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"julie manns" wrote in message ... can anyone offer advice on how to keep them off plants. Julie this topic has been discussed lots on this newsgroup. Do a google search in groups and you should find lots of postings on this topic! Natalie |
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"julie manns" wrote can anyone offer advice on how to keep them off plants. You cannot! Cats will be cats, dogs will be dogs, kids will be kids. Not everybody is in to gardening. I just accept it then from time to time a pet will demolish something in the garden, a football will demolish some flowers. I don't live alone in my neighbourhood and not everybody shares my gardening obsession. |
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In article , julie manns
writes can anyone offer advice on how to keep them off plants. In this group, some topics appear with monotonous regularity. This is one of them. When a topic comes up frequently like this one, you will find that a lot of regular posters will not bother to discuss it 'yet again'. They will just inwardly groan and pass on to the next topic. Consequently, any current discussion the topic is likely to be incomplete :( But, do not despair :) We have a faq (frequently asked question), covering the points made in previous discussions. Our faqs can be found by following this link www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/ Also, for the benefit of people new to this group, and to save them from receiving replies which they may consider to be impolite, we have a thread entitled: 'abc for newcomers to uk.rec.gardening'. It is posted once a week and should appear on your newsreader. Please read it. It will point you in the direction of: 1. our faqs (frequently asked questions) 2. our charter 3. netiquette and other bits and bobs -- Jane Ransom in Lancaster. I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg but if you need to email me for any other reason, put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com |
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"Gorgeous George" wrote You cannot! Cats will be cats, dogs will be dogs, kids will be kids. Not everybody is in to gardening. I just accept it then from time to time a pet will demolish something in the garden, a football will demolish some flowers. I don't live alone in my neighbourhood and not everybody shares my gardening obsession. Are you one of these weirdos who feels so unloved they need to have five cats or more? No I do not have any cats, I once had a dog, I do have a kid and a garden. I am just not one of 'these weirdos' that think my whole neighbourhood should walk around my garden from ten meters distance, because otherwise they would destroy something. |
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In article , Gorgeous George writes: | | If someone stopped you in the street and asked directions to the | nearest brothel would you point them to an FAQ? or just answer the | bloody question! Well I, for one, don't know of any brothels that cater to trolls, so I can't help you. Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 |
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"Jane Ransom" wrote in message ... : In article , julie manns : writes : can anyone offer advice on how to keep them off plants. : : : In this group, some topics appear with monotonous regularity. : This is one of them. When a topic comes up frequently like this one, : you will find that a lot of regular posters will not bother to : discuss it 'yet again'. They will just inwardly groan and pass on to : the next topic. Consequently, any current discussion the topic is : likely to be incomplete :( : But, do not despair :) : We have a faq (frequently asked question), covering the points made : in previous discussions. Our faqs can be found by following this link : www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/ : : Also, for the benefit of people new to this group, and to save them : from receiving replies which they may consider to be impolite, we have : a thread entitled: : : 'abc for newcomers to uk.rec.gardening'. : : It is posted once a week and should appear on your newsreader. : Please read it. It will point you in the direction of: : : 1. our faqs (frequently asked questions) : 2. our charter : 3. netiquette and other bits and bobs : -- : Jane Ransom in Lancaster. : I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg : but if you need to email me for any other reason, : put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com Well done Jane, and thanks. K |
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Gorgeous George wrote in message Are you one of these weirdos who feels so unloved they need to have five cats or more? . She probably isn't, and many of us on this NG have cats. Cats is such a common topic that we have had written a FAQ which answers most of the questions you could think of asking. Being directed there, and seeing what has been written, may well answer all the questions, if it doesn't then people can come back and ask the questions that are unanswered. We have had so many people trolling with questions about cats, and bizarre methods of control the enquirers are always pointed in the FAQ direction first, the same goes for a number of other questions. Mike www.british-naturism.org.uk |
