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>> No. 2202 Anonymous
5th January 2017
Thursday 9:44 pm
2202 Haunted radio
So I got a new DAB radio for Christmas, I think it's a PURE Imagination model of some sort. This evening it has been randomly turning itself on, onto bluetooth and playing music. I've tried to sync it to my phone whilst the radio is turned off and it can't be done.

I've never used bluetooth on it before and always just keep it on DAB which makes it even stranger. Any ideas? The electrics have always been a bit fucky in our house, but seems odd it would turn onto bluetooth and (presumably) sync with a neighbour's device.
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>> No. 2203 Anonymous
6th January 2017
Friday 7:41 pm
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>>2202
Switch the Bluetooth off..
>> No. 2204 Anonymous
6th January 2017
Friday 9:19 pm
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>>2203 I did. Several times.
>> No. 2205 Anonymous
6th January 2017
Friday 10:09 pm
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Can you pair it to something of yours, and hope that it only supports one set of stored credentials?
>> No. 2206 Anonymous
6th January 2017
Friday 11:24 pm
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>>2202
If there is a bluetooth module like this on the inside with a built in antenna, you could try and tape some tin foil over it to block / impair the signal.

I could be way off the mark there, though.

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>> No. 2196 Anonymous
28th December 2016
Wednesday 8:19 pm
2196 What are these?
They're scattered pretty randomly along fenland power feeds, and I can't work out what they're for.
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>> No. 2197 Anonymous
28th December 2016
Wednesday 8:57 pm
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Here you go:
http://www.recordnet.com/article/20091006/a_news14/910060311

The idea is that they stop birds from accidentally flying into them.
>> No. 2198 Anonymous
28th December 2016
Wednesday 9:15 pm
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Yeah, I believe that.
There must just be an infestation of really, really stupid birds here. Maybe Mothra is just a bumbling great twat.
>> No. 2199 Anonymous
28th December 2016
Wednesday 10:51 pm
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I wonder if I can get some for my flat so all those fucking piegons will stop shitting on my balcony.
>> No. 2200 Anonymous
31st December 2016
Saturday 12:03 am
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>>2199

A couple of the flats in the tower block overlooking me have something very similar on their balconies. They look like CDRs and string and perhaps that's what they are.
>> No. 2201 Anonymous
31st December 2016
Saturday 12:46 pm
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>>2200
>A couple of the flats in the tower block overlooking me have something very similar on their balconies. They look like CDRs and string and perhaps that's what they are.

No, they're just there to scare Emily Thornberrys away.

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>> No. 2185 Anonymous
6th December 2016
Tuesday 6:09 pm
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How much of a pain is it to change a light fitting?

I have one of these and not only have two of the bulbs blown but I can't take one of them out to replace it as the glass cover has broken a bit too and won't come out. I doubt I can buy replacement parts.

Can I just buy any light fitting that takes my fancy and wire it up or do I need to figure out the volts and wattage and stuff? Am I going to need a drill?
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>> No. 2190 Anonymous
7th December 2016
Wednesday 7:53 am
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>>2187
No, go to your fusebox/circuit breaker and remove the fuse/flip the breaker for the circuit that your lights run on.

If you needed to ask about that, then you should probably do this job under supervision.
>> No. 2191 Anonymous
7th December 2016
Wednesday 8:17 am
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>>2190
By turn off the power to the house I meant flip the main breaker because I don't know which circuits here are which yet and they're not properly labelled.
>> No. 2192 Anonymous
7th December 2016
Wednesday 8:43 am
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Even if they're labelled, never trust what's written on them unless you're bloody certain. It's all too common for dodgy electricians to spur off other mains circuits to make their life easier when installing a new light fitting, or to not bother properly relabelling after major work.

(Albeit in this case it sounds like OP has one of three lights still working so he could "test for dead" with that, at least. Personally I'd test with a probe just to be sure, and I'd certainly kill everything before sticking my hands anywhere near the fitting no matter how much of a rush I was in.)
>> No. 2193 Anonymous
7th December 2016
Wednesday 9:11 am
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Electric is scary.
>> No. 2194 Anonymous
7th December 2016
Wednesday 11:37 am
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>>2193

240v is positively benign when compared to HV.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5TIDLvMyw

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>> No. 2179 Anonymous
7th November 2016
Monday 6:59 pm
2179 Boiler problem
Please help lads. I'm at my nan's new house and helping her settle in. She set the wireless thermostat on the wall to 28C because it is too cold. Nothing seems to be warming up. I doubt it is a problem with the boiler since the water is hot as hell but the radiators are just not hot enough.

