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cheb wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 6:51 pm My horrible cat fetched in a live baby rabbit and decided it was fun to teach me to catch it.
My Jack Russell killed a mouse and gifted it to my wife. When she saw it on the settee next to her she screamed and jumped as if it was a funnel web spider! :D
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cheb wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 6:51 pm My horrible cat fetched in a live baby rabbit and decided it was fun to teach me to catch it.
Our two caught a total of 5 mice between them last night.

I wouldn't mind, but they woke me up at midnight loudly crunching on mouse! They've got cat food available but if seems the primal hunger gripped them.
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Horrible cat tends to kill and then eat part of each rabbit, starting at the back of the neck. The remains are usually in one piece with the head still connected by a flap of skin and fur. There's a suitable flat rock at the front of the house I put the carcass on so the avian scavengers can feast too.
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McNab wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 11:06 am
cheb wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 6:51 pm My horrible cat fetched in a live baby rabbit and decided it was fun to teach me to catch it.
At least you've got a new pet you can replace the cat with.
Ours bought in a live sabbit ...I offered to off it, but swmbo 'd decreed that it be
given another chance... 10 minutes later it was back in minus it's head.

They freeze with shock.
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After reading all of the above, I'm very relieved that our cat is as good a hunter as he is at ballet. And Scrabble. Or balletic Scrabble.

Seriously, the only birds he can catch are the dead ones that fall out of the nest (or are pushed out).
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Elsa is great at catching flys and mosquitos, which I thoroughly approve of :D

She also walks around on the patio licking up ants :lol:
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2024 8:33 pm Elsa is great at catching flys and mosquitos, which I thoroughly approve of :D

She also walks around on the patio licking up ants :lol:
I trust you let her know of your approval. :)

Wilko used to be death on four legs to flies and mosquitos, but as he's got older he simply CBA. Which is a shame.
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Back pain/spasms.

FFS, this is the first week we've had a few days in a row of sunshine and I've not been able to walk to hte garage, let alone get on a bike :angry-cussingblack: :angry-cussingblack: :angry-cussingblack:

And - no idea why it's happened :( Not done anything different to usual.

Yesterday I was really positive (after giving up sleeping up on the bed and spending most of the night on the 'sofa' thing) as it felt a bit better and I figured I could ride the bike today.

Nope. As I could actually get up the steps to the bed I went to bed last night - only to wake up at 5am with more muscle pain.

So I got up took painkillers (that have made no difference :( ) and am back on the sofa thing - not able to ride :( :(

FFS


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And now iPlayer is buffering. Don't know if it's the VPN being shit or the wifi. Don't think it's the wifi because it has played Netflix totally fine this morning.

I can't deal with another stupid text conversation with a bot about the VPN - it's almost worth going back to paying to see uk tv rather than having the vpn!!!
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Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:56 am And now iPlayer is buffering. Don't know if it's the VPN being shit or the wifi. Don't think it's the wifi because it has played Netflix totally fine this morning.

I can't deal with another stupid text conversation with a bot about the VPN - it's almost worth going back to paying to see uk tv rather than having the vpn!!!
When I doubt, clear caches and all that shenanigans and restart everything...
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DefTrap wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:26 am
Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:56 am And now iPlayer is buffering. Don't know if it's the VPN being shit or the wifi. Don't think it's the wifi because it has played Netflix totally fine this morning.

I can't deal with another stupid text conversation with a bot about the VPN - it's almost worth going back to paying to see uk tv rather than having the vpn!!!
When I doubt, clear caches and all that shenanigans and restart everything...
Cool. Off to google cos it's on the iPad and I only use it for watching 'tv'!! To me it's weird that it only does it on iplayer but actually, not I'm not threatening to throw it out the window, I've realised that I watch iplayer through Safari (cos it won't let me download the app :roll: - must remember to do that when I'm next in the uk!! :roll: ) - so maybe that's why it struggles.

I do the clear caches thing, thank you :D :D
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Switch it off rather than 'restart'. I don't know why but sometimes wife's phone gets its knickers in a twist with receiving texts and 'Off' then 'On' seems to clear things better than 'Restart'.
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Count Steer wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:33 am Switch it off rather than 'restart'. I don't know why but sometimes wife's phone gets its knickers in a twist with receiving texts and 'Off' then 'On' seems to clear things better than 'Restart'.
I do turn it off quite often, but will do everything today and see if it helps :)
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Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:43 am
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:33 am Switch it off rather than 'restart'. I don't know why but sometimes wife's phone gets its knickers in a twist with receiving texts and 'Off' then 'On' seems to clear things better than 'Restart'.
I do turn it off quite often, but will do everything today and see if it helps :)
Turn it fully off, spin anti-clockwise three full turns and touch your elbows behind your back, that should clear the cache.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:44 am
Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:43 am
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:33 am Switch it off rather than 'restart'. I don't know why but sometimes wife's phone gets its knickers in a twist with receiving texts and 'Off' then 'On' seems to clear things better than 'Restart'.
I do turn it off quite often, but will do everything today and see if it helps :)
Turn it fully off, spin anti-clockwise three full turns and touch your elbows behind your back, that should clear the cache.

I've done everything except the elbows behind the back - does that mean it won't work :( :( :(
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Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:59 am
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:44 am
Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:43 am

I do turn it off quite often, but will do everything today and see if it helps :)
Turn it fully off, spin anti-clockwise three full turns and touch your elbows behind your back, that should clear the cache.

I've done everything except the elbows behind the back - does that mean it won't work :( :( :(
That's the most important step :(
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:44 am
Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:43 am
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:33 am Switch it off rather than 'restart'. I don't know why but sometimes wife's phone gets its knickers in a twist with receiving texts and 'Off' then 'On' seems to clear things better than 'Restart'.
I do turn it off quite often, but will do everything today and see if it helps :)
Turn it fully off, spin anti-clockwise three full turns and touch your elbows behind your back, that should clear the cache.
:D Dunno about the elbows but...

'Without going into too much detail, RAM provides temporary storage for applications and programs as they run. Unfortunately, as they run, some of this data begins to pile up even though it's not being used. A restart can clear the RAM cache (unnecessary saved data) and have your computer back to work at full capacity.'

Is there a difference between restart and off/on? Dunno.
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Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:29 am
DefTrap wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 8:26 am
Noggin wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 7:56 am And now iPlayer is buffering. Don't know if it's the VPN being shit or the wifi. Don't think it's the wifi because it has played Netflix totally fine this morning.

I can't deal with another stupid text conversation with a bot about the VPN - it's almost worth going back to paying to see uk tv rather than having the vpn!!!
When I doubt, clear caches and all that shenanigans and restart everything...
Cool. Off to google cos it's on the iPad and I only use it for watching 'tv'!! To me it's weird that it only does it on iplayer but actually, not I'm not threatening to throw it out the window, I've realised that I watch iplayer through Safari (cos it won't let me download the app :roll: - must remember to do that when I'm next in the uk!! :roll: ) - so maybe that's why it struggles.

I do the clear caches thing, thank you :D :D
I have issues with iPlayer on chrome, I think it's due to the duckduckgo extension to block tracking. Edge works fine so maybe changing browser will work for you.
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I've always found iPlayers apps generically shit, regardless of hardware platforms, if that's ant consolation :D
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