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Made me lol, Kenny. :-D

My husband of 26 years no longer knows who I am, he thinks I am a carer. Very occasionally he calls me by my name but a few minutes later has no idea who I am. It is devastating.

My husband has dementia but still knows family and friends. When he isn’t lucid he can be verbally aggressive towards me but I know that he doesn’t know what he’s saying and doesn’t mean it. My lovely uncle had dementia and my aunty had to put him into a care home when he started to kick her. He would have been horrified if he knew what he was doing. I dread having to put my husband into a care home so your neighbour has my deepest sympathy GG.

It really is a horrible disease. I've worked in the care sector and seen how devastated the family members are when their relative no longer knows them

So sad, GG. Dementia is awful. My dad had it in his last few years. It was horrible to see. I was sort of estranged from my parents for reasons I won't go into, but after my mum died I started to get on really well with my dad again. Suddenly, he started being horrible to me again. I didn't know at the time but it was the dementia creeping on. Fortunately dad adored my husband by this time so he ended with a friend in my husband even if he didn't like me much again.

So sad, it is a horrid situation for her, her husband and all who love her.

Sorry to hear your sad news Grumpy grandad. Dementia is such a cruel illness, I really hope that advances in fighting this condition are made very soon.

Dementia is a very sad and bad illness , my Mum had it in her 70’s . It’s devastating when they cannot remember who you are 😢

It really is the disease (Condition?) that needs curing more than any other. One in two people will get it, they say - that’s half of your family, your workmates, your children… I do sympathise, GG, my oldest stepson has early-onset dementia, which started before he reached 60 yrs, and it really is sickening to see the change, no matter how good the care. I know it sounds cruel, but for your neighbour’s sake, it may be better for his own health not to visit, although I doubt he would want to do that. It really is more urgent to find a cure for this than for cancer now, which is quite well researched in many cases.

Beth, definitely scam, those cute animals.

Go to trusted sites, check out the company name and visit Trustpilot…always!

The spike in Seasonal shopping has brought a massive wave of

highly deceptive scam adverts specifically targeting Christmas ornaments and LEGO advent calendars.

Scammers exploit these high-demand seasonal items using the exact tactics you noticed: heavily exaggerated footage, fake "3D" claims, and deep price cuts.

The 3D Brick 'Advent Calendar' Bait-and-Switch

This is one of the most widespread scams currently clogging up social media and sponsored search ads.

• The Advert: The ad shows high-quality video or images of beautiful, intricate 3D brick-built characters (like little Santas, reindeer, or snowmen) hidden behind 24 doors, supposedly compatible with major brick brands. They are normally priced incredibly low to lure impulse buyers.

• The Reality: The Better Business Bureau (BBB) and buyer reviews on platforms like Trustpilot reveal that consumers are either receiving empty calendar doors or flat, penny-sized 2D pieces of cheap plastic or plywood with a piece of string. The "buildable brick decorations" advertised turn out to be unbuildable, flat junk.

The massive surge in online adverts for

woodland animal Christmas ornaments has become a primary hotspot for e-commerce scams, heavily relying on deceptive AI-generated visuals and video filters.

If you are seeing ads on Google, Facebook, or Instagram for hyper-realistic, glowing, or intricately carved wooden/resin forest creatures, it is crucial to know what you are actually buying versus what is being advertised.

The 2D 'Acrylic' Flat Print Trap

This is the most common woodland ornament advert scam active today.

• The Advert: The video or picture showcases what looks like an incredibly detailed, chunky 3D resin figurine or an expensive, hand-carved piece of woodwork. It typically features sleeping foxes, owls, or squirrels nestled inside hollowed-out tree logs, pine cones, or acorn shells.

• The Catch: The tiny text at the very bottom of the website or receipt will label the material as "Acrylic". When the package arrives, instead of a beautiful 3D figurine, you receive a flat, 2D piece of thin, clear plastic with a cheap photo of a woodland animal printed onto it. The advert used smart lighting or AI generation to make a flat print look entirely three-dimensional.

There’s an ad for ‘nesting animals’ ornaments for Christmas trees, which looks attractive but I have an uneasy feeling about it. Things like fox, dormouse etc, curled up in an acorn shell with a cosy bedding - look very sweet but…

Someone in our village did indeed succumb to the building block calendar and it is not at all what it looks like, figures are ready made and a bit of gold string

I have to say I've been tempted by the building block advent calendar (they're not genuine Lego) but I keep telling myself they're probably dreadful quality if they arrive at all.

I've also got an ad in the sidebar right now for a Highland Cattle advent calendar. Which look very cute, but I can't say I trust them.

Pretty simple stuff really. Just don't give any details and stick to genuine retailers.

The only ads we make are for our own sites Win A Dinner & PMPCompetitions. We also make the ones for our Games & Puzzles page.

We add offers from the companies which we are affiliated with. You will know if something is added to the site by us and is a vetted offer because it will have one of our buttons on it that says something like "Shop now" etc.

The rest are Google ads and I am afraid that we have no control about what ads our members get shown/served and each member could have something different.

We would recommend that members do their due diligence and research any company before they take any action.

Google ads can be ignored. We still get the revenue from the view.

We are not affiliated with Lego at the moment, we used to have offers for the Lego magazine for children. But I have taken a look for you and they do have advent calendars:

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/holiday-gifts/advent-calendars

There are all sorts of advent calendars out there. But I would suggest that you Google them yourself and also check independent reviews if it is an unknown company. (I have ordered a tea advent calendar and a jigsaw one for my parents in law to try to give them a reason to smile each day and the jigsaw one for myself too.)

I always check Trustpilot, especially with social media adverts. Many of them are fakes.

Yep, as others say, it could have been a scam.

However it may also have been a perfectly legitimate offer!

Sometimes an entire domain name (something.com) is blocked due to the bad activity of one shop/company/person on there, but other (good) shops/companies/people are then also blocked because of the bad one.

Best advice is never click on a Google ad.

I think your anti virus has saved you a costly mistake.

Lol, you’re getting worse! Have you nicked Mad’s joke book?

A piece of string walks into a bar and asks for a pint.

The barman says "We don't serve pieces of string here. Are you a piece of string?"

The piece of string replies "I'm a frayed knot."

I'll drink to that.

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That’s a cracker one lol :-)

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