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There is a grotesque irony in the present situation isn't there.
'They' want 'us' on a database and carry a card that will give us all increased security and they drop the ball continually.
I know someone that at the time of the Greenham Protests broke into the base, started one of the main computers and got all the deployment details for the next 3 months, the point being that no matter what system is up someone can take it down.
The worst bit about that is that someone may not be as 'benign' as the person I know, his knowledge of computing is staggering, watching him is like watching a magic show.
Having watched this guy I can assure you that even GCHQ would not be a problem to him, the thing is I am certain he is not alone in having these skills, there must be hundreds if not thousands around the world.
I will burn any ID card sent me and have started using cash again of late, I feel very uneasy at the moment with the way things are going in this once fair land.
My friend related this to me today... shocked me to the core.
Jan 2006 after 31 years of constant work the company he worked for went bust, out of the blue, no warning, so the very day they locked him out of work he starting applying for jobs, whilst he waited for replies and forms he went straight out and got a start the next day at a garage forecourt as a cashier, he didn't like to burden the state so did this just as you and I would do, it was part-time evening work so he could attend any interview, it made good sense.
So no jobs came about for a while, the job was getting a bit of a problem [wife] and he is a smoker, but never smoked at work, however his boss saw him smoking [not in working hours] the other side of town and when he turned up he was sacked on the spot.
He accepted this as he was heading off anyway...with no work he went to claim 'dole'... he was refused and still was until this week when he started work for my company.
31 years 'paying in' never a problem or burden to the state, he is notorious for being in constant rude health [as all his family are] paid a lot in insurance tax and what-not yet the state dumped him without a 'by-your-leave'.
When I see all the work-shy that my Employment Agency that 'apply' for jobs it sends me into a bit of a depression to be honest.
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Pineapple on Pizza... straight estate! Might as well have a shopping trolly in the front garden and a sofa on the footpath awaiting collection by the Council.
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