Another lovely day in Oklahoma. . .

[Twilight Sparkle]

Micca, your Thanksgiving dinner sounded great. Do you mind sharing your DD with the rest of us to cook for the holidays?

I miss being around family for holidays. (We normally only go up for Christmas.) DH made our reservation for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. I used to cook a huge meal with a table full of dishes for DH, DS & I. I liked for us to have everything my fairly large family in NC always has. My health makes cooking like that impossible now, so we've been eating our for several years. Hopefully, this year's meal will be better than last. Our meal was $200+, with a very reasonable bottle of wine, for three of us & was barely edible. This year we decided to go for fun, rather than fine dining, & made a reservation at an Irish restaurant/pub. They're serving a traditional, Thanksgiving meal & having live, Irish music. If nothing else, we'll have a good time listening to the music & catching up with DS.

Thanksgiving at the Irish pub sounds wonderful! Please report back and tell us all about it. Hope you guys have a great time and yummy food.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

How can someone make purchases at BJs Wholesale & a gas station using my debit card number, without having the physical card? Someone was able to make three purchases totaling $400+ using our bank account. It was from a town we haven't even been to. Two of the purchases were from BJs & we've never even been in one. Why are their so many theives in the world? I hope the bank will reimburse us, but I'm not counting on it. We switched banks & are slowly learning that was a mistake.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Ugh! Sorry, tarheelmjfan. This happened to us a few years ago. It was our debit card. We think the card was skimmed from a gas station or restaurant. They skim from a place you do use, but then end up using your number somewhere random. i have no idea how they do that! With us, it was also a place we had never been in a state we clearly were not in that day. Our legit records proved this, and our bank did make good on it. We were reimbursed and new cards with new numbers were provided. It was a pain in the rear, though, and made us really mad at the thieves, too. Now we use cash most of the time. I hope your bank helps you out.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

DD likes to cook, and she is persnickety about how food is prepared, so she's the boss when it comes to the big meals (when she's in town.) I don't know what all she does to the turkey, but I know it includes an entire bottle of champagne (in the bird, not DD.)

I think going out for the big meal sounds good, especially the Irish pub atmosphere.

If she's adding a bottle of champagne, has to be good.

Thanksgiving at the Irish pub sounds wonderful! Please report back and tell us all about it. Hope you guys have a great time and yummy food.

Thanks. It should definitely be more fun than last year. I'll try to remember to tell you all about it. If not, just ask.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Ugh! Sorry, tarheelmjfan. This happened to us a few years ago. It was our debit card. We think the card was skimmed from a gas station or restaurant. They skim from a place you do use, but then end up using your number somewhere random. i have no idea how they do that! With us, it was also a place we had never been in a state we clearly were not in that day. Our legit records proved this, and our bank did make good on it. We were reimbursed and new cards with new numbers were provided. It was a pain in the rear, though, and made us really mad at the thieves, too. Now we use cash most of the time. I hope your bank helps you out.

Thanks for the warning we may have to prove where we were at, during those times. I hope we have some type of documentation proving where we were. I'm not sure we do. It was my card. I'm always with DH & he usually uses his card. I'm totally stressing now. I wish the bank would hurry and call me back.

 

[gwynne]

Thanks for the warning we may have to prove where we were at, during those times. I hope we have some type of documentation proving where we were. I'm not sure we do. It was my card. I'm always with DH & he usually uses his card. I'm totally stressing now. I wish the bank would hurry and call me back.

I'm so sorry you are going through this. How stressful! Maybe make a few notes of where you were, even if it all it says is something like "We were at our home address all evening."
Sending good thoughts your way for a quick resolution.

 

[Micca]

@tarheelmjfan that's scary about your debit card debacle. Surely the bank will protect you??? We have had a couple of calls from our credit card company a few times over the years. Usually it''s something like "Did you spend $800 at a shop in Madrid, Spain day before yesterday?"

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I'm so sorry you are going through this. How stressful! Maybe make a few notes of where you were, even if it all it says is something like "We were at our home address all evening."
Sending good thoughts your way for a quick resolution.

Thanks for the good thoughts. It appears the bank is going to eventually refund our money. I'm guessing they have had a problem in our area or they wouldn't be checking accounts so closely. That's just a guess though. Our bank is on the blvd. we live on & they were the ones who noticed there may be an issue. The area where all the charges were made is in Hades* (aka Miami) & we live just across the county line. We haven't been to or charged anything in Hades in ages. I'm glad they caught it. The regional manager said there are two other pending charges for $200+ from the same area. They can't do anything, until those clear. When that occurs, I have to go to the bank to sign a paper stating I didn't make those purchases. They're supposed to refund the money then. They will then investigate & get back to us.

@tarheelmjfan that's scary about your debit card debacle. Surely the bank will protect you??? We have had a couple of calls from our credit card company a few times over the years. Usually it''s something like "Did you spend $800 at a shop in Madrid, Spain day before yesterday?"

So, were you in Madrid?

*Disclaimer to all my ALDIO friends for future reference: From this point on, I will always refer to Miami as Hades. We've called it that, since a few months after we moved here. It really not a good place.