The boilers pic related. What should I change?
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>> No. 2180 Anonymous
7th November 2016
Monday 7:07 pm
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Sorry to ask but have you tried putting the boiler's make and model into Google to see if there's a user manual for it out there? To my eyes it looks as if you could with letting some water into the system to bring the pressure up, but you could also do with checking if her radiators need to be bled (are they making a clicking sound when they turn on?) or if they have their own thermostatic dials on them whether those need to be adjusted.

Also, make sure she has a hot water bottle, a blanket over her lap and a nice cup of tea while you're sorting this out. If she can potter about to keep herself warm gentle movement will keep her circulation going. The human body is not excellent at keeping itself warm when you get to your nan's age.
>> No. 2182 Anonymous
7th November 2016
Monday 7:15 pm
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The boiler is heating the hot taps? And you say it's a boiler problem?

Could be a system with two zone valves (one for CH, one for HW), and the CH one is stuck closed. You can usually force them open with a little lever on the bottom. They can be tough, you need to push them up or down to release it etc.
>> No. 2183 Anonymous
7th November 2016
Monday 7:19 pm
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Wait a minute, the boiler controls everything? There's no separate heating control panel?
>> No. 2184 Anonymous
7th November 2016
Monday 7:45 pm
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>>2180
Thanks mate. I went and got her a small fan heater from a friend just now.

I turned the middle dial as high as it could go, and it seems to have worked because her bedroom radiator is getting nice and hot. But the radiators in the corridor, bathroom and living room are all just lukewarm. All the radiators have the dial thing at the bottom and I turned them up to the highest they go (two go up to III and the other two go up to 6).

The boiler is called Glow worm 30C. I looked for the manual before posting here, and all I could get was the Installation manual.

>>2183
Seems like it. The only control panel is the one in my OP pic. There's a wireless thermostat that controls the temperature which is mounted in the living room.

The radiator in the living room is behind a sofa. Would it make any real difference if I moved it?

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>> No. 2168 Anonymous
26th October 2016
Wednesday 11:47 pm
2168 not usually tempted by a Kickstarter
But this looks ace. I've always wanted a home CNC lathe but have worried about the noise, mess, costs of the metal ones (I wish I had a larger shed, obviously).

This one does it with big sheets of wood.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1830738289/maslow-cnc-a-500-open-source-4-by-8-foot-cnc-machi
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>> No. 2169 Anonymous
26th October 2016
Wednesday 11:48 pm
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26th October 2016
Wednesday 11:49 pm
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>> No. 2127 Anonymous
18th June 2016
Saturday 7:10 pm
2127 Aux input
This is the same radio as in my car. Just wondering if you can see an Aux input on the rear?

Picture taken from this video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJEq9f5OTwQ
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>> No. 2128 Anonymous
18th June 2016
Saturday 8:02 pm
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Not in standard 3.5mm format, no. You'll need a special adapter.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Music-CD-Interface-Adapter-Audio-3-5mm-AUX-Input-for-Toyota-Camry-Corolla-/311562394582
>> No. 2130 Anonymous
18th June 2016
Saturday 9:54 pm
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>>2128
Thanks. Too bad I can't lift the dash out...
>> No. 2167 Anonymous
18th October 2016
Tuesday 11:11 am
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So I'm about to remove the radio and there's 4 bolts, deep under the dash.

I have a power drill with some bits to undo bolts (circled blue), I need some sort of adapter but I can't find any. The ones circled yellow don't fit. Does anything in the photo look as though it could fit the bits circled in blue?

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>> No. 2131 Anonymous
19th June 2016
Sunday 12:49 pm
2131 Kiiroo Hacking
I thought this would be good here, as I can find no technical documentation on it whatsoever, which I think is a shame because the more the protocol is understood and opened up, the cheaper and more interesting online content would be.

I also don't know where to put this?

So basically, a little background: Kiiroo is a sex toy designed to be controlled remotely by cam girls, or your partner. It can be paired to a dildo, or you can download videos that cost money where the stroking movement is synchronised with the video. It's intensely enjoyable for men and I recommend giving it a try, although I am not sure if the results are the same for women. Girls you need to test it.

