I don't have any particular fondness for rodents, but I just don't have the heart to kill an animal. For me "exclusion" is a much easier method. I just keep all my roses in gopher cages, and have no problems. But I do laugh when I see a ring of gopher mounds around a caged rose. On a related subject, I was going crazy with my son's cat who is a rat killing machine. There are weeks when I end up with 2 or 3 dead rats in the house, or patio. So, I came up with a new program called "Rats for Roses" Each time the cat brings me a dead rat, I bury it under one of my rose bushes. I have about 30 roses, so I just keep buring them , eventually all 30 roses end up with a nice little bonemeal/bloodmeal treat. By the time all 30 have been given a rat, the first rose is ready for another one. It's good for the roses, and it gives the little fellers a decnt burial.

That is called 'buffering'. It may be that your internet connection is too slow and the video is loading, playing, loading, playing etc. etc. The simplest fix is to pause the video and allow it to buffer/load completely before playing. You can also get software to download the videos and then they will play without interruption .. but That is a whole nuther topic! 8)

Chemocurl, Do you use Firefox? What resolution is your screen? The reason I ask is because I styled for my 1080p screen, then went to bed and turned on my lower resolution bedroom computer to find it didn't display very well. I attempted to modify it to work there too and I think it's okay but it's very much untested. Sorta "beta" I suppose. :) The "Stylish" extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ And this "style": https://userstyles.org/styles/98423/gardenweb No guarantees but it's just as easy to remove as to add. :) Richard

We had a bad flood in our basement after a big rain fall. There was over 6 inches of water and our brand new floating floor had to be removed. We still don't understand what happened. We had someone come for an inspection and said it was groundwater. However, I took this video of the sewage drain pipe when there was another bad rainfall. Why does the water seem to moving into the house? I also have attached photos of where water seems to be coming up from cracks in the basement floor? We have been here for 2 years and never had a problem with flooding. We think it might have to do the excavation when replacing the main water valve from our house to the street. Any ideas of how the sewer access pipe and ground water flooding might be related? What should we do to prevent this in the future? Is a plumber the right person to call? Thank you.