Keeping Track

I recently read about a hiker who was found because of the GPS tracker system he carried with him. He was hurt and needed help, and his GPS saved his life. Smart thinking.

The GPS is becoming main stream with more and more practical uses. It’s become helpful to keep track of things such as car keys…TV remote controls…golf balls…and the family pet. Duncandog can stay missing…but I hate losing golf balls.

But a GPS on your husband? Hmmmm….that sounds like a problem if you’ve gotta keep tabs on your husband. El problemo in paradise.

Kids on the other hand…that’s a different matter. I can see why parents would use a GPS to keep tabs on them. Where are they going? Are they going where they are saying? Once kids start driving, it’s very difficult to know their whereabouts.

The old school way of keeping an eye on Junior was to keep track of mileage, but the car’s mileage doesn’t give you specifics as to where they have been. And then it seems like you don’t trust them. The trust issue is violated…when you have to say, “Junior, before you leave…I have to check the car’s mileage.”

So now you can pretend like you trust them. Attach a GPS on the car without their knowledge…and who’s the wiser. The GPS will give satellite feedback on every movement. Okay, now they’re approaching Taco Bell. Okay, now they’re on the highway…Oh no!

Then again…there are less stalkerish ways to track Junior…especially with all the other gadgets and technology available. With Away Messages, Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace…you don’t have to be as clever as the FBI. Kids make it easy and usually post their private lives for the world to see.

Twitter: @ Sliders getting wasted.

Away Message: rents away…bring beer.

Plus the next day…all you have to do is check the pictures they’ve posted on Facebook…they incriminate themselves…you don’t have to do a thing.

Heck I am above all that. I’ve got the number one tracker…the debit card. Eventually they need money. And all their movements are right there in black and white…or red (depending on how much damage they do.) Trip to McD’s, Luke’s Liquor, Subway, DMB concert, impromptu road trip to the Cape.

Nothin’ like a paper trail to reveal a person’s whereabouts…the IRS does it all the time.