I also turn to Netflix and changes are I'll miss the last 15 minutes!

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That'll be the day!

I've not looked at it. I assume it is a group chat with all users being members.

I don't know if it carries ads or not because like I said I don't look at it. It must have beeped and annoyed me though because I muted notifications from it. 

Now it doesn't beep. I don't look. So... it doesn't annoy me. You can probably delete it just like any other contact if just seeing it there annoys you. I imagine if they use it for ads it may return though.

Right,  I saw

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 08:58:56 AMIf you just blocked the feed it won't block anything other than the feed.
You could have just muted notifications for the feed which is what I did although they don't actually arrive all that often anyway.

Click on the feed in your app. Click the three dots top right. You can see what you have got set for it.

If instead of muting feed notifications you blocked the feed no problem. If you went into the phone settings and blocked notifications for the entire app then you'll still get messages but won't be notified that they arrived.

Right I went into the App,  found the three dots,  and it says - 'mute notifications.' 
Then after I opened that bit,  it said - 'Other members will not see that you muted this chat.  You will still be notified if you are mentioned.'   

What other members?  There's only me?  I don't belong to any group chat stuff, so I haven't a clue what it means,  so I just came out of it again.

As I tried to explain before,  I just want hear the ping when a new message comes through,  but want to stop the silly adverts.   
The adverts seem to be a new thing  (perhaps since the last update?), I never used to get them until recently.

Remember him?  Chris Tarrant,  he used to do Who Wants to be a Millionaire before Jeremy Clarkson.

Well in Sunday's paper there was an interesting article showing him standing up to Trump over the moronic 'trophy hunters.'

Chris is another animal lover and is saying his piece to Trump because our government are (supposedly)  trying to ban these dead animals, or their body parts, being imported back to the UK.

Trump is trying to stop the ban going ahead.

Apparently, the hunting lobby are fiercely trying to protect its £33billion-a-year in"dustry.
The article says that  "the trophy hunting industry helped put Trump into power by giving massive donations to his election campaign".  So I guess of course he is going to side with them.

Chris Tarrant appears in the paper wearing a T.Shirt which has a big picture of a Bear on the front and it is printed with the words  - "Worth more alive than Dead.   

Chris says -  "Who the hell do Donald Trump and his henchmen think they are, trying to boss  Britain around?  They've got no right to try and stop us from banning sick hunting trophies. 
We are a nation of animal lovers,  they're are a nation of gun lovers."

A Campaign has  launched a petition telling Trump: "Stop trying to meddle in our affairs and start sorting out yours."

Good man,  Chris.   

Quote from: Mups on Yesterday at 08:41:44 PMYes.  Leave him outside in all weathers, with a collar on that's too tight so it chafes his neck.
Give him one small meal every few days,  and leave him a bowl of rainwater to drink.
Don't give him any bedding,  it will save on your  laundry. 
Oh  . .  and don't forget to kick him every time you walk by.

Yes.  I like this!

Quote from: muddy on Yesterday at 08:23:56 PMEven jail  is too good for him
Perhaps chain him in a kennel and beat him up everyday for a week or two until he gets to know what it feels like .

Yes.  Leave him outside in all weathers, with a collar on that's too tight so it chafes his neck.
Give him one small meal every few days,  and leave him a bowl of rainwater to drink.
Don't give him any bedding,  it will save on your  laundry. 
Oh  . .   and don't forget to kick him every time you walk by.

I watch Netflix when I can't sleep .
Or rather I don't watch Netflix 
No sooner have I put on a film I fall asleep and wake up hours later face down in the iPad .

Quote from: Alex on February 14, 2026, 06:17:36 PMI came across a case of animal cruelty in Rutherglen, Scotland, a place I once lived.  I won't post any of the details, suffice to say the puppy died from her injuries.  What I will post is the scumbag's name and sentence - if you can call it a sentence.

Levi Balmer was the piece of filth.  He was 'sentenced' on Monday after he pleaded guilty to the abuse at Glasgow Sheriff Court.  He received a 10 year ban on keeping dogs and a community payback order with a supervision requirement for 12 months and 162 hours of unpaid work.  What kind of message does this send to other animal abusers and why can't jail sentences be given for this type of crime ?    

Even jail  is too good for him 
Perhaps chain him in a kennel and beat him up everyday for a week or two until he gets to know what it feels like .