Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 11.10.2022 22.38, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>>> 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.
>> 
>> What happens if someone doesn't pay the fine?
>> The newsmedia here have this uncanny ability to find the one person
>> who will have decide whether the pay the fine or buy food for their
>> family. 
> 
> That's easy. Then the relevant gubberment functionary will know where 
> they are (from the newsreport) and go get the missing information.

One down, 500,000 to go...

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> 
>> Save the postage. Soonish I will probably have mice in the house and
>> she can catch a fresh one.
> 
> So she's good for something after all. When she's awake.
> 
She's been practicing with the toy mouse. At 2 AM.