Ruled by numbers

Richard took his bicycle to Stellenbosch, and with it a chain to secure it. But the problem is, when he came to wanting to use the chain realised that he did not know and did not have the combination for the lock. So - emergency sms to mom! The codes I found did not work, so they obviously belong to other chains hidden away somewhere - and I cannot remember where else I might have noted codes. Unless it is the one that Paul discarded a while ago...... Is this another of Murphy's laws: as soon as you need a code you discover that it has been obliterated?

Then I got to thinking about all the passwords and codes and access things that we have to protect everything from bank accounts, to cell-phones, to internet social networks, to email, to burglar alarms at home and office and and and.... And all this to prevent or delay someone from stealing something from us. Maybe it's time to go back to living in the bush, wearing fig-leaves (or not).