Airmiles Armchair Chatter

[samsteele]

Home Hardware is now part of Scene+

Yes. Staff at my local HH let me know yesterday morning. Lots of changes.

 

[kuhltiffany]

I'm so sad that this might result in no more DIS boards. I came upon the site within 6 months of its inception. There was only ONE board. It was a real jump when the second-community-board was added. I have no Disney plans whatsoever, but this thread and the Canadian board is the first thing I read every day.

Sounds like we need our own “blue” group

 

[kuhltiffany]

Maybe we should come up with a title for say a "face" group that we could all join if things were to implode. Anyone know how difficult/easy it is to set one of those up?

What about the title of this thread?

So easy, done! Join if you want to

 

[samsteele]

Hoping all remains stable on the Boards. The Canadian subforum is a wonderful, supportive and very helpful place. Many of you have put in years building a welcoming place that truly helps so many. If anything does go sideways, I also hope we will have some warning but guess never any guarantees.

 

[Donald - my hero]

So easy, done! Join if you want to

have you created a private group that will require invites or one that is visible in a public search?
Nevermind, I found it and because of that I'm afraid I won't be joining. I like this group because of the fact that I am protected from the general public

 

[kuhltiffany]

have you created a private group that will require invites or one that is visible in a public search?
Nevermind, I found it and because of that I'm afraid I won't be joining. I like this group because of the fact that I am protected from the general public

People can find the group by name but the content itself is set to private.

 

[Donald - my hero]

People can find the group by name but the content itself is set to private.

found it!

 

[bababear_50]

Such a weird day today.
Thankful all the rain has gone away and the Temp. has dropped by at least 30 degrees.


Have a good weekend
Hugs Mel
We will get through this Gang!

 

[ottawamom]

I'm glad we have a place to go now if... I think we should keep all discussions here on Dis for now though. This is afterall where everything started. Thanks for setting it up @kuhltiffany.

 

[samsteele]

OK I'll be the test dummy for this. Guessing this is a face* bk pg using spaces and abbreviations because don't know what attracts issues here. I've been on that site years ago for a business and marketing. All ok for 10 yrs then cut off abruptly when the business wouldn't share more and more info and wouldn't comply with upgrades that were beyond our tech capability. We were still using IBM desktop computers when the norm was iphones or galaxy phones. Appreciate and really hope that may be very different for personal accounts. I'll just google name of this thread on that forum and see what I find. I have never had a personal account with that forum and am loath to do so for many reasons including issues that have happened with girls, peer pressure, bullystuff etc. But I understand this is a parachute exit program that we hope never needs to be used. Am I on the right track or completely lost in space? If lost, maybe let me know.

 

[samsteele]

Ironic that Sorcerer Heidi and I discussed much the same thing in private chat 3 yrs ago. At that time, we thought a sale was in the wings and we weren't sure what the future would be. Heidi died suddenly in Jan. We were good friends on the Boards and chatted 3 or 4 times a week. While she would be extremely upset, she would also be right in the middle of events trying to find a good place for everyone to land. Thank you to all including tiffany who are trying to find a practical road from here. Lets hope it doesn't have to be used.

 

[bababear_50]

Just throwing my 2 cents out.
While it's nice of kuhltiffany
to start a FB thread,,, it takes a deep commitment of time posting and logistics to moderate and follow along.
Based on the experience of friends and advice of sons (Computer Analyst/Programmers/Writers... I am not going to join a FB Page due to consistent personal issues the Media has and FB data collecting my personal information.

I had a horrible experience volunteering and giving of my time here on the DIS dISign thread and eventually gave up.
Many of my friends did too!
I cried for days,,, and people kept asking privately for designs,,, I wanted to help but ,,,, again I found my stuff being sold. (insults attacks,, stealing and selling of designs on Facebook ,, Etsy and Ebay... DIS moderator was a witch B and none of the higher up DIS moderators we tried to get to help from did anything at all...they didn't even have the courtesy to email us.
We did all of this for DIS families and got zero support from the DIS Boards ,,,have a look there now.... no one posts anymore.
Sorry T000 Much Information ......... but I've been angry about this for a long time.

I have stuck to the Canadian Forums ,,, probably will until it disappears.


