Any question answered...

Haha thanks Oliver!
I haven't played a computer game since PS2 but I found the videos of people playing that game really quite watchable.

Thanks, that's exactly what I was interested in so will check out and as @duncs suggested have them on a USB so I'll also look at handbrake too. The TV is new last year so will check what formats it can read.

@gbj_tester I did consider the dvd option but I just don't want it (or the DVDs) cluttering up the living room.

Download Popcorn Time, never have to think about this again.

I've got a pair of Shimano brake levers with rubber hoods that have become sticky. Is there a remedy or do I just replace them? Thank you.

do I just replace them?

This. The sticky is the rubber breaking down into its original form as the vulcanising bonds fail.

Easy to find and follow SRAM dub on BSA 68mm instructions. Before installing the quarq cranks.

How many spacers, which side. Etc etc?

As I suspected. New bike time!

Any recommendations for a fireproof safe to store important documents (passport, overseas ID,etc)? The ones on Amazon will either burn in sunlight or withstand the heat death of the universe, depending on which review you believe. Other websites have reviews for safes >£120 + shipping, which is less than the cost of replacing my documents and my time, but I’d need reassurance the damn thing works as advertised before dropping that amount of ££ on a glorified box.

Related, are there any full time fire(wo)men on here? Out of curiosity, as we seem to have all sorts of folks but I haven’t seen someone say they’re a firefighter.

A random selection of households are being asked to participate

or

A random selection of households is being asked to participate

I reckon both can be correct depending on whether the speaker is referring to the households, or the selection.

But I'd say the first.

It's the households that are being asked to participate and that's plural, so option one I say.

Ditto.

Better to re-write:

Households selected at random are being asked to participate.

A random selection of households is being asked to participate

This. The subject is the singular selection.

"Selection" is a word like family, team, band etc where it can refer to the thing itself (singular) or the individual parts (plural). In some cases either can be correct, depending on what you want to emphasise.

You're referring to the individual parts so it's plural. That's also a nicer sounding sentence.

I would like to buy an external DVD/CD drive for my laptop (Win10, USB3-A connection) to be able to read old written CDs (I want to get the data off them, they're mostly 10-20 years old), and play film DVDs.

Any recommendations?

I recently bought this one, for the same reason, and it works well. There's a lot of similar cheaper ones about that do not work very well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ODDE33U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Any recommendation for a 5000mAh-ish powerbank or can I basically buy the first one listed on Amazon?
Main requirement is that it's slim enough to fit into my pockets with my iPhone and preferably with a USB-C port

Anker or Amazon own brand are always a safe bet.

Anker has been my go to for years, will buy again.

I need to order replacement keys for my Kryptonite lock but the serial number is very worn down on the key. I tried to do a rubbing with a piece of paper and pencil but didn’t work.

Any ideas on how I can reveal the number?

Your key number is typically 1-2 letters (your Key Prefix), followed
by 4 to 6 numbers (your Key Number).

https://kryptonite.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/231011287-Finding-My-Key-Number-

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Anker, or I like iWalk ones if I'm going for built-in cables.

Thanks all, I was guessing Anker is the way to go but sadly they don't have smaller than 10000 mAh power banks

I think that's long gone unless you have any of the spare keys.

Otterbox do a 5k one, they're a trustworthy brand
https://www.amazon.co.uk/OtterBox-Power-Bank-000-mAh-BLACK/dp/B08CNC3Z7M/ref=sr_1_15