Little things that irritate you

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Local cats crapping in my newly rotivated front garden!

Any tips for keeping the four legged furry ****ers away?
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V-M wrote:Local cats crapping in my newly rotivated front garden!

Any tips for keeping the four legged furry ****ers away?

Slingshot catapult, and marbles.
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V-M wrote:Local cats crapping in my newly rotivated front garden!

Any tips for keeping the four legged furry ****ers away?
Get your own cat!
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V-M wrote:Local cats crapping in my newly rotivated front garden!

Any tips for keeping the four legged furry ****ers away?

Rhodesian ridgebacks.
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You only need one of those for lions.he can get a Rhodesian Rigbadoodle
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote:Get in the office first thing this morning to find the Fluorescence fitting above my head flashing.
Anywhere else and it would be a five minute job, whereas in the building services department, you'll be lucky to have it sorted within the next week or so.
It's a fluorescent fitting. 8-)










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It's the fluorescent tube light that's flickering, not the fitting. So you're both wrong, as well as ugly.

And smelly.
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FFS!!!

Give me a break. I'm working off a phone screen, with eye sight that would make Mr Magoo look like a top gun pilot...
Still at least I can still "having a stalker (aka grammar nazi)" off my bucket list. :wink:
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That last sentt don't make sense even to me.
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Oh, FFS I give up. I'm gonna stay off posting until I get on a big screen.
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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote:That last sentt don't make sense even to me.
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Hummer is having a mare
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DasNutNock wrote:It's the fluorescent tube light that's flickering, not the fitting. So you're both wrong, as well as ugly.

And smelly.
Most likely it's the starter, not the tube.
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Whatever it was, they replaced the whole fitting with an LED panel.
Amazing things those are.
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Patito wrote:
Rhodesian ridgebacks.
Already have one of those, and a beast hell dog as well.

As its 'out the front' the cats think they are untouchable.
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I bought a tub of cat-away and some pepper powder.

See how that works.
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V-M wrote:I bought a tub of cat-away and some pepper powder.

See how that works.
Has this now merged with the barbecue thread?
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V-M wrote:I bought a tub of cat-away and some pepper powder.

See how that works.
Didn't they have a hit with "What is Love?" :?
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Getting ill on the eve of a four-day weekend..
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How my search engine changes from Google to Yahoo mid search, and I don't know how to remedy it. Makes me want to do a Basil Fawlty on my mac.
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