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Regarding modifying profiles of loyalty programs and similar consumer products. posted by Engineer {(male) KhalidMahmood} on December 10 of 2025

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Name change is a legal matter and requires certain procedure, form filling signing the firm sat the bottom etc, to change on the IDs such as Drivers licence, travel documents etc. Requires paper work. Can be completed only by the ID issuing authority. However, modifying profile contents including name on social media does not require any paper work or form filling, all the fields of the profile should remain editable or else do not provide access to the social media, make it a service which requires payment. People should be aware of it ahead in time before getting into it, not after setting up an account, and few months later some fields become greyed out (locked, not available to edit etc) and not editable and then to modify the fields it become a complicated matter and requires paper work. There were no defined rules for social media names, some times when a name was taken , a system generated name is suggested which includes some numbers at the end to make it unique. Industry shoul...

a point to ponder about marital and divorced life after immigration - malicious intentions - posted by Engineer {(male) KhalidMahmood} in Ottawa Ontario Canada K1G3P2 on November 25 of 2025

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I used to work in Dhahran Saudi Arabia in 1988 when a group of people connected to my mother got me setup for marriage through a match maker. We got married in 1989 (according to arranged marriage system of my country of birth). I have documented some of the details in my  precautionary notes and other postings on my website www.m0168.org I applied for immigration to Canada in 1993, my mother passed away same year, by the end of the year in December 93 we arrived in Canada as landed family on ND2 category with two dependents myself, one spouse and one baby three years old. Other two children were born in Canada. My ex who was a dependent on my immigration documents decided to divorce me (the husband) in USA Pennsylvania, without any planning, without consulting with me prior to divorce which led me to great difficulties specially when I was barely employed in Pennsylvania at low hourly wages, was not fully employed as Engineer and full professional salary. Events after that got me...

memories from the past when Iived in Hamilton Ontario Canada 2017-2022 posted by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood} on November 15 of 2025 in Ottawa Ontario Canada K1G3P2

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While I was visiting Mohawk college (or perhaps Niagara College) one man asked me in one of the corridors,  if that was my final destination, not sure if that was a random question or becuase someone told him to ask me such a question. No, It was not. Most likely he asked me such a question based on someones bad mouthing, wrong information from my childhood past, or perhaps may be that someone called him at that very moment, moreover, I did not know that person so why would he ask me such a question. I was not a student either. Perhaps he was considering me a drifter based on bad mouthing and negative propaganda. Drifters do not live at their ID address and on OW social assistance program. While I was working at Hertz car rentals/Surgenor Pontiac Bank St. location in 2011, one customer asked me at the end of a drop off ride, if I knew " how to get out of here ". That was a strange question for me. I responded to him at that time but I just ignored it. Happened somewhere aroun...

misc information update dated October 06 of 2025

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(Humble request to impostors, fake acting engineers and dishonest people not to memorize this information to pretend to be the undersigned. They have his Bio metrics which can result in fatal consequences).  In early 80s when Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood } started his professional career in Pakistan, working in computer industry (PCs and mainframes) was highly in demand and very few people were available to handle such work, those who worked in this field were highly in demand and kind of rock star of the technical work force at that time in a underdeveloped country. One of his ACOS computer installation was inaugurated by a military chief who was also President of Pakistan at that time. On the auguration day when he was busy with last minute tweaking on site, a group of people entered the computer room where work was still in progress after installation and he was busy on the console, somebody from behind tapped on his shoulder to take him away from the computer because the diginat...

memories from the past - Posted on August 14 of 2025 in Ottawa Ontario Canada K1G3P2

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Years was most likely 1997, when Kryton Systems/Insheel Inc assigned me for some work with a Nortel group working out of Robertson Rd building next to General Dynamics in Ottawa Ontario Canada. One Engineer of the group asked me if I was married to a foreigner. It was a bit strange question for me, perhaps he assumed that I was born in Canada, another Engineer of the same group knew that I was a landed immigrant. I replied to him that I was not, we were a landed immigrant family. But there must be some reason for that question or assumption. Most likely the question was for the other person with Nortel by the similar name as me who was nearly 10 years senior graduate from Philips Eindhoven. I was a new immigrant at that time in Canada. Another Senior Engineer graduated 10 years ahead of me from the same PII Institute in Eindhoven was married to or had some family connections with a Philipino family and also used to work for Nortel at a corkstown bldg, later on moved to Arizona and reti...

