All the really good wine has a screw-off lid.Boone's Farm Sangria. Great with pizza too...
Some of the older scanners (now restricted) could pick up the cell frequencies. Some of the conversations were pretty steamy.
Huh. I didn't know any would catch cell phones, but I had one that would pick up the neighbors' land-line portable phones about 20 years ago.
At least I thought that's what it was...
In a tire store waiting area, guy was talking to his bank and giving them security info, like SS#, etc.
Would have been easy to write it down and steal his identity.
Would have been easy to write it down and steal his identity.
I used to listen to podcasts that featured tech journalist John C. Dvorak, and he used to talk about guys on airplanes talking about highly confidential business affairs, virtually shouting it into their cell phones. He said he always wanted to take his pen and notepad and go stand next to them, very conspicuously taking notes.
Ya wanna know something even scarier?
Your OK driver's license number used to BE your SS number! A police scanner could get ya hundreds (thousands?) of 'em, most always with a name, vehicle make/model/tag number, and frequently a home address, whenever the officer radioed dispatch.
Not everything was great back in the good ol' days...
Back in the day, you had to put social security number on back of trailersYa wanna know something
Your OK driver's license number used to BE your SS number! A police scanner could get ya hundreds (thousands?) of 'em, most always with a name, vehicle make/model/tag number, and frequently a home address, whenever the officer radioed dispatch.
Not everything was great back in the good ol' days...
Yep, I had forgot about that.
I finally painted over it on mine. Hmmm... I think? There may still be an old single axle with it out behind the barn. :/
I remember when checks had a social security number on them. Go to the vA and they ask a vet what is your Social Security number? And he loudly blurts it out....if only I had a good memory.
How do you think all them south Canadians got here?
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