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Hi Dec!

I take on board your point about signing the car tracking petition and then ending up on a government database of the disgruntled. The alternative though is even worse. If we have these car trackers installed, government will know everywhere we go in detail. They will know at what speed we travelled at every point in the journey (speed violation tickets in the post), how long we stayed and when we left again. Along with CCTV cameras, Oyster cards, mobile phone tracking, Credit Card records, ID Cards and computer spyware, Big Brother will have arrived more resolutely than we could ever have imagined.

Add to this the fact that although you and I cannot even GIVE away data details without permission, the DVLA will right now sell the records of you and your car to anyone for £2.50 a time. Government is above the law and 'data protection' has just turned out to be the protection of a state monopoly.

Having had a little experience with politicians over the last couple of years, I have discovered that they accomplish most things with the help of voter apathy. If they run up against strong resistance, they tend to back off albeit for a couple of years each time.

If we don't protest, you can absolutely guarantee that car tracking will be introduced. If we do protest, we can keep staving it off until circumstances change or (heaven forbid) that rarest of creatures comes along - a politician with objectivity and vision.

All the best,

Tim

Good  Philosophy lesson.  [ This is excellent advice ]

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar... and the coffee...
 
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
 
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
 
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar.
 
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
 
They agreed it was.
 
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.  Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes."
 
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
 
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognise that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things. Your family, your children, your faith, your health, your friends, and your favourite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter. Your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff.
 
If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
 
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
 
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.
 
The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."      

 
"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5

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 "Your profession is not what brings home your paycheck.

Your profession is what you were put on earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling."  Vincent Van Gogh

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Success Stories  [ members on the verge of huge success?  One has landed a major TV advert for Pantene V]

 Hi Dec

 Your emails are always inspiring and entertaining.  

 Kind regards

Peter

Another:

Hi Dec,

I bought "57 Secrets" a while ago and have been reading it slowly and adopting its recommendations in my home studio production.  Last week I played my wife a love song I wrote (about an ex) a long time ago and have rewritten and produced with your help. She burst into tears (not the response I had hoped for  :-) and said she couldn't believe that such a beatutiful  thing could be made at home (she hated that song and usually hates any slow songs). Better still, the toon was stuck in her head two days later!

I'll be sending you a few "demos" for consultation in the near future and getting more involved with your Guild.

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers,   Huge  ... http://www.huge.id.au 
 

"Ancient scripture says... Without a vision the people perish!"

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