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Gorgeous George writes: | | If someone stopped you in the street and asked directions to the | nearest brothel would you point them to an FAQ? or just answer the | bloody question! Well I, for one, don't know of any brothels that cater to trolls, so I can't help you. Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 I'm sure Captain Vimes would be happy to point you in the right direction;-) -- Larry Stoter |
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Marc W wrote:
"Gorgeous George" wrote You cannot! Cats will be cats, dogs will be dogs, kids will be kids. Not everybody is in to gardening. I just accept it then from time to time a pet will demolish something in the garden, a football will demolish some flowers. I don't live alone in my neighbourhood and not everybody shares my gardening obsession. Are you one of these weirdos who feels so unloved they need to have five cats or more? No I do not have any cats, I once had a dog, I do have a kid and a garden. I am just not one of 'these weirdos' that think my whole neighbourhood should walk around my garden from ten meters distance, because otherwise they would destroy something. I do not want anybody or animal to walk around my garden at 10 meters distance. However, I would prefer they do not walk, or worse, through my garden uninvited. In the case of dogs and people, there are a number of acceptable means of recourse. Regretably, a small proportion of cat owners feel they are entitled to allow the animals they claim to own to enter neighbours gardens without permission. Even worse, I seem to have no legal or social remedy to prevent or discourage this infringement of my property. -- Larry Stoter |
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Marc W wrote:
"Larry Stoter" wrote However, I would prefer they do not walk, or worse, through my garden uninvited. In the case of dogs and people, there are a number of acceptable means of recourse. And if a wild squirrel walks into your garden, you complain to WNF? :-) ROF LOL! My God they will 'love' you as a neighbour in your town, I would guess. To start with, squirrels don't cause me any problems, or at least only minor ones which I am happy to accept. In addition, I can trap, shoot or otherwise dispose of a squirrel and nobody will complain. Similarly if a dog or person comes into my garden and defaecates in the veg, I have various legal and/or socially acceptable means of recourse. But a cat - no, I'm just supposed to accept it. Why? And don't tell me cats are "different". That is their "owners" problem, not mine. I would like either the right to treat them as vermin, like a rat or Grey Squirrel and dispose of them humanely, or be able to call on the local council/police to deal with the owners. -- Larry Stoter |
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"Larry Stoter" wrote in message .uk... Marc W wrote: "Larry Stoter" wrote However, I would prefer they do not walk, or worse, through my garden uninvited. In the case of dogs and people, there are a number of acceptable means of recourse. And if a wild squirrel walks into your garden, you complain to WNF? :-) ROF LOL! My God they will 'love' you as a neighbour in your town, I would guess. To start with, squirrels don't cause me any problems, or at least only minor ones which I am happy to accept. In addition, I can trap, shoot or otherwise dispose of a squirrel and nobody will complain. Similarly if a dog or person comes into my garden and defaecates in the veg, I have various legal and/or socially acceptable means of recourse. But a cat - no, I'm just supposed to accept it. Why? And don't tell me cats are "different". That is their "owners" problem, not mine. I would like either the right to treat them as vermin, like a rat or Grey Squirrel and dispose of them humanely, or be able to call on the local council/police to deal with the owners. -- Larry Stoter Legally cats are an exception to the rule, (I have six of them). They belong to me and cannot legally be harmed, but are classified as a wild animal and therefore I cannot be held responsible in a court of law for their actions. From my point of view that is just as well, one of my neighbours recently decided to construct a small, shallow goldfish pond - poor goldfish never had a chance, my cats had the lot. Sorrry Larry, but legally you have no recourse against the owners in this country, if you don't like it complain to your Member of Parliament. Earnest Trawler (a newbie to this group, a jobbing gardener, and heavily biased in favour of cats) |
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Earnest Trawler wrote:
snips ...... Sorrry Larry, but legally you have no recourse against the owners in this country, if you don't like it complain to your Member of Parliament. snips ... Precisely my point. Although, despite having no legal recourse, I think that what prevents me acting against cats is essentially social attitudes. For example, I don't think there is actually anything to stop me trapping cats and taking them to a cat rescue centre 200 miles from where I live. -- Larry Stoter |
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Bart Bailey wrote:
snips ..... http://www.havahart.com/nuisance/cats/cat_solutions.htm Bart Thank you. I have considered trapping and relocation to a cat rescue centre a couple of hundred miles from where I live. Would that be illegal in the UK? -- Larry Stoter |
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