Re: RumorControl
Re: RumorControl
"Terry Yager" wrote:
> Yeah, and then the muggers would have to cut
> your arm off to rob you, rather than simply
> taking your wallet. (I can picture a future with
> a lot of one-armed people walking about).
Well, it's one thing I don't see happening. But it
could easily be as simple as some ol' person
being controled & force to give over money in
some form.
>> Because for me it's the best
>> way of spending cash & not get slugged for
>> whatever technology it takes to get the money
>> out in some form.
> Actually, automation is generally cheaper than
> human resources, isn't it?
Perhaps, but the cost we have to go through (just
so the bank can make a buck) is unbelievable.
It's all about getting your money, from using some
convient service.
>> Which is why I'm against new
>> technologies comming in, because it's just
>> another way of creating an expense.
> Face it, we're just hopeless luddites here.
Luddites? Unfortunately, I can't find my dictionary
to check that one out.
All I can say is with every piece of technology
which comes into our world, there's some catch
or snag which sees somebody else putting some
dollar value to it, by changing the rules!
>> Actually, Aldi there supposed to be German,
>> or so I was told. Nothing to do with the car
>> anyway.
> Oh, so I'm "really" not supporting my local
> business...
Well that depends, but on the plus it's good as a
constomer! ;-)
But then I'm not fully supporting local business
all the time either, so we're all guilty in some
shape or form, unless you're plain nuts & are
so consenous of such things!
>> That might be okay in a place like America
>> where you're a big a powerful country. But
>> in little Ol' Australia the small businesses (&
>> now the bigger places like local supermarkets)
>> are under the hammer with foreign companies
>> comming in & taking over. It's like Virgin airlines
>> I think people think they're local, but their not &
>> while Richard Branson may like us, I knew from
>> the get go, they would be around for some time
>> since Virgin are a big company from Europe.
>> Unfortunately, our local businesses & lcoal
>> inventions have been sold to other countries,
>> which there've been making huge amounts of
>> money off. The only reason they were sold (IMO)
>> was to give us some money! :-(
> Even the American econmy has been largely
> "hi-jacked" by foreign interests. (Some here think
> Japan's goal is to totaly "pwn" America in
> revenge for nuking them in WWII).
We get it here too, particularly with cars!
>> Generally that's the way & basically if the foreign
>> companys get their way, they'll be around for a
>> lot longer & the locals will start to disappear,
>> Unfortunately.
> Yes, a lot of "major" American companies have
> already been swallowed up by off-shore
> interests.
>> We had a thing going a long time back where you'd
>> have to stick some money in order to get a trolly.
>> It's since gone though (unless it's just one or two
>> supermarkets here which do it). One of the locals
>> did this & threatened to sue the others if they did
>> the same thing (or so it seems)! :-(
> I dunno, every lil bit helps if it can keep prices down.
HEH!
Cheers,
CP/M User.