As a DVC owner I might consider DVC info COM .
My hope is this thread stays active.
Hugs Mel

 

[Donald - my hero]

Ok, I'm the one who opened the can of worms so let my try to use some good old Canadian ingenuity and duct tape it up! I was just wanting people to be aware that there's a storm brewing off in the distance. I'm not looking to find another spot to gather, heck I'm not suggesting this will be gone. I just wanted people to be aware that things aren't all rainbows and unicorns at the moment. If people want to use a different platform to connect, that's fine. Just to be clear, I do not have the personal bandwidth to do that, i will not be participating. I use FB as a way to stay connected to some far flung friends and family. I rarely post - last year twice, once about my mom's death and once to post a few pictures of our trip to Disney. Truth be told, if it wasn't for the bizarre food allergy and other medical private groups I belong to I wouldn't use it at all!
I will continue to be active here as long as I'm able, it's my safe place. Sorry if I've upset anyone.

 

[mort1331]

Hope we stay alive here.....I have no other media,,,,and will keep it that way,,,,You have all been very supportive and helpful,,,thanks

 

[samsteele]

I will continue to be active here as long as I'm able, it's my safe place. Sorry if I've upset anyone.

I can't imagine anyone is upset. If anything, you just tried to alert others in this thread of a possible storm. Given how wonderful the Cdn subforum is and how many of us have benefited, a heads up was and is deeply appreciated. I really appreciate the effort others have taken to find another gathering place if all goes south. Maybe fce bk isn't that place. But we have some time to brainstorm and think about it. You've given some of us that time. Smarter brains than mine may light on an alternative. I still really hope it isn't needed. We will see. Thanks again my friend for sending up a flare and caring enough to scout out a few steps in advance of a problem.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

Well at least we know where to go looking if suddenly the boards are shut down one day. I sure hope not. It's my morning coffee reading. And lunch. And snack time. And bed time.. lol
I like the dis because it's a lot more private. Once I go on FB then you'll all find out I'm a famous movie star!!

 

[kuhltiffany]

It’s only there for a back up/emergency plan, which hopefully we will never need!

I am grateful though, it gave me a chance to have an awesome chat with @Donald - my hero

 

[Debbie]

I manage a few of the face groups. All but one buy and sell and one church group are private and I've had no issue with any, touch wood. My daughter went off the book for a couple of years. Living in Cairo, she joined our family group last week (had to be invited because it is private all round) because she was missing family and wanted to share pictures of her Littles. My DIL asked if she could 'friend' her, and DD said, "nope. I'm only here for this group and I know its safe from all that other crap." Everyone understood.
Thanks, Tiffany, for an out if DIS does go down. My guess is that they will look for someone to buy it, and hopefully, that goes well for everyone.

On a side note...I looked at my phone today and thought, "Whoa! I've got the Celebrity cruise app now." Sorry buddy, but X will always be Celebrity for me.

 

[ottawamom]

Just back from my groceries trip. I went to FreshCo and picked up 4 of their Lou's Kitchen shaved roast beef $6.99 (1) +100pts. I had to have it scanned as the shelf didn't have appropriate signage. No flyers in store and my phone couldn't download the store flyer.

Go through the cash and the 400 pts weren't on receipt. Ok I'll call FreshCo when I get home and have them add them. Got home checked the flyer I had at home and sure enough I should have received 400pts. Called FreshCo (like I used to call Sobeys). They don't do that I need to call Scene. Look up the Scene phone #. Got through to a person she takes down info but they need a photo of the physical receipt to verify the purchase etc. Wait for an email to arrive from them and did up a pdf of the receipt and copy of the flyer that shows I should receive the pts.

Now I get to wait for them to verify things and post the points. All this work is really not worth the effort, but I'll be darned if I let them get away with it.

Just to add the update. Scene posted the points Sunday morning, so within 72 hours. Not bad.

 

[dancin Disney style]

On the off change that things get even messier than they already are I want to suggest that if anyone wants to stay connected with others from this platform you might want to consider exchanging personal information or mention other social media sites that you use. I don't want this thread shut down so I'll not give any direct links or even words that can be trigger a search. Yup I'm being cryptic but I don't want to add fuel to a really big fire.

What have I missed?