The
more we think about it, the higher our anxiety level. It doesnt help
when someone says soothingly, If youve done nothing wrong, you have
nothing to worry about. We got that advice from our parents and teachers
too, and it wasnt always trustworthy.
It leaves us wondering what other information is being collected and stored that intrudes further into our private lives and who else besides the government is keeping their eyes on us.A few years back a local grocery store offered me a rewards card. If I used it, Id get a discount on certain items.
The first time I turned it down. Its a nice enough grocery chain and Im certain all its employees are fine people, but I couldnt figure out why they insisted I had to sign up and give them all sorts of information to get the discount.
Finally I went along with the plan but gave them a different name and address. Im sure that someone at the White House mailroom is wondering why R.Online shopping for tooling.M. Nixon of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., is getting flyers from a Midwest grocery store.
There is a record of every financial transaction we make using credit or debit cards. Im sure someone has figured out how to create a spending profile on everyone using plastic instead of cash.
What films do you watch or books do you read, and what do you eat or drink? No wonder some hope that cash will soon disappear. With plastic, data gatherers can create better profiles and the friendly folks at the IRS will no longer have to obsess about the unorganized economy where cash changes hands.Do Internet research on the most innocuous seeming topic and it becomes fodder for some entity.
Maybe a friend has been diagnosed with cancer of the big toe, so you want to research it and help. That will raise the eyebrows of some insurance agency bean counter who will want to know if it wasnt really research for some pre-existing condition.Do a little research on any cutthroats around the world, and the next time you want to board a plane, someone may want to quiz you about your real travel plans.
The other problem with all this information gathering is that someone has to interpret it and I dont have a lot of faith in their accuracy. Im plain old-fashioned paranoid.You see, I play bagpipes. Most people think it is the sweetest music imaginable. Others find it offensive, especially in the early hours of the morning.
Her Britannic Majesty, I understand, has a piper marching around outside her house while shes having breakfast, so maybe she likes the sound or has triple-glazed windows.But someone in U.S. Customs once listed bagpipes as an instrument of war. Perhaps thats because they are standard-issue military gear for the Highland Regiments of Scotland.
With all this surveillance going on, those insect-sized drones with cameras and black helicopters flying over Lake Michigan from time to time, Im worried about my bagpipes being lumped in with atomic weapons, mustard gas and automatics with large-capacity magazines.
The prices of Boston Bruins tickets have increased rapidly over the past decade, in part because of basic inflation but also because of the recent success of the team. As a result,Laser engraving and laser glassbottles for materials like metal, fans who could attend games during the early part of the century can no longer afford the cost that comes along with venturing to the TD Garden to cheer on their team.
One fan, 77-year-old Marge Bishop fro Gloucester, Mass., has been going to Bruins home games since the 1960s.We are one of the leading manufacturers of cableties in China According to the Boston Globe, Bishop contemplated giving up her seats in 2004 when the price went from $73 per game to $90. However, she received a personal call from Charlie Jacobs, the son of Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, asking her to join the season-ticket advisory board. After the renewal window had closed, Jacobs made sure her tickets were not released to the public. She ended up changing her mind.
But Bishop, who is know by name around the rink because she gives chocolates to the Zamboni drivers between periods, faced the same issue in 2006 this time on a larger scale. Her seats went from $90 per game to $150 per game, and at that point she knew there was no way she could afford the increase in price. Jacobs saved the day again.
It was the most unbelievable gesture, she said. People just dont do things like that. Im just a regular person. And Ive been given this remarkable once-in-a-lifetime gift. Its incredible. Its the most remarkable story.
Since that day, she has never missed a game. Bishop usually brings her husband, but he begins work at his construction job at 5 a.m. and is sometimes too tired to attend. When that happens, she asks anyone from her physician to a random supermarket cashier named Maria to join her at the Garden.
Her name was Maria, Bishop said. She saw I was wearing a Bruins pin and she said, Oh,We printers print with traceable cleaningsydney to optimize supply chain management. I love the Bruins! So I asked if she wanted to join me.
And for the record, it was Bishops decision to go public with the story so you cant call it a PR stunt. Bravo, Charlie Jacobs. Maybe there is such a thing as ownership loyalty.Did you know that plasticcard chains can be used for more than just business.
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It leaves us wondering what other information is being collected and stored that intrudes further into our private lives and who else besides the government is keeping their eyes on us.A few years back a local grocery store offered me a rewards card. If I used it, Id get a discount on certain items.
The first time I turned it down. Its a nice enough grocery chain and Im certain all its employees are fine people, but I couldnt figure out why they insisted I had to sign up and give them all sorts of information to get the discount.
Finally I went along with the plan but gave them a different name and address. Im sure that someone at the White House mailroom is wondering why R.Online shopping for tooling.M. Nixon of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., is getting flyers from a Midwest grocery store.
There is a record of every financial transaction we make using credit or debit cards. Im sure someone has figured out how to create a spending profile on everyone using plastic instead of cash.
What films do you watch or books do you read, and what do you eat or drink? No wonder some hope that cash will soon disappear. With plastic, data gatherers can create better profiles and the friendly folks at the IRS will no longer have to obsess about the unorganized economy where cash changes hands.Do Internet research on the most innocuous seeming topic and it becomes fodder for some entity.
Maybe a friend has been diagnosed with cancer of the big toe, so you want to research it and help. That will raise the eyebrows of some insurance agency bean counter who will want to know if it wasnt really research for some pre-existing condition.Do a little research on any cutthroats around the world, and the next time you want to board a plane, someone may want to quiz you about your real travel plans.
The other problem with all this information gathering is that someone has to interpret it and I dont have a lot of faith in their accuracy. Im plain old-fashioned paranoid.You see, I play bagpipes. Most people think it is the sweetest music imaginable. Others find it offensive, especially in the early hours of the morning.
Her Britannic Majesty, I understand, has a piper marching around outside her house while shes having breakfast, so maybe she likes the sound or has triple-glazed windows.But someone in U.S. Customs once listed bagpipes as an instrument of war. Perhaps thats because they are standard-issue military gear for the Highland Regiments of Scotland.
With all this surveillance going on, those insect-sized drones with cameras and black helicopters flying over Lake Michigan from time to time, Im worried about my bagpipes being lumped in with atomic weapons, mustard gas and automatics with large-capacity magazines.
The prices of Boston Bruins tickets have increased rapidly over the past decade, in part because of basic inflation but also because of the recent success of the team. As a result,Laser engraving and laser glassbottles for materials like metal, fans who could attend games during the early part of the century can no longer afford the cost that comes along with venturing to the TD Garden to cheer on their team.
One fan, 77-year-old Marge Bishop fro Gloucester, Mass., has been going to Bruins home games since the 1960s.We are one of the leading manufacturers of cableties in China According to the Boston Globe, Bishop contemplated giving up her seats in 2004 when the price went from $73 per game to $90. However, she received a personal call from Charlie Jacobs, the son of Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, asking her to join the season-ticket advisory board. After the renewal window had closed, Jacobs made sure her tickets were not released to the public. She ended up changing her mind.
But Bishop, who is know by name around the rink because she gives chocolates to the Zamboni drivers between periods, faced the same issue in 2006 this time on a larger scale. Her seats went from $90 per game to $150 per game, and at that point she knew there was no way she could afford the increase in price. Jacobs saved the day again.
It was the most unbelievable gesture, she said. People just dont do things like that. Im just a regular person. And Ive been given this remarkable once-in-a-lifetime gift. Its incredible. Its the most remarkable story.
Since that day, she has never missed a game. Bishop usually brings her husband, but he begins work at his construction job at 5 a.m. and is sometimes too tired to attend. When that happens, she asks anyone from her physician to a random supermarket cashier named Maria to join her at the Garden.
Her name was Maria, Bishop said. She saw I was wearing a Bruins pin and she said, Oh,We printers print with traceable cleaningsydney to optimize supply chain management. I love the Bruins! So I asked if she wanted to join me.
And for the record, it was Bishops decision to go public with the story so you cant call it a PR stunt. Bravo, Charlie Jacobs. Maybe there is such a thing as ownership loyalty.Did you know that plasticcard chains can be used for more than just business.
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