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Honeycocoa

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The last iPhone update wasn't very good.  While I'm not getting ads, the calendar on the iPhone is now useless.  I'm not sure what they were thinking, but now it  is cluttered, and it is very hard to enter appointments on the correct date.  If you are getting ads--or have a problem with the updates-- email www.Apple.com/feedback.  I have been told by an Apple tech that they really do read feedback emails.

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lookeyloo

lookeyloo

9 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

The last iPhone update wasn't very good.  While I'm not getting ads, the calendar on the iPhone is now useless.  I'm not sure what they were thinking, but now it  is cluttered, and it is very hard to enter appointments on the correct date.  If you are getting ads--or have a problem with the updates-- email www.Apple.com/feedback.  I have been told by an Apple tech that they really do read feedback emails.

Wow, interesting.  I don't seem to have that problem with the update.  I put an ad blocker on separate from what they offer.  There are free ones in the app store.  

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AstridM

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2 hours ago, Jeeves said:

I have the Brave browser on my Android phone. It blocks ads on the phone. (I also use it on my MacBooks - Air and Pro. It blocks ads there too.) 

It's available in the Google Play store. (The listing says it has ads and in-app purchases but that hasn't been my experience.) I believe it's also available for iPhones.

 

The Firefox Focus browser works the same way. 

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17 hours ago, awaken said:

I’m not sure what changed, but now I get huge ads on this site. I never used to!  I almost exclusively use safari on my phone. 

I’ve had the same issue trying to read this site on my phone. All of a sudden a pop up ad covers more than half of the screen and it can’t be closed. Meanwhile the tiny speck of screen left is often covered by an in-line ad. I’ve never really needed an ad blocker on my phone before but I guess I do now. 

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oliviabenson

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15 minutes ago, Panopticon said:

I’ve had the same issue trying to read this site on my phone. All of a sudden a pop up ad covers more than half of the screen and it can’t be closed. Meanwhile the tiny speck of screen left is often covered by an in-line ad. I’ve never really needed an ad blocker on my phone before but I guess I do now. 

Same here!

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Minivanessa

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7 hours ago, AstridM said:

Now I’m not seeing ads, but “trending content” from 6 years ago is showing up at the bottom of every screen. 

I'm also seeing that. In my case it links to content - dated 2017 -  from a forum I have barely visited, much less participated in, for years. 🤣 

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12 hours ago, SMama said:

I hope it works because right now it’s impossible to read the forum for me. 

Same. It's just as bad on my phone. I have a video on the side of any page on my laptop. It's on the TOP of the pages on my phone. I have one big ad on the side of the page on my laptop as well. Plus the one on the bottom that has been there since the last update of this site. Hopefully this gets fixed because it's really bad.

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Scarlett45

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On 7/10/2023 at 3:04 PM, AstridM said:

I just took my 19-year old cat to be cremated. She died in my arms last night 🥲.

I am so sorry- I have been there. I am sure you gave her a wonderful life, and that decision was your last bit of care for her. 
 

If you want to share more with people who understand, the Pets thread is a very supportive place as well. 

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AstridM

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3 hours ago, CalicoKitty said:

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I didn't get any of this on my iPhone or iPad.  I don't think they or me are special, just wondering why it is so hit or miss.

I haven’t gotten any ads on my iPad or iPhone either, but I use 2 ad blockers and a VPN. So glad they’re working. 

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crazycatlady58

crazycatlady58

Can someone please help this COL out.  Why are young men wearing winter clothes in the summer. Yesterday I had a young man ( 17 or 18) come in the store. I started to greet him and he stopped me and said he just needed some air. He rides his bike back and forth in front of the store do not someone I have not seen before. He had on a black sweat suit jacket on zipped up and black jeans on. Yesterday the heat index was over one hundred so yes, you probably did need some air. Today I was coming out of Kroger and saw another young man with a tan sweat sweat suit on jacket zipped all the way up and the sweat suit pants on also. Heat index was around 107. I don't understand. 

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oliviabenson

oliviabenson

4 minutes ago, crazycatlady58 said:

Can someone please help this COL out.  Why are young men wearing winter clothes in the summer. Yesterday I had a young man ( 17 or 18) come in the store. I started to greet him and he stopped me and said he just needed some air. He rides his bike back and forth in front of the store do not someone I have not seen before. He had on a black sweat suit jacket on zipped up and black jeans on. Yesterday the heat index was over one hundred so yes, you probably did need some air. Today I was coming out of Kroger and saw another young man with a tan sweat sweat suit on jacket zipped all the way up and the sweat suit pants on also. Heat index was around 107. I don't understand. 

Same reason as in winter guys wearing shorts and flip flops. People are nuts.

I hope they didn’t pass out from heat stroke!

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crazycatlady58

crazycatlady58

Just now, oliviabenson said:

Same reason as in winter guys wearing shorts and flip flops. People are nuts.

I hope they didn’t pass out from heat stroke!

The guy at Kroger got in a car which hopefully has AC. The guy riding his bike in our parking lot I am going to keep an eye on. I can *almost * understand about the shorts and flip flops. If they just go from house to car and car to store they are not out in the cold that long especially since a lot of men run hot ( not looks , body temperature) so the may not feel the cold as much. I do agree with you though some people make interesting choices. 

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oliviabenson

oliviabenson

Update on my cousin: 

was admitted for 1 day nothing was found. They will go to a cardiologist for further tests. I think it was either a panic attack or was sick from overeating. I don’t think the doctors will be able to run tests because of cousin being stubborn.

my cousin is morbidly obese and refuses to even go outside. Can stay home for a week. Just lays in bed eating massive amounts of junk food. I told the father stop feeding them so much. I was ignored. Cousin ate 3 boxes of ice cream and drank 1 gallon of chocolate milk In barely a week. Yeahhhh. Obviously on top of everything else.

While in er at 10 am are a big sandwich, fries and a coke. I don’t think cousin was sick at all. 
 

At this point I’m hoping that the cousin will be put into a group home. I don’t think the mom will be capable of taking care. 
 

The end.
 

 

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sagittarius sue

sagittarius sue

50 minutes ago, oliviabenson said:

Update on my cousin: 

was admitted for 1 day nothing was found. They will go to a cardiologist for further tests. I think it was either a panic attack or was sick from overeating. I don’t think the doctors will be able to run tests because of cousin being stubborn.

my cousin is morbidly obese and refuses to even go outside. Can stay home for a week. Just lays in bed eating massive amounts of junk food. I told the father stop feeding them so much. I was ignored. Cousin ate 3 boxes of ice cream and drank 1 gallon of chocolate milk In barely a week. Yeahhhh. Obviously on top of everything else.

While in er at 10 am are a big sandwich, fries and a coke. I don’t think cousin was sick at all. 
 

At this point I’m hoping that the cousin will be put into a group home. I don’t think the mom will be capable of taking care. 
 

The end.
 

 

What an awful situation.  That reminds me of the situations with many 600 # Life shows.  Families enable people into overeating, people develop food addiction, start losing their mobility until some are bedridden, and develop serious health problems.  I'm sorry you have to deal with that in your family.

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