Anyway, here is what i found from poking around in the data files so far:

Go to:

http://flicker.tv/

(Obviously not safe for work).

Download a free kiiroo video (no registration required). This video will work offline, however kiiroo needs to be online to validate the device ID. So you need to have internet connectivity for kiiroo to pair with the device, then it acts essentially as a device driver which you can send data to. I have verified that the actual videos do not require internet connectivity by sabotaging the proxy settings on my browser, forcing it to operate offline.
Message too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>> No. 2140 Anonymous
19th June 2016
Sunday 5:36 pm
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Finally, I won't have to convince women to let them stick my knob in their wallets.
>> No. 2141 Anonymous
19th June 2016
Sunday 6:05 pm
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This along with the Rift will be why we'll start seeing the streets a little more empty. Slowly but surely.
>> No. 2142 Anonymous
19th June 2016
Sunday 6:16 pm
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This is a plot to crush every single penis on the planet simultaneously by altering a single line of code at the right moment.
>> No. 2143 Anonymous
19th June 2016
Sunday 6:48 pm
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>Teledildonics

Burst out laughing. I'm going to start telling people I have a PhD in this.
>> No. 2166 Anonymous
9th October 2016
Sunday 1:32 am
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>>2131
I'd love to hear of any progress with this.

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>> No. 1937 Anonymous
8th August 2015
Saturday 9:36 pm
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I want to replace the battery, but there's no obvious sign of it. I'm erring on the side of caution as I wrecked the last watch replacing the battery.
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>> No. 1983 Anonymous
31st August 2015
Monday 8:23 pm
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>>1937
You cunt. You posted a thread about watch batteries and now my watch has gone flat just a few weeks later.
>> No. 1987 Anonymous
1st September 2015
Tuesday 8:58 am
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>>1983
If it's any consolation I replaced mine with ease. Picked up the battery for £1.50 online.
>> No. 1989 Anonymous
1st September 2015
Tuesday 8:53 pm
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The white bit is a plastic thing which you can remove, in order to fit the battery.
>> No. 1990 Anonymous
1st September 2015
Tuesday 9:21 pm
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>>1989
Thanks a lot, latechap.
>> No. 2165 Anonymous
30th September 2016
Friday 2:42 pm
2165 Casio Databank CA-55
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I have a Casio watch which needs a new battery. To be specific it's a Casio Databank CA-55 with module 437.

Now I've watched half a dozen videos and read guides online. But I can't seem to remove the battery clasp/retainer. I press downwards and try to press outwards too but nothing happens. I've circled the bit I press on. Problem is I can't find a guide for my specific clasp. I've tried the top one as well.

Some reference material:
http://www.sysarchitects.com/replacing-battery-casio-databank-150-watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEdb1M4pcRw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOvJ__ogrOc

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>> No. 2106 Anonymous
20th May 2016
Friday 7:16 pm
2106 Posting this in /uhu/ and not anywhere else, because.
I somehow can't quite believe that this program exists, but I'm glad it does.

It will only be a matter of time until they actually make and broadcast a program where one episode is nothing but half an hour of James sorting his spanners, and I would watch it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giZgEI626Kw
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>> No. 2115 Anonymous
22nd May 2016
Sunday 8:50 pm
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>Oh it appears you can buy them on the BBC shop online.
Should be free (to stream at least, if not download) to TV License holders. They are a cheeky bunch of fuckers charging for that.
It would be like funding someone's kickstarter and then not getting a free copy of the album.
>> No. 2117 Anonymous
31st May 2016
Tuesday 4:52 pm
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Apparently he has a decent bicycle maintenance video about, but I've never bothered to find it.
>> No. 2118 Anonymous
31st May 2016
Tuesday 5:01 pm
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I love stuff like this as it reminds me that there is sense of decency that we can all tap into which is extremely ordinary, yet profound.

Bethany Hughes doing a series on calligraphy through history would be my ultimate comfort telly.
>> No. 2119 Anonymous
1st June 2016
Wednesday 11:32 am
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>>2113
We can't all be BBC managers, m8.
>> No. 2144 Anonymous
22nd June 2016
Wednesday 11:05 pm
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>>2106

It would have made my day if the final scene was cutting down the flowers on a war memorial, because he couldn't find any grass.

