I know a lot of people and I am constantly meeting new people. In my little corner of the world(michigan) it seems that everybody knows everybody else. Let me elaborate.
Over the summer I met a girl in my former place of residence and we got along very good. Later the next week while in one of my classes I discovered that one of her old high school was the guy that had given me rides home a few times before. I asked about her and he gave me a very detailed run-down about her. I went from only knowing her name and number to an almost complete history in a matter of days. I think thats some pretty good information gathering. Things like this have happened a few times since then and it got me thinking that I almost have my own spy network. I have found dirt on city council people, downtown business double dealing and the like.
So how good is your personal spy network?