OT: And a partridge in a pear tree....

[KiwiGriff]

What is tomorrow like Griff?

The future is amazing, as always. I might message you guys from 2025 as well to let you know what next year is like.

 

[sabremike]

"Hello!"

 

[hizzoner]

I wish you all the happiest of the season with a New Year filled with peace, joy, health and prosperity....a few Sabres wins too!

 

[Mattilaus]

Happy Holidays guys! Even those of you I have argued with!

 

[tsujimoto74]

Merry Christmas (to those who celebrate it) and happy Hanukah (to those who celebrate that)!

 

[Chainshot]

Oh, yes, and Happy Hannukah! Didn't realize how it lined up this year!

 

[ValJamesDuex]

 

[sabremike]

 

[Dubi Doo]

Happy *insert whatever the hell youre celebrating today here*!

 

[ValJamesDuex]

nap time!

 

[TheMistyStranger]

 

[oldgoalie]

So, no word from Old Navy Goat?
Now I’m concerned.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

So, no word from Old Navy Goat?
Now I’m concerned.

Yeah, not a word...

 

[TheMistyStranger]

So, no word from Old Navy Goat?
Now I’m concerned.

I went scouring the Pattaya news site and found these two stories. Not saying either are him, but I didn't see anything about "US National" or "Foreign Bar Owner"

https://thepattayanews.com/2024/12/08/major-raid-at-pattaya-nightclub-uncovers-illegal-drugs-with-over-50-people-testing-positive/

Pattaya Karaoke Bar Raid Uncovers Underage Patrons, Illegal Workers, and Drug Use - The Pattaya News

Pattaya — Police raided four karaoke bars in Pattaya and uncovered underage patrons, illegal workers, and drug use at one venue. At 5:36 AM on December 12th, officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), along with the Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD), conducted a raid on four...

thepattayanews.com

 

[oldgoalie]

I went scouring the Pattaya news site and found these two stories. Not saying either are him, but I didn't see anything about "US National" or "Foreign Bar Owner"

https://thepattayanews.com/2024/12/08/major-raid-at-pattaya-nightclub-uncovers-illegal-drugs-with-over-50-people-testing-positive/

Pattaya Karaoke Bar Raid Uncovers Underage Patrons, Illegal Workers, and Drug Use - The Pattaya News

Pattaya — Police raided four karaoke bars in Pattaya and uncovered underage patrons, illegal workers, and drug use at one venue. At 5:36 AM on December 12th, officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), along with the Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD), conducted a raid on four...

thepattayanews.com

I think his places were all licensed and legal that way.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

I think his places were all licensed and legal that way.

I was under that impression as well. But otherwise, nothing made me think "ONG?"

 

[TehDoak]

Man, Christmas as a parent is brutal (especially if you have an overachieving wife who spends too much time watching content creators Christmas videos). Was up to 4 AM building a swing/climbing thing in the basement, wrapping gifts, and doing stuff to get ready. Last night at 9:30 PM it felt like I was just coming in from a 3 AM bar. Slept till 5 Am today and was ready to go.

Picked up the new truck and got most of the stuff setup for it. Went to the grocery store and my father in law disappeared for a few minutes. Caught up to him at the checkout lane and watched as my father in law bought an absurd amount worth of sephora gift cards. When I asked him about it, he said he had a deal out of state and they only took gift cards. I told him before he checked out he was being scammed and to stop, he said we'd talk about it in the car. Told my wife discreetly on returning home and he promptly got a call from my mother in law telling him to return them. And they can't return them, so this will be fun

This isn't the first time he's fell for an online scam. Going to talk to my MIL about locking down his phone like a teenager so he can't get texts from people not in his contact list and has to get approved to add new contacts and get him off social media.

 

[Mike McDermott]

Man, Christmas as a parent is brutal (especially if you have an overachieving wife who spends too much time watching content creators Christmas videos). Was up to 4 AM building a swing/climbing thing in the basement, wrapping gifts, and doing stuff to get ready. Last night at 9:30 PM it felt like I was just coming in from a 3 AM bar. Slept till 5 Am today and was ready to go.

Picked up the new truck and got most of the stuff setup for it. Went to the grocery store and my father in law disappeared for a few minutes. Caught up to him at the checkout lane and watched as my father in law bought an absurd amount worth of sephora gift cards. When I asked him about it, he said he had a deal out of state and they only took gift cards. I told him before he checked out he was being scammed and to stop, he said we'd talk about it in the car. Told my wife discreetly on returning home and he promptly got a call from my mother in law telling him to return them. And they can't return them, so this will be fun

This isn't the first time he's fell for an online scam. Going to talk to my MIL about locking down his phone like a teenager so he can't get texts from people not in his contact list and has to get approved to add new contacts and get him off social media.

That’s rough. I know some places near me won’t sell more than a set amount of gift cards in one transaction to help curb this issue. Sounds like your plan to talk to your MIL is the right one.

 

[TheMistyStranger]

My mom fell for the gift card scam too. She lost like 4k on it. I don't understand how it can be so convincing. There's just no logic to it.

 

[brian_griffin]

Merry Christmas to you all.

You can send me any gift cards you don’t use. I’ll see the needy receive them.

