For all you vets who think the world owes you something, think again.

This is not GRH4V related, except for the attitude shown by the veteran. There are too many vets who think the world owes them something. Too many who think because they are disabled, no one will call the police on them when they do wrong, nor will they ever be prosecuted.

Well, I am happy to report that the SOB Vet who ran into a senior citizen lady, breaking her foot, knocking her down, leading to her death, who then fled the state has been found and is being charged with murder.

The guy ran his power scooter too fast in a Dollar General store and slammed into this frail senior citizen which eventually caused her death. His attitude at the time was no one would touch him, report him or prosecute him.

He was banned from the store by the manager, but returned several times when that manager was gone and told employees he could go there if he wanted to. So a no trespass warrant was issued and the guy spent several days harassing the stores customers and staff as he drove his scooter at high speeds past the entry doors to the store.

This happened while the Senior Citizen was in hospital trying to recover from the severe damage he did to her. Then a blood clot formed because of the damage he did and she died.

He then fled the state. But they found him and he will face his day in court. Not sure what is going to happen to him, but last I heard he was going to face charges of manslaughter for his arrogance. 

It’s guys like that, that give good veterans a bad name. 

Smart phones and dumb people do not mix.

Ok, this one is for all you advocates, guardians, care givers of the elderly folks who seem to be running with a few oars out of the water so to say. And remember, we too will end up like this, so don’t think I am being mean with this post.

Now I am known for being a techno geek. I can usually fix anything, or figure out what is wrong with it in a matter of minutes. Yesterday I went with a buddy to go visit his dad at a retirement community, because his dads smart phone was no longer working. And what I found out, what we found out is a lesson for all of us.

The end result was we had not one but several smart phones being used by “dumb” people, who could not, or were unable to understand the implications of using this kind of technology. The results are that at least 2 of them will be losing their smart phones, which will be replaced by standard flip phones or standard just talk and text phones with no internet capabilities.

The cell phone technology is growing in leaps and bounds. And many are now able to do what some of the earlier tablets could do. And that opens up a whole new can of worms (problems) for us to have to work on.

What people seem to have forgotten is that Desktop computers and Laptops can be made secure for personal information. Virus checkers, anti-spy ware program, security programs work in the background if installed.

Some tablets have this, some smart phones have it, but not all do. And that is where we get into trouble. There are some things one should NEVER do on a smart phone or a tablet. One of them is banking. And that is what some of these people were doing. Using the smart phones just like a Desktop computer, only without the security measures in place. And 2 of them were being hacked. Great way for someone to lose their bank account or have their ID’s stolen.

NEVER NEVER NEVER do your banking on a cell phone unless you are an expert with security software, or an expert systems operator.  I wouldn’t even do it on a tablet.

I would also advise you never to put facebook on a tabet or a cell phone. This includes facebook messenger. Many people believe facebook to be a major security flaw. Every one of the phones I looked at had facebook on it. And the people were spending hours on their phones. I believe this is how 2 got hacked, and others had major security problems on their phones.

All of these phones had unlimited talk, text, data. This is a recipe for disaster. To those who keep an eye out on our elderly people, this is something we need to be aware of.

Cell phones and tablets are NOT secure devices. Keep that in mind next time you visit your elderly friend or relative when you go to check on them.