I wonder what was wrong with the following transaction dated August 02 of 2025 (PS: I did not sell this receipt to anyone, do not believe any lies, I wrote on the original receipt myself) updated August 24 of 2025

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I paid cash CAD $25.00 and used card to pay small change (change which was less than CAD $5.00). I pay to the retail stores at the check out for the products and services I buy from them as a customer. I am not their employer neither their sponsor to pay them in that capacity. Also I am not a cash or tax collectorof any territory in Ottawa, to pay them their cut/share. I have documented this issue in my precautionary notes as well many years ago. If they were under that false impression or illusion then perhaps some one was doing these collections under same name as Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood}, perhaps that's why they say that he did not pay. They should look for the physical person with the name that was part of their business or activity/operation, or game. I was not. Also seasoned people of the game of such cashiers, should control the inexperienced childish tantrums). Another possibility, is that perhaps they talk about some other underground stream of payment that...

memories from the past- Posted July 27 of 2025, updates October 16 of 2025 in Ottawa Ontario Canada by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood}

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In 1995 when I was a project hire for Bechtel corporation in San Francusco, a credit card company issued a credit card with a visa logo and spending limit of $500.00 and a picture on it which was taken on the spot during application process. After nearly 30 years PC financials in Canada is still keeping my card at $500.00 limit, perhaps something to show similarity with past (perhaps) but without a picture on the card.  I wonder if some people want every one to live a life like they were in childhood or as a student, than they will all be below certain people. When I moved to unit #2 of 671 Fennell Ave., East in Hamilton Ontario Canada in May 2017, a nearly door height and rectangle/square heavy package was delivered by few men to unit 3 (while I was in my unit) unit 3 was occupied by a unusually big belly man. I heard or perhaps unintentionally saw that the package was of a ATM/ABM machine. The package remained there for few days before it was removed.  A vlogger on youtube w...

memories from the past when I completed my Grade 12 (or HSC as was known in Karachi Pakistan). Posted on July 13 of 2025 in OTTAWA ONTARIO Canada K1G3P2

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After I completed my 12 years of schooling HSC (i.e. before getting admission in Engineering School) , I attempted to get inducted in merchant Navy but since I was not stout, I was determined not suitable for merchant navy work, so I joined Karachi Ship yard as an intern (in the drawings/blue prints storage facility) to learn from the Engineers/draftsmen.  Getting admission in Engineering School was tough and based on merit list (starting from the highest marks), lot of candidates used to compete for limited seats.  After about spending one year in intern role at Katachi Shipyard, I decided to quit the job to get back to my path to Engineering Degree, my marks/grades of a year before were still relevant and got me a seat in the Engineering School known as DCET at that time, later on several name changes. It was a triangle of three institutions from start to finish of my degree, DCET, Karach University and N.E.D. University of Engineering. First time ever I used a c...

My Observations, personal feelings, personal opinions, experiences: excessive show of uniformed or security personnel sometimes - Posted July 08 of 2025 Updates July 13 of 2025

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In opinion, and perhaps historians might confirm/compare it with the situations in past that Dishonest, unpolpular and corrupt govts use excessive security forces to establish authority and regime on commoners, by putting powerless public in trouble for no real reason, just based on Hoax information, we thought this, and we thought that, we heard this and we heard that, and this might be danger etc. If the govts. were honest and had public support, they will never need to use such excessive forces to run corruption ventures and businesses under the disguise of governance. Such extra uniformed officers reflect on the insecurity of SIG and mock authority and Corrupt governance and will promote and strengthen only corrupt law enforcement, this will happen, if the law enforcement personnel were not inducted in the forces with proper procedures.

OW office Hamilton Canada 2017, Posted on July 08 of 2025

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After I moved to Hamilton area in 2017, I was given a meeting with a employment counselor named "Wendy Hamilton" of OW in addition to usual case worker. OW Employment counselor filled some forms on the computer screen and filled some paper forms manually, I noticed that one of the form was filled by my first name as "KhalidMahmood" and rest of the forms were filled by my last name without comma, when I mentioned this to her, got her attention and she looked at the forms again, she acknowledged it in person when I was sitting in front of her in the office. Perhaps some one needed that form by the first name and came to pick it up during the meeting. At that moment when a woman came to pick it up, it never crossed my mind why she was taking it from "Wend Hamilton", I thought perhaps something to do with the employment related meeting, but it was not, it was something else. 

Socially bad vs Legally Bad Posted by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood} on July 06 of 2025 in OTTAWA ONTARIO Canada K1G3P2 updated July 08 of 2025.

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A person “bad” socially, is different in different cultures and according to family rules. Where as a person “bad” legally or “bad” from law enforcement point of view is a dangerously “bad” criminal because has no respect for the legal system of the country. Criminals and illegals are “Legally bad” based on the law of the land. Socially bads are politically motivated judgements about people’s behaviour without concrete reasoning left to the discretion of some influentials to establish authority on vulnerable people, walk this way, talk this way etc and if you don’t you will be more bad or the baddest of all times. When people in power, victimize a singled out person to make others happy politically or personal gains or charge people by mistake or falsely than people are forced to not obey as a protest. Relationship of ordinary people and people in power is like that of a child and parent relationship where parent represent position of power and when children are unfairly treated they s...

about me and my shadow - Posted on Planet Earth on Side A of my building.

Many times at restaurants, seating staff asked me for how many ?, I replied to them,  "me and my shadow" (i.e. which applies to me myself by my first name and last name. But I tell them not to double bill me. Becausey my shadow can not consume any food. Shadow can be seen under a lot ght at an angle. Is shadow an alien being ? May be. Perhaps so. Published by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood} Ontario DL#: M01684340561220 Ph:(613)413-9812 307-1909 Russell Rd, Ottawa Ontario Cananda K1G3P2 

misc thoughts Dated November 03 of 2025 in Ottawa Canada, updated December 17 of 2025 (ration card)

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Engineer (male) KhalidMahmood is offspring son of Master Heather since 1956 and also he is a Male parent of three offsprings. Therefore, He is Son (in Master Heather's family) and he is Father as well (male Parent in his own family). I have encountered this situation several times, that some of the service providers, retail businesses say my incomplete name over the phone even after my request to say my complete name which makes it very obvious that they have malicious/fraud intentions in not saying my complete name to create some kind of ambiguity, either for their own benefit or some one else's benefit by disregarding my choice how I want to hear my name.  I became independent from parental supervision when I went away to Eindhoven in 1981 as a Philips Scholarship student. Since than I live my own life. I do not need anyone's approval to what I eat, what I drink, what I wear, what I spend, how much I spend, what I spend on, etc because I live within my own bounds, within ...

Fraud of using someone else's life to sustain own life. posted on July 01 of 2025

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It is a seriou fraud / crime with fancy words coating to say they were using some one's life to sustain own life.  Why ? . It simply means it was a life long planning to end someone's life and use assets and work. Every one is given a own life so why use someone else's life. Such people can not extend their own life by ending some one else's life.

page 2 of translations from Urdu phrases. posted June 23 of 2025

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Some common phrases used in every day life of those who speak Urdu, but AI based computer translators might make completely wrong translation. 1)  کسی Ú©Ùˆ Ù¾Ú© کر Ú©Û’ لا نا یا کسی Ú©Ùˆ Ù¾Ú© کر لو For police minded people this phrase will mean to arrest some one, which is wrong, this is said to provide some one a ride to  bring to some place, instead of using a public transit or taxi. 2) کسی Ú©Ùˆ Ù¾Ú©Ú‘ کر لا نا  Again for polic minded people this will be to detain or arrest some one, but actually phrase is said to accompany some or to engage someone to bring to an event or to a place. Usually little children when upset, don't follow instructions, in that case elders hold children with hand or wrist to bring them to a place. This can be used for this purpose as well. 3).

