# I got this email from Amazon today:

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 11, 2025, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894 "2025-04-11T08:15:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894/21 "2025-04-11T15:18:19Z")

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Our dog has gained significant weight. Coincidentally, we don’t see squirrels in our trees anymore.

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**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894/22 "2025-04-11T22:12:15Z")

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> [@bob\_2](#):
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> I think ours have emigrated across the Atlantic:

They spent the winter [roosting in my garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murmuration-of-starlings/1015038).

> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> Our dog has gained significant weight. Coincidentally, we don’t see squirrels in our trees anymore.

You’re doing better than us. We got a cat to scare away the pests, and still found a mouse nesting in the utility room. You had one job, cat…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894/23 "2025-04-11T22:29:24Z")

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I order lots of junk. My favorite thing is the emails telling me my " convertible, toy, decor, trendy, clip-on, fun for all ages, ornamental" trinket has arrived.

I’m always surprised what it is.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-this-email-from-amazon-today/1016894/24 "2025-04-12T01:02:47Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> The heavy duty squirrel assholes have started chewing on our porch paint (and wood) again.

Wow! What kind of damage does the other end of the squirrel, the opening with teeth cause??? 😲

> [@Horatius](#):
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> > [@bob\_2](#):
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> > Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder
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> I’ll just let you know right now, you have **not** bought a Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder. You have, in actual fact, bought a Puzzle-based Squirrel Feeder. Once they figure that thing out, they’ll go to town on the seeds.

Yup, just ask [Mark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg) [Rober](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvS9lvRxZ8)

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