 

[Chainshot]

I went scouring the Pattaya news site and found these two stories. Not saying either are him, but I didn't see anything about "US National" or "Foreign Bar Owner"

https://thepattayanews.com/2024/12/08/major-raid-at-pattaya-nightclub-uncovers-illegal-drugs-with-over-50-people-testing-positive/

Pattaya Karaoke Bar Raid Uncovers Underage Patrons, Illegal Workers, and Drug Use - The Pattaya News

Pattaya — Police raided four karaoke bars in Pattaya and uncovered underage patrons, illegal workers, and drug use at one venue. At 5:36 AM on December 12th, officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), along with the Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD), conducted a raid on four...

thepattayanews.com

I was digging around as well but that doesn't match. Just figure he's busy with the new places.

Man, Christmas as a parent is brutal (especially if you have an overachieving wife who spends too much time watching content creators Christmas videos). Was up to 4 AM building a swing/climbing thing in the basement, wrapping gifts, and doing stuff to get ready. Last night at 9:30 PM it felt like I was just coming in from a 3 AM bar. Slept till 5 Am today and was ready to go.

Picked up the new truck and got most of the stuff setup for it. Went to the grocery store and my father in law disappeared for a few minutes. Caught up to him at the checkout lane and watched as my father in law bought an absurd amount worth of sephora gift cards. When I asked him about it, he said he had a deal out of state and they only took gift cards. I told him before he checked out he was being scammed and to stop, he said we'd talk about it in the car. Told my wife discreetly on returning home and he promptly got a call from my mother in law telling him to return them. And they can't return them, so this will be fun

This isn't the first time he's fell for an online scam. Going to talk to my MIL about locking down his phone like a teenager so he can't get texts from people not in his contact list and has to get approved to add new contacts and get him off social media.

Last week my youngest spawn had an appointment at the post office to renew her passport. She came over afterward to hang out and we had some things to fill out for her next semester of school. I took a moment to use the bathroom and returned to find her ranting about how the post office had messed up and sent her a text. My scam alarms went off internally and yep... she'd been phished. It's the one asking for a small fee to reroute a misaddressed package. So I asked to see the text, pointed out that a country code of "63" is not something USPS would be using even if the site looked right. And then helped calm her down enough to immediately call her bank and freeze her account. She also decided rightly to get a new card since she'd given them her details.

Sadly, they still will have some of her info - phone, an email address and who she banks with - but at least momentarily they were foiled.

As for the gift card scam thing, the FTC has this up for some guidelines and what to look for and some helpful numbers - https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/avoiding-and-reporting-gift-card-scams

 

[TehDoak]

Last week my youngest spawn had an appointment at the post office to renew her passport. She came over afterward to hang out and we had some things to fill out for her next semester of school. I took a moment to use the bathroom and returned to find her ranting about how the post office had messed up and sent her a text. My scam alarms went off internally and yep... she'd been phished. It's the one asking for a small fee to reroute a misaddressed package. So I asked to see the text, pointed out that a country code of "63" is not something USPS would be using even if the site looked right. And then helped calm her down enough to immediately call her bank and freeze her account. She also decided rightly to get a new card since she'd given them her details.

Sadly, they still will have some of her info - phone, an email address and who she banks with - but at least momentarily they were foiled.

As for the gift card scam thing, the FTC has this up for some guidelines and what to look for and some helpful numbers - Avoiding and Reporting Gift Card Scams

I spoke to my wife and this has been an ongoing thing for the last year. Evidently, despite all evidence to the contrary, he believes he's won a sweepstakes overseas and they keep telling him they are encountering problems delivering it and need more giftcards. They create fake tracking sites and everything. AARP has a support group for victims of these scams, but he still doesn't believe he's been scammed. He's spent literally thousands of dollars on this over the last year. My mother in law is at her wits end and he's bleeding their savings dry. And she is in the middle of breast cancer treatment.

Everyone has told him he's being scammed and he believes the people he's never met.

My wife is telling her mom to give him an ultimatum and leave. Good old extended family drama for the holiday.

 

[Chainshot]

I spoke to my wife and this has been an ongoing thing for the last year. Evidently, despite all evidence to the contrary, he believes he's won a sweepstakes overseas and they keep telling him they are encountering problems delivering it and need more giftcards. They create fake tracking sites and everything. AARP has a support group for victims of these scams, but he still doesn't believe he's been scammed. He's spent literally thousands of dollars on this over the last year. My mother in law is at her wits end and he's bleeding their savings dry. And she is in the middle of breast cancer treatment.

Everyone has told him he's being scammed and he believes the people he's never met.

My wife is telling her mom to give him an ultimatum and leave. Good old extended family drama for the holiday.

Time to take his phone and change the accounts. Wish I could find the people doing this to him, they'd regret the day they were born.

Ironically, my father just got the USPS scam text my daughter got. They are having a good laugh.

 

[sabremike]

Time to take his phone and change the accounts. Wish I could find the people doing this to him, they'd regret the day they were born.

Ironically, my father just got the USPS scam text my daughter got. They are having a good laugh.

I would like to see the people who do these things hunted down and publicly executed by being drawn and quartered using Jeeps.

 

[yahhockey]

Not that it would totally solve the potential problems but most calls that come in to my parents' home phone (yes they still have a home phone even though they each have cell phones but they don't want to give it up...) are scams and sketchy telemarketers. So far they're aware enough to hang up however as time passes I don't know if one will have a moment of weakness and fall prey to a scam.

Any type of theft/fraud is bad however theft/fraud beginning with a phone call is the worst of the worst. At least try to be a real criminal and steal their purse/wallet while they are at a store instead of being a faceless coward.