Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Movie Day (The Rite) - F/B scam - The Bags

(Wauchula, FL) Hi 88 Lo 61 --  Thanks to good meds we both slept well till 9:00 this morning. We're well rested and feeling so much better today.  Jim isn't coughing anymore, so it looks like we're back to normal.

We did our morning routine, emails and blogs, chat and then something crazy happened.  I was checking online on the price of airline tickets and at the same time I had my Facebook page open.  One of my FB friends had a comment with a link to "free airline tickets."  I clicked on it and immediately got a pop-up asking for my email address.  I didn't go further, and went back to what I was doing.  Apparently when I clicked on it, the same link went to all my Facebook friends.  Right away I posted on my wall warning all my friends not to click on the link, and I also changed my FB password.  That was a close one!  I mention all this as a warning to everyone to be careful what you click on in Facebook.

Today was movie day, and we drove over to Sebring to see "The Rite," with Anthony Hopkins.  We both liked it.  We like about anything Anthony Hopkins is in.  It was sort of a modern version of "The Exorcist," but not nearly as scary (or as good).



We needed some groceries and since we were in Sebring, I wanted to go to Publix grocery store.  It's been years since we've gone to that store.  (We don't have a Publix in Wauchula.)  Something amusing... I have cloth grocery bags that I keep in the car that I like to use instead of plastic bags, to protect the environment.  I keep forgetting the bags every time I go into the grocery store.  Sometimes if Jim is with me one of us will go out and get them, but today neither of us remembered.  The cloth bags are so much handier... if we'd just remember them!  :)

It was a beautiful day to be out today.  Tomorrow afternoon the space shuttle is scheduled to launch, and we plan to watch it here in the park.  That will be a first for us.  The weather is so warm we're thinking of washing the car and doing some outside cleaning also.  There's still some things on our list to get done and there's only a few weeks left before we start moving north.

5 comments:

LakeConroePenny,TX said...

I received an email that said:
So and So, (name removed) commented on my link: "Southwest Airlines is giving away complementary tickets, but for a short time only: http://www.facebook.com/l/f1977/goo.gl/vscus"
I won't mention their name, it is someone we talk to every night.

I knew something was wrong, so I didn't look at it.

Maybe I am over cautious, but I never stay signed in to FaceBook, the few times that I do look in there.

What ever next??

Along the Way with JnK said...

We are hoping we can see something from the launch in the Orlando area, we are here at the Central State Fair for the next 11 days.

Tumbleweed Dee said...

Penny: That's it. Thanks for not clicking on it.

Gypsy said...

I think of all the grocery chains I have ever shopped, I like Publix the best, especially the bakery.

Jessica Riker said...

Haha - we have the same exact problem with those bags. I have some in my car, and we have some in Harry's car too, but we don't usually think of them until we're in the checkout line!! I don't know how to get in the habit of bringing them into the store.

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