SSI

[Bocephous]

Yep, agree here. That and being “raised right”. I give a lot of credit to my successes to my parents.

Same here.

 

[KennyG]

RE: Laminating

Back in the day (paper drivers licenses) when "some people" altered drivers licenses to change the birth date (statute of limitations has expired but I still claim no personal knowledge) you would laminate them after altering to mask the changes. I suppose the same concern would apply to SS cards.

 

[Ford850]

Isn't that sad Rick. Society always blames someone else.....

If it gets real bad, I want you beside me.

I like that idea, of you two standing side by side. That way when things get bad I can point at you both at once and say "I blame them"!
Just kidding of course.

 

[3Ts]

I heard a report that the low CPI number is due in part to the some items in the shopping basket are going down in price due to corona virus (like airline fares and gas), while things we are buying more of are going up (like groceries), but the mix for the calculations hasn't changed to reflect this.

They must not be figuring lumber, eh? At 2-300%, it would kinda blow their number scheme.

Lumber is such a small percentage of the total expenditures in this country that it has little effect.

The contents of the basket that determines the CPI is changed from time to time. I heard that the last time it was changed the original basket had a high CPI, then the contents were changed and the CPI was lowered. Don't remember the year or what the contents were. There's also been a question on the applicability of the contents for senior citizens.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Yep, agree here. That and being 途aised right? I give a lot of credit to my successes to my parents.

I always said that all I got from my Dad was a bad temper and a great work ethic. The work ethic served me well and I outgrew the temper.

 

[Diggin It]

There's also been a question on the applicability of the contents for senior citizens.

Which rolls back in to the CPI determining SS COLA increases. I didn't realize that it also affected Federal Retirement payments until I got a small (very small) bump last year.

 

[WM75Guy]

Hmmm. My SS card has been laminated for over 50 years and it has never been a problem. Come to think of it, I don稚 recall anyone ever asking to actually see it either. That includes banks, state offices, passport office, and employers. They just ask for the number.

I've always been told that you can't laminate it. Never understood that. It's the most delicate, important ID card I've got.....

Same here, mine has been laminated since I got the current card 40 years ago. On the back the top line says "Do not laminate this card". As a firefighter I carried my wallet with me. After a few fires the first card was destroyed from the wallet getting wet, so I laminated the replacement. Has never been an issue after I explained why.

 

[ovrszd]

I like that idea, of you two standing side by side. That way when things get bad I can point at you both at once and say "I blame them"!
Just kidding of course.

We can handle it.

 

[RickB]

We can handle it.

Bring it on!

 

[Oaktree]

Same here, mine has been laminated since I got the current card 40 years ago. On the back the top line says "Do not laminate this card". As a firefighter I carried my wallet with me. After a few fires the first card was destroyed from the wallet getting wet, so I laminated the replacement. Has never been an issue after I explained why.

Curiously, why do you carry your SS card with you? I could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've needed to produce it.
Seems like it would make it easy for someone to steal your identity if you ever lost your wallet.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Curