e-arrival

I just concluded my first e-commerce transaction a few minutes ago by buying cheap transport for my easter vacation trip out of Aberdeen.But beleive it or not, as if the PC knew, it chose that 'e-sacred' moment to hang! However that was the only 'hitch along the process-chain.
From getting the account opened to the delivery of the card to my door, everything took exactly 48 hours.
I am so happy that my long held desire of doing some extensive retail therapy on the malls of amazon.com and the likes is no longer a distant dream. It is real, here and present and alive.
Without a dime I had all of this done. Where I come from, that would not have happened. The only reason had to be the trust that the banking system has in the average Joe who walks in through their doors. Now as I ask myself why it's not as easy back where I come from, my mind turns to the need for this vital element of trust to be ressurected amongst our people.
More than anything it holds the key to the rennaisance and revival of our land.
May it happen in the not too distant phase of our life time.