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>> No. 2125 Anonymous
18th June 2016
Saturday 6:00 pm
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I'm a particular fan of this guy. He's a top lad.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbjljsqlOkg

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>> No. 2120 Anonymous
12th June 2016
Sunday 7:35 pm
2120 Curtains / blinds
Just moved to a new flat, it has this kind of curtain rail or whatever that's called.

I want to block all the sun. Can I just get any random curtains from amazon for it (blinds tend to be pretty crap), or are there different types of hooks I should be aware of?
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>> No. 2121 Anonymous
13th June 2016
Monday 11:08 am
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Most (all?) curtains will have a fabric band along the top that you slide curtain hooks into, and then hook them onto those sliders on your rail. Hooks are cheap, and annoying to make out of paperclips, so I suggest you get some when you get curtains.
>> No. 2122 Anonymous
14th June 2016
Tuesday 8:22 pm
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>>2120
John Lewis lad - visit a store. This is the sort of thing they do.
>> No. 2123 Anonymous
14th June 2016
Tuesday 8:35 pm
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>>2122
Fuck off posho.
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14th June 2016
Tuesday 10:53 pm
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>I want to block all the sun

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>> No. 2096 Anonymous
12th February 2016
Friday 4:15 pm
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Do you ladm8s know of anywhere I could get some liquid electrical tape?
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>> No. 2101 Anonymous
13th February 2016
Saturday 12:29 am
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>>2099

I'd be inclined to replace the entire length with some decent quality braided cable. Maybe stick a Neutrik jack on while you're at it.
>> No. 2102 Anonymous
13th February 2016
Saturday 9:26 am
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>>2101
If you have decent soldering skills I second this. The Grados are meant to be fairly easy to get open.

I've got the SR80s too, and my cables are on the way out I think.
>> No. 2103 Anonymous
13th February 2016
Saturday 3:21 pm
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>>2102

>The Grados are meant to be fairly easy to get open.

They're glued together, but it's hot melt glue. Warm the cups with a hairdryer or in a vegetable steamer and they pop open easily, no tools required.
>> No. 2104 Anonymous
13th February 2016
Saturday 10:11 pm
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>>2096
WTAF is that stuff!
>> No. 2105 Anonymous
14th February 2016
Sunday 12:38 am
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>>2104
Plasti Dip, dear.

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>> No. 2085 Anonymous
25th January 2016
Monday 6:49 pm
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Is there anything I can do with this, lads? Preferably cheap?
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>> No. 2091 Anonymous
25th January 2016
Monday 8:06 pm
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>>2089

Yes.
>> No. 2092 Anonymous
25th January 2016
Monday 8:19 pm
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>>2085
No. Skip it and buy a new one.
>> No. 2093 Anonymous
25th January 2016
Monday 8:20 pm
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>>2091

Then stick the plunger on the dent and pull hard. A domestic plunger might not be up to the task, but you can buy a purpose made dent puller for a couple of quid.
>> No. 2094 Anonymous
25th January 2016
Monday 9:56 pm
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>>2088
Is the dent affecting its function or do you just want a convection heater that doesn't look like it's been beaten to shit?
>> No. 2095 Anonymous
25th January 2016
Monday 11:39 pm
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Take it apart and then bend the panel back into shape whilst it isn't attached to the heater.

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>> No. 2078 Anonymous
15th December 2015
Tuesday 3:37 pm
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Is it ok to fill a ceramic gnome wtih cement to strengthen it? Could the cement expand and crack it?
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>> No. 2080 Anonymous
15th December 2015
Tuesday 4:36 pm
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Works great on footballs too.
>> No. 2081 Anonymous
15th December 2015
Tuesday 8:54 pm
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Why do you need to strengthen a gnome?
>> No. 2082 Anonymous
15th December 2015
Tuesday 9:07 pm
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>>2081

Why wouldn't you want to strengthen your gnome?
>> No. 2083 Anonymous
15th December 2015
Tuesday 9:32 pm
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>>2081
>>2082
It only makes sense. The last thing you want is for it to break and you end up with bits stuck inside.
>> No. 2084 Anonymous
16th December 2015
Wednesday 4:37 pm
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>>2081
I strengthen my gnome every weekend like every upstanding citizen should, thankyouverymuch.

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