 

[Micca]

I will always refer to Miami as Hades

DW and I lived in Miami in the late 70s. We loved it there, but we were still very young and it was a different time. We worked in a building next to a canal on Miami Beach, occasionally we'd see one or more of the Bee Gees pass by in a boat. This was the disco era (yuck) but Miami was a big part of the scene. As much as we liked it, we've never visited again since we moved away always opting to spend all of our time in FLA at WDW. Don't know how true it is, but we've heard the area we used to live in isn't even safe to drive through any longer. That's a shame as it was a nice, peaceful area when we lived there.

 

[Micca]

Awfully quiet in here...everybody ok? Perhaps the wifi doesn't work from your safety room where you're hunkered down till after the election?

 

[gwynne]

Awfully quiet in here...everybody ok? Perhaps the wifi doesn't work from your safety room where you're hunkered down till after the election?

Micca, you are too funny!!
Nope, not hunkered down, just working on packing.
Might be lots going on this week. I think everyone could use a MickeyBar.

There's a few to get the party started.

 

[Kitty 34]

Awfully quiet in here...everybody ok? Perhaps the wifi doesn't work from your safety room where you're hunkered down till after the election?

Hi Micca and all my other friends on here. I just had more gum surgery (AGAIN) so I'm loopy from being sedated and all the drugs. Ok , ok, I know some of you including my DH and family members say what's the diff!! I'm just a bit down and out because they had removed a tumor in mid Sept and it was back. Kind of like a scene out of Poltergeist!!

 

[ronandannette]

Awfully quiet in here...everybody ok? Perhaps the wifi doesn't work from your safety room where you're hunkered down till after the election?

We've been working double-time up here on getting our wall constructed before y'all start sneaking across the boarder on Wednesday...Being as well-mannered as we are though, we wouldn't dream of asking you to help pay for it!

 

[Disney_traveler]

Hello all! Been stressing about work and upcoming Disney trip and add to that questioning some of the friendships in my life.

Glad to say none of it is as bad as moving or having tooth surgery.

Did start a thread looking to upgrade dining plan and got it done, then had this debacle:

They said that I would see change on MDE. Waited a couple hours and checked and now it says "2016 Table Service-adult, 2016 Table Service-child, 2016 Quick Service" in stead of what is originally said "2016 Quick Service". There are no children and they confirmed it was 2 adults when they (Amelia) read it back.

I called back and first spoke to Melissa Ann who tried a couple things that did not work and she transferred me to Salvador. He read over everything and tried something and then said he was sure it was "just the verbiage there" and directed me to the dining plan section on the website if I need anything else.

Any suggestions or thoughts now?

 

[Micca]

I think everyone could use a MickeyBar.

Is there a medic alert bracelet for that? If subject found in less than ideal condition administer Mickey Premium ASAP, and notify WDW reservations. Nice to see everyone. Would be good to see @Octoberbeauty and @jevs . Thanks to everyone else who posted. Let's keep the home fires burning for each other and Willy J.

 

[Octoberbeauty]

Is there a medic alert bracelet for that? If subject found in less than ideal condition administer Mickey Premium ASAP, and notify WDW reservations. Nice to see everyone. Would be good to see @Octoberbeauty and @jevs . Thanks to everyone else who posted. Let's keep the home fires burning for each other and Willy J.

Sorry, I'm in the middle of moving H E L L! I'll be back soon. Having problems with anxiety due to all the stress. But it's good to be missed.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Still around, but I'm hosting the November exercise challenge, so it takes up more of my Dis time than threads usually do. Plus, I'm binge watching Gilmore Girls (for about the 4th time) to have the seasons fresh in my mind before Gilmore Girls Seasons shows up on Netflix this month. I might hole up and avoid the world tomorrow, so I should be able to watch several episodes!

We've been working double-time up here on getting our wall constructed before y'all start sneaking across the boarder on Wednesday...Being as well-mannered as we are though, we wouldn't dream of asking you to help pay for it!

Please leave a little hidey hole door in the wall for your ALDIO friends! We'll keep it between us.

 

[ronandannette]

...Please leave a little hidey hole door in the wall for your ALDIO friends! We'll keep it between us.

Sure. Protip: If you want to blend in, practise using your inside voices!

 

[Micca]

Sorry, I'm in the middle of moving H E L L!

I figured as much, moving is stressful under the best of circumstances. I hope it's just the usual stuff and you haven't encountered any complications.

I'm hosting the November exercise challenge

I'm not sure what that is, but I'm pretty sure I'm allergic to it.

I'm loopy from being sedated and all the drugs.

Dang, sorry to hear about the gum problems, hope you get to feeling better right away. I'm up for cataract surgery on my right eye tomorrow, kind of looking forward to the loopy state.

@Disney_traveler --I don't have any suggestions, but I share your disenchantment with Disney customer service. I've just gone through an odyssey of trying to resolve an order of merchandise with some missing items. WDW used to be so simple with tickets, dining, room reservations. In attempting to have something for everyone they've really made it difficult. FWIW I'd trust what they tell you person-to-person over what you see on MDE. Worst case scenario they'll straighten it out when you arrive on property. Not that you should have to spend your vacation time dealing with that stuff.

practise using your inside voices

Noted! My inside voice is sort of like Barry White, is that gonna be ok?

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Kitty and Mica, hoping both of you heal quickly!