Thoughts on interpretation of Divorce and separation in different cultures - Posted on June 23 of 2025:

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interpretation of Divorce and separation in different cultures is different leaving aside the legal matters of it. In Western culture a man may be considered seriously flawed (if the divorce was not mutually agreed) and if the divorce was one sided initiated by the woman. And perhaps there may be punishments by various cultural groups for a men divorced by the woman, even if there was no legal reason for it.  But in Eastern culture a woman is a worst possible woman (unimaginable woman) who divorced a husband without a mutual agreement, a man is not considered punishable when a woman divorced a legally married husband. In Eastern culture divorce is always initiated by the husband to return the woman back to her parents, meaning woman was not acceptable. Perhaps if husband was declared missing in action, than a woman might initiate a divorce, otherwise not.

misc thoughts Dated September 21 of 2025

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When someone says he does not go anywhere, normally parents make such statements to protect children from harm or from hostile situations. But if someone says that for an adult means they may be talking about a handicapp person or a dead person in some countries it may apply to women, because women do not go anywhere on daily basis only on some special occasions. So listeners should add a letter "s" with "he" to make it a she, i.e. "she does not any go anywhere" because she is not present physically.  -------------------- Various agencies setup by the govts (around the world) to fight and eradicate crimes promote that people should report crimes to the agencies or pretend to uncover criminals. A what IF scenario would be if the criminals work in those organizations (or if the work force has connections with the criminals) they will use the data to determine who knows about the crimes and criminals to protect the criminals under fancy names and policies and...

memories from the past. Posted by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood} on June 22 of 2025:

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In the year 2000/2001 when I was in Karach and was hired by CresSoft a software company in Karachi (a VP of the same company who hired me advised me to leave from the company and go back in August 2001). During this time, I bought a Siemens GSM mobile phone (which not a android phone and was not a durable product), so whenever I got a chance I used to step thorough various menus and configurations to familiarize myself with the new product which required extended duration looking on the phone display with head down towards the phone. This was unusual for those who were no not aware of the mobile phone technology at that time in Pakistan. Once I was doing the same during a visit to one of my relatives in Karachi, i.e. looking on the phone screen (or staring on the phone screen as some people might say), by their facial expression/behaviour I could gague that this was not normal from their point of view. Now adays in Ottawa it is a very common scene to see people reading phon...

Bad memories from the Past - updated July 08 of 2025

When I Iived in Hamilton Ontario Canada L8V1V3, at the Fennell Ave. East address, many times it happened that people approached me around the building and spoke to me to socialize, Cheeze zaatar staff used to interfere in the conversation and tell them on my face not talk to me.  On one occasion a Persian Irani speaking person interfered when I was talking to a Service Canada counter staff at the Hamilton City hall. Service Canada used to open a counter at the Hamilton City Hall once a week perhaps on a Friday.  A middle eastern woman (perhaps, because of the dress/appearance) interfered with my bill payment or some similar transaction at a TD branch after Bank officer wanted me to wait for few minutes. Recently Branch was closed. These are just some of the incidences of such interference which were noticable by me on the spot. Perhaps something to do with the rights of Citizens in Canada when they were on OW social assistance as a recipients of the assistance (may be differen...

about "Banks" and "Bank St." in Ottawa - posted on June 13 of 2025

June 13 of 2025: A famous Road in Ottawa is called “Bank St”, for short commonly people refer to it as just “Bank” which does not mean a “financial Bank”. This “Bank St” is very long (nearly 80 KM) all the way from Wellington St. at the origin in the north near parliament to HWY 401 in the south. Almost all the east west streets cross or connect to the Bank St. People might cross “Bank St” several times during a busy day either on the Public transit, driving a vehicle or on foot to change/transfer the transit or for various reasons. People will refer to it as going to the “Bank” instead of “Bank St.” which may be misinterpreted as going to the “Financial Bank” so many times (if not aware of the details) which will be very misleading and very wrong. Many Finical Banks were also located on this street or around it. Published by Engr. {(male) KhalidMahmood} Ontario DL#: M01684340561220 Ph:(613)413-9812 Ottawa Ontario Canada K1G3P2