Re: The price of oil

On 10.10.2022 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 08.10.2022 16.30, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I knew that. There is project at StatCan to look into creating some
>>>>> sort of 'people registry' like the Scandahoovian countries have.
>>>>> It will probably never get off the ground mostly due to the
>>>>> bullshit levels of bureaucracy that you have to go through to do
>>>>> anything here.
>>>>
>>>> There are some legitimate privacy issues - including that this
>>>> unique identifier is used in all kinds of context; health care,
>>>> taxation and pensions, banks et.c.
>>>> We have a Data Protection Agency to try and keep private data out of
>>>> the hands of people who shouldn't have it. Incidentally they
>>>> recently forbade a school district to use chromebooks because of
>>>> privacy concerns vis a vis Google...
>>>
>>> I was actually wondering how they planned on keep the information
>>> up-to- date. They asked me for a dump from my database which is
>>> always 2 years behind. Not helpful.
>>
>> Every citizen will obviously be self-reporting any changes.
> 
> But the problem is they will be expected to do that (and 50% will) but
> the others won't.

That's what the fines are for.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try not to focus on that when I don't pay for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doctors or prescriptions or when it costs me $10 to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my teeth cleaned.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He-he. Silly 'merkins.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But also: Dammit, I pay close to $100[1] for a teeth
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cleaning. And I'm supposed to have it done 4times/year
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> because reasons. The previous government cut almost all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> subsidy for dental care, and the present one don't seem in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a hurry to reverse that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1: Not actual dollars but the equivalent monetary value in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the local currency.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I looked on my last bill. It costs $210 and my insurance
>>>>>>>>>>>>> covers 90%. If I had a spouse, the co-pay would cover the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rest.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You should get one of them, then. I mean 20 bucks is 20
>>>>>>>>>>>> bucks...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Wanna help me write up a dating profile?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>        Trust me, you do not want my input for that... From what
>>>>>>>>>>        I have
>>>>>>>>>> learned from the internet, just don't add pictures of yourself
>>>>>>>>>> holding a fish; or maybe that only applies to men.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One of my friends uses online dating sites. She meets a lot of
>>>>>>>>> guys I will politely refer to as 'undateable'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It all seems weird to me. You *know* everybody is going to lie
>>>>>>>> through their teeth on their profile which leaves just how they
>>>>>>>> present themselves in pictures (fish or no fish) to decide
>>>>>>>> possible compatibility...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd wager the same people who lie in person like at a bar are the
>>>>>>> same ones who lie on their dating profile. Maybe the 'catch of
>>>>>>> the day' person has a great sense humour (or irony?). You never
>>>>>>> know until you try something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or maybe they smell of fish - you can't tell that from a picture.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also if someone tells you that they are an astronaut or a secret
>>>>>> agent type they are almost certainly lying. In other cases it will
>>>>>> be easier to evaluate their veracity face to face...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What a coincidence! I'm a secret agent too!
>>>>
>>>> I Don't believe you - so you don't have to kill me now.
>>>>
>>>>> And that fish smell? It's my new cologne --Fruit de Mer.
>>>>
>>>> Very -erm- catching...
>>>>
>>>
>>> See? It's working already.
>>
>> It would work on a cat...
>>
> Not my cat.

Do you want me to send you my dead mouse to try on your cat? It hasn't 
been dead for more than a day... yet.

BeH