And Then Ever Older…

   Whilst making the first coffee of the day and for reasons not yet fully understood, a four digit number appeared in my head. Wot’s that then thought I. Ah, it’s my tap-top Billy at the window PIN. Okay, but I’m on my second coffee now so why won’t it go away and leave me in peace?
   Intrigued, I sat ma self down, turned on the tap-top and when prompted entered the PIN in my head. Guess wot. Incorrect PIN...
   I finally got past the welcome screen using other means to be greeted with a computer I didn’t recognise. No shortcuts, none of my security kit, no Pop-Peeper and a Firefox looking like issue one with no security or bookmarks.
   After a couple of hours fumbling and stumbling with repeated attempts at the PIN I got it right and all is as it was. The PIN? I was wrong by one digit, I got it right and quickly wrote it down. But on the sad side, this is a four digit number I’ve been using twice or four times a day for the three or more years I’ve had this tap-top. Why did a wrong, by one digit, PIN take up, uninvited, early morning residence in ma old heed? And I’m only going to get older, eh?
   Other than that, a perusal of the ‘news’ is now becoming more and more like viewing a comedic horror show is it not?

Quote; Mark Twain.

“The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened."

And Then I Transmit…

   Wot? Well, I was driving to the shops yesterday when a very old, catchy ditty took up residence in my old brain and wouldn’t let go for quite some time.
   Anyhoo, it did eventually fade away so I turned on the car radio. No idea which way the subliminal communication was running but guess wot started playing as I turned it on? Yup the same old song. How spooky is that then?

Quote; Bernard Shaw.

“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”

And Then I. D.…

   Just a further reflection on the upcoming introduction of digital I.D.
   Seems whenever our seekers of truth in the media are interviewing Stear Karmer or one of his gang and the subject of digi I.D. Comes up, the response is that it’ll make it all but impossible for newcomers with no visa to get a job if they don’t have it.
   Dear Stear, cast your mind back a year; wot happened? Yup, all visas, of any length of permission to stay here, went digital. I know below as my little nest of vipers is from a land far, far, far away...
   Let’s take that a step further back. Upon applying for a visa of any length, the first step was to be photographed, finger prints taken and to be issued with a Biometric I.D. Card. Last year those wot would rule over us decided all visas would go digital and Bio I.D. cards would become redundant and discontinued.
   To get an Evisa, as it’s called, the online process involved entering passport number, visa number, Bio card number, pass certificate number for English for speakers of other languages test, a photo of passport info page, then a scan of passport and a personal photograph. All done online.
   Once completed, you can log in and check your visa status, if you can work and wot bennies, if any, you could claim. You would also see a pass number. A number that, when giver to the boss of the place you’re trying to get a job, allows them one time access to your Evisa to confirm if you’re allowed to work legally or not.
In the shell of a nut, it was/is all there for newly arrived folk and and those wot would need to check a persons status. Yup, you can work. Wot? Sorry, no work permitted. See? It’s all been there for a long time.  New idea will stop the boats? Wot we’ve got aint working very well is it?
   You think dear Keir should be going after employers instead?
   Now? We’re ALL going to need{?} a digital identification. Oh, that’ll stop the boats or do you think something far more spooky’s coming down the line? 

Quote; Brian Tracy.

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”