tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post885973505420194162..comments2024-03-20T21:38:10.502+00:00Comments on Science matters: Bob the GypsyBobTheScientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02038631019672961663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-64419020120528062632021-09-12T09:30:45.296+01:002021-09-12T09:30:45.296+01:00Reminds me of having to obtain letters of freedom ...Reminds me of having to obtain letters of freedom from parishes where one has lived so that the clergy in your present parish where you are having the actual ceremony can ascertain whether you're currently wedded and can therefore if necessary refuse to aid someone committing bigamy. It's a practice that relies on honesty. Being marginally dishonest I took shortcuts. The same with garda vetting. I remember being scrupulous with addresses, both domestic and foreign, in the first form I filled out for someone and he got the all clear within 3 days of the form going in. Someone on the other end was taking shortcuts too. Silly systems both. <br />Jitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475332636189823001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-73110863832325045642014-08-01T17:06:03.819+01:002014-08-01T17:06:03.819+01:00When I had my recent Enhanced Disclosure and Barin...When I had my recent Enhanced Disclosure and Baring Service application done, they only asked for addresses in the last 10 years! Makes me wonder if the system is as thorough as it needs to or if they Irish one is trying to keep the many employed...Fredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05858805400466004955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-35640746717325936642014-04-04T11:18:53.201+01:002014-04-04T11:18:53.201+01:00I had the same experience, though I was not a navy...I had the same experience, though I was not a navy brat and lived in the same house for the first 20 years of my life (well, two houses if you want to count the first year of my life, when I may well have been a serial rapist for all I know). Anyhow, after that, I made up for lost time and lived in Italy (4 addresses), Germany (6 addresses), Galway/Kerry/Dublin/Carlow/Kilkenny (10 addresses), France (1 address), San Francisco (at least 10 addresses), Mexico (myriad, but prob just 2 firm addresses). I could easily have forgotten some. However, up until 2001, I kept all correspondence like bank accounts, drivers licence, voting card etc. coming to my old home address, so officially I may have been away travelling, but that was my "residence". The whole area of Garda vetting is totally fuzzy. I don't even know how they go about investigating honest people like you. Mostly people give the three major addresses they have lived at, and the vetting procedure is really just used as a disincentive for those with a record.Lulu Sinnotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04000718274205559532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724376948636627084.post-44356580315021895202013-06-19T00:08:18.430+01:002013-06-19T00:08:18.430+01:00The other irony is the fact that if you nefarious ...The other irony is the fact that if you nefarious then you are bound to put in incorrect facts deliberately - and as double irony enjoy making up places you supposedly live.<br /><br />Basically the introduction of fingerprinting all of us and putting it into one big data base would mean so much ease, no need for remembering your bank account number and pin, just scan finger. The dodgy have to be more careful and for the law abiding, no difference.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455581355868457168noreply@blogger.com