My mom got me a SS# when I was four, I think. At my elementary school they once had a thing where all the kids lined up and went past a desk where we told a lady our SS# and - I dunno what it was for. All I really remember is being so nervous that I'd forget my number that I memorized it, and when the lady asked me, I blurted it out so fast she actually jumped. The other kids were reading theirs off their cards or pieces of paper; I don't know why I thought I had to know it by heart! But hey, I still remember it.
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
The Crying of Natter 49
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Jan 28, 2007 2:19:38 pm PST #6468 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
msbelle - Jan 28, 2007 2:23:03 pm PST #6469 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have 2 cards b/c I thought I lost my original, went and got a replacement a few years ago, then found the original.
mac went and looked at rocket ships today. he is also now immitating me and saying everything is "cool".
SailAweigh - Jan 28, 2007 2:24:53 pm PST #6470 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I got my SS card when I was 8 or 9, around 1965. I needed it to open a savings account. I didn't bother to memorize it at that time, but once I was in the Navy I had to. They use your SSN as your military ID number.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 28, 2007 2:27:23 pm PST #6471 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
t, you reminded me... next step in office plan: get firesafe lockbox.
Laura - Jan 28, 2007 2:31:08 pm PST #6472 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I'm so bad. My name on my SS card and record is from DH#1. That hasn't been my name in 22 years. I never got around to changing it for DH#2 and although I have been a Holt for 17 years, still not changed. I get reminded each year when I do the tax return because I have to use the old name. My driver's license and passport are correct, the SSN, not so much. The thing is that they want me to show up in person at the office! I haven't managed to find the time yet. (also, the lines at the SS offices in S. Florida, kinda long)
Topic!Cindy - Jan 28, 2007 2:33:04 pm PST #6473 of 10001
What is even happening?
My driver's license and passport are correct, the SSN, not so much.This is eventually why I had to change my name with the SSA. Our Registry of Motor Vehicles started cross checking with the SSA, and wouldn't let me renew my license until the names matched. It's some anti-terrorism thing, I guess.
Laura - Jan 28, 2007 2:35:03 pm PST #6474 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
Oh, I just got a new license because of the purse theft thing. I wonder if they will contact me about the name. I know I need to fix it, but it just finds its way to the bottom of the list all the time.
tommyrot - Jan 28, 2007 2:35:05 pm PST #6475 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pretty funny....
The demeanor of a cat is seen by many honest-hearted observers as reflecting some supernatural, unnatural proclivity towards malice or evil. And, it is a well-known fact that cats are impossible to tame, teach or raise in the truth. The cat has a rebellious, independent spirit. While the animal itself may be unaware of this tragic condition, it serves only its true master - Satan, the Devil.
The scriptures clearly indicate that neither Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, faithful Job, the Apostles, Jesus nor any other human bearing God's favor himself owned a cat. Should we simply assume that this is a mere coincidence? Surely not! This was most likely because they didn't want to be like the pagan contemporaries of their respective days who showed no regard for how God feels about owning a cat. In harmony with the pattern set by the faithful prophets and worthies of old, it would therefore not be fitting for the true Christian today to own a cat.
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Additionally, cats practice many unclean habits not befitting a Christian household: coughing up fur balls, licking inappropriate body areas on their own bodies (inappropriate handling) and even, in some cases, on the bodies of their human owners (wrongful motive?), urination on the floor, vocal and blatant promiscuity (unknown to any other species, all others being endowed with Godly chastity and decorum) and widespread sexual misconduct without the benefit or sanctity of holy matrimony, even orgiastic practices, substance abuse of catnip (an intoxicating herb) which produces conditions akin to drunkenness, stealing food from the table, producing ungodly sounds, excessive playfulness and the employment of devices not known to have been used by Jesus, the conducting of its unholy business under the cover of the darkness of night, and so on. What sort of example does this give our young ones endeavoring to faithfully serve Jehovah? The Bible clearly shows that 'neither fornicators .. nor thieves .. nor drunkards .. nor revilers .. will inherit the Kingdom.' (1 Cor. 6:9-11)
Zenkitty - Jan 28, 2007 2:38:08 pm PST #6476 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
tommyrot, please tell me that's a joke. Oh please.
-t - Jan 28, 2007 2:39:15 pm PST #6477 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The fire-safe lockbox is great, Nora, highly recommended. I got mine after my dad had so much trouble replacing his naturalization papers, and it was invaluable whe the hurricane hit.
My mom still has a soc. sec. card with her maiden name on it. She eventually had to change her name with the SSA when the IRS complained after 10 or 20 years of her filing under her married name, but she never bothered to get a new card.
Rocket ships! Cool!