u/ferrett0ast

My best friend and I are both chronically ill. Different illnesses, but lots of similar symptoms/issues. One of which being gastric issues. My best friend was staying over at my house the other day, and she said "oh my stomach is doing things" so she wandered off to the bathroom, and as she went in she turned on the extractor fan saying "whack this on for politeness". I retorted with "girl you know that if I heard a plop, I'd be clapping and cheering for you". To a non chronically ill person, celebrating bowel movements may seem very strange to say the least, but in a friendship where you both have gastric issues, a bowel movement is a win.

I bought a pair of Primark knock-off Ugg boots off Vinted. The shoes arrived with no problems, exactly as described. However, inside one of the shoes there was a small bottle of perfume. Initially I thought "maybe a free gift"? until I actually took the bottle out of the shoe to discover it was missing a lid and half used. I'm not concerned, more so confused. Because it very much seems like an accident that the perfume is there, but the bottle is a cylinder, so surely the seller would've felt the bottle rolling around in the shoe when packaging? It can't be a case of trying to cover a smell, because the shoes were new with tags, they didn't smell like perfume, and a loose bottle of perfume wouldn't work for that purpose. I did message the seller to ask about the perfume but I've had no response, and I already clicked "everything is ok" because everything was okay with the item I ordered. Just wondering if maybe any sellers could shed some light on why or how I've ended up with a half used lidless bottle of perfume?

I have 3 cats, but only 2 are relevant to this post as the eldest Callie, is well, elderly, and frankly doesn't care for or about anyone or anything, including other cats. My question is regarding the younger two, Jazz and Sheba. Jazz is 4.5 years old and Sheba is soon to be 2. For the first 4 months of Sheba's life (not including the 10 or so weeks she spent with her mum in the very beginning of her life) she lived in a flat with myself, my fiance, my flatmate, my flatmate's partner, and her sister/my flatmates kitten (I adopted Sheba and my flatmate adopted one of Sheba's sisters). While I was living at the flat, my other two cats stayed in my family home. From the get go, Sheba was (like me to be honest) the type to be very wary around new/unfamiliar people, and she would hide from basically anyone who wasn't me, my fiance, my flatmate, flatmate's partner, or our friend who was over frequently. But she was extremely playful, relaxed and trusting with myself and those mentioned. When I moved home and brought Sheba with me, this attachment to myself and my fiance meant that she basically lives in my/our room (my fiance now lives with me in my family home and we share my bedroom). When I first moved home, Jazz was holding some kind of grudge against me for being away for a while (and for bringing a new cat into the house/my room) and wouldn't come sit with me in my room like she used to. She eventually got over that grudge, but she turned her resentment towards Sheba. In the beginning Jazz would take a few steps into my room, notice Sheba, and either hiss and/or growl at her and walk back out, or rarely she would walk closer to Sheba and try to swat at her. Obviously I stopped that quickly and she stopped trying to physically fight Sheba. Then it became a case of Jazz walking in, they'd walk towards each other, hiss and growl at each other, then Jazz would walk away. But recently it's become a case of Jazz walks in, comes on my bed to chill with me, Sheba will be up on the cat tree, Jazz notices Sheba on the cat tree, they hiss and/or growl at each other and Jazz then leaves. My question is, surely they would smell each other? So it's not the sheer existence of each other that bothers them, because surely even if Jazz doesn't see Sheba, she would still smell her? So is it genuinely just the sight of each other that they don't like?

I'm looking to buy a Samsung tablet. All my other devices are Samsung so it makes sense. I'll be using it for drawing, media (YouTube, Netflix etc), note taking, maybe some games? My research leads me to believe that either the S9, or the S10 FE are my best options in my price range. My main toss up is this, I've gathered that the S9 is better all round, with the caveat that OS/security updates end in 2028. Whereas the S10 FE falls behind in performance, display etc, but will likely last longer. Basically I'm asking, do I spend the money for longevity, or performance? For what I'd use it for I'm leaning towards longevity over performance, but figured it's worth asking here.