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Raemond Jul 2023 2:28pm, 8 Jul 2023 10,587 posts	Quote Pin Raemond (turn the sound off, Hann? There's usually an icon in the bottom left corner and if you turn it off for one it should stay off for all unless you turn it back on again)
Hanneke Jul 2023 2:34pm, 8 Jul 2023 106,094 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke Rae, I try but the ruddy thing has a mind of its own and starts to just auto-play randomly even when I am not using my phone!!!
DoricQuine Jul 2023 3:32pm, 9 Jul 2023 9,033 posts	Quote Pin DoricQuine Bloody cats using our garden for a toilet! Had to remove about half a ton of it before we planted new lavender shrubs in the front patch. No wonder the last lot of plants all died, it stank like anything! Hopefully the lavender will deter them. Came out door this morning to discover half the plants dug up and area covered in cat shit! That's it! The surviving plants are getting replanted in the back garden and the front is getting covered in chuckies!
Surrey Phil Jul 2023 3:44pm, 9 Jul 2023 9,547 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil An old neighbour had about 20 in-bred cats which treated our garden as a literal dumping ground. When I did some gardening, he joked to his cats saying, "he's getting your toilet ready." That did it for me after that and I began sending everything I found over the fence.
um Jul 2023 3:58pm, 9 Jul 2023 7,528 posts	Quote Pin um Just a suggestion ... amazon.co.uk Although the RSPCA does advise : Squirt water near the cat, not at the cat, using a low powered water pistol super soakers are not suitable. The intention is to give them a fright and not to hurt them. Try to remain hidden from view if you spray an unwanted cat in your garden; if they learn to associate you with the negative experience rather than the garden itself they may simply wait until you are not around before happily entering.
DoricQuine Jul 2023 4:10pm, 9 Jul 2023 9,034 posts	Quote Pin DoricQuine We never see the cats um as they seem to save their poo for during the night!
ThorntonRunner Jul 2023 5:05pm, 9 Jul 2023 6,862 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Ot does seem strange that (quite correctly) leaving dog mess lying around is frowned upon, but cats - yes they can come into your garden and mess and that's apparently perfectly acceptable
DoricQuine Jul 2023 5:24pm, 9 Jul 2023 9,035 posts	Quote Pin DoricQuine Absolutely ThorntonRunner! It's only since we both retired that we have been investing in making our garden nice to relax in. We seem to have successful in our attempts to dissuade visits to our back garden but it is soul destroying to see plants destroyed within days of planting them.
UltraDunc Jul 2023 5:31pm, 9 Jul 2023 16,912 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc Spending 34 minutes on the phone with British Gas to simply change the email address attached to my online account. And after all that time it has been passed to a head office which will sort it out within a week😳 This has been ongoing for a very very long time !
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Jul 2023 5:54pm, 9 Jul 2023 38,397 posts	Quote Pin Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) I stuck plastic forks in the ground, handle first and saved up coffee grounds from the filter and spread that round too, it did the trick DoricQuine no more cat toilet.