is a good idea. Also worm kids cos they are gross 😝
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    mystery poop in the garden

    The fox poop I've seen looks more like this, sometimes a little more log like sometimes not, than the wildlife link. I would guess they are showing rural foxes that have snacked on rabbit etc. rather than leftover takeaway. Dogs fed raw food have poop more like the white/dry stuff too. Fox poop...
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    What books are you reading?

    Try Goodreads - if you look up books you know you like then you can find suggestions of books people that liked those also read. It's also not selling anything so less prone to floods of fake reviews than amazon. The graveyard book neil gaiman - that's available as an audio book. It's not...
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    The Travails of English...

    English is weird. I didn't find it particularly hard to read, but I know I'm reading/recognising them as whole words not phonics patterns. I definately remember as a kid (that read a lot) knowing words that I had no idea how they were pronounced. My nieces are primary school and trying to teach...
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    Experiences with A.I.

    I've seen quite a few AI generated aquarium related photos on social media - people asking the usual questions on IDs on plants or fish and not realising they are seeing an image of something that doesn't exist.
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    Keeping fish through house rewire

    Sounds a plan. Do you have seperate circuits? My parents rewired the tanks to be on their own circuit, rewired some lighting, and swapped out the fuse board. We did as much as possible ahead of time - all the rewiring, then the elecrician came in checked it and changed out the fuse board. They...
  8. tam

    want to buy in UK- Wall switches/outlets with guidelight

    Not quite what you are looking for, but would something like this be available locally to you?
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    Flooding anxiety...

    You can get flood alarms to detect a leak. The basic ones just set off a siren when they get wet. Googling it does look like you can get smart ones now - e.g. tapo T300 which connect to your phone via wifi. Which I would guess would mean you could get really fancy and use a smart plug on your...
  10. tam

    Crackdown on Scammers!

    I've seen the glitter bomb before. I turned this video off when they introduced live animals.
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    RO water: Fad or neccesary evil?

    It's not so much plants as fish. If you've got very hard water that's going to limit to some extent fish. And, even if you say that tank bred are more adapted, so they'll survive but not breed - are you then compromising health because they are apparently ok but have a shorter or less healthy...
  12. tam

    Halloween!

    Grew out own pumpkins this year!
  13. tam

    Leaving home for 3-6 months

    You could rehome the fish, drain it to just below the substrate level and run it emersed growth. Means no CO2, no water changes and you would probably come back to a lot of plant growth which you could then rescape with.
  14. tam

    When you are beekeeper...

    That's pretty cool! I wonder if anyone is experimenting with 3D printing - could you make sections that recreated their ideal pattern?
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    Why can't they stay little

    That sort of age I remember starting to save for things I wanted - a very handy habit for adulthood. Give him ways to earn cash and get what he wants in stages - makes you value things more and decide more carefully what you really want to spend money on. Took me months to save £18.50 for my...
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    Why can't they stay little

    My sister gave her 3 year old a lump of coal in her stocking from santa (she did get other pressys too) as she'd been a bit of a monster the last few days and she thought it was brilliant - couldn't wait to put it on the fire and make the bestest fire ever :lol:
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    Amazon and plastic packaging

    There was a article on it on BBC today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49423152 "Amazon said its SmartPac envelopes are recyclable and that it is "working to improve" its packaging options". [...] SmartPac mailers are kerbside recyclable in some cities, and in all store drop-off...
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    Amazon and plastic packaging

    There is a sizing template with a slot in at the postoffice - if you can successfully wedge your 'letter' through it, you are good ;) They sent cardboard templates out to businesses when they first changed the rules too.
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    Amazon and plastic packaging

    In the UK, we have letters which can be up to 24cmx16.5cmx0.5cm 100g, large letters up to 35.3cm x25cm x2.5cm x 750g and after that it's a parcel. Large letters are designed to fit through the letter box. Quite often I've ordered plants on ebay etc. and they'll remove the pots and put the in a...
  20. tam

    Noisy Filter Issue

    If it was through paypal you can dispute fairly easy through them, but I'd give them another day to reply first. Hope it's sorted for you :)
  21. tam

    Variagation

    I'm not a fan either. I don't like white/variegated anubias that are 'rare' / 'expensive' either. People fuss over fixing deficiencies in plants that make them yellow and then pay a fortune for ones that mutate that way :lol:
  22. tam

    A stranger dog...story

    A little fade correction for you...
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    A stranger dog...story

    Aww, our pup like to steal cuddles too - bounds up to the fence tail wagging - often at the primary school kids going by. We did have someone knock on the door concerned she might be stuck as she was whining at them... just wanted more ear rubs - once you've given in once you have to deliver.
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    Plum tree questions

    I'd have guessed the graft died, but if it's still alive then I'd vote for could come back. I think fruits can be fussy about the right cold/warm combo and if it wasn't taken care of right then maybe it budded to early before you got it and they were damaged or it didn't get the right wake up...
  25. tam

    Bringing blackwater daphnia colony (+1 shrimp) inside

    I've had a bucket of daphnia running all summer, started it with a bag from the LFS in a black 15L (ish) bucket about half full. Had rainwater and some decomposing raspberry leaves to start and I've topped it up a few times with old tank water as we've been short on rain. Only upkeep was...
  26. tam

    What to do here, worried!

    If they are puppy farming you could find you'll local animal activist group - there is bound to be one and tip them off and let them do the reporting. Particularly if the dogs are ending up on local selling sites etc.
  27. tam

    Show Your Pets

    Our temporary puppy - when she grows up she's going to be a Hearing Dog, but for now she's just enjoying hanging out with the fish.
  28. tam

    Mass Fish removal.

    What type of fish are they? For mid water swimmers, I wait for feeding time, use a large/deep net, put the food in the bottom and wait very still and patient (not chasing). Then when they are in the net a quick scoop. Wait until they resettle and repeat. I'd rather take extra time than use...
  29. tam

    Suddenly Come Across Wild Animals

    I met a hedgehog yesterday :)
  30. tam

    Wow... What a surprising crop!

    Grow those in our garden (UK) just for the pretty flowers though! Must look amazing as a whole field - they self seed and fill our borders like weeds.
  31. tam

    Show Your Pets

    He :) Yes, well mostly a kitchen rabbit with supervised access to the rest of the house (he's a bit of a chewer). I handreared him from a week old - he just turned seven.
  32. tam

    Show Your Pets

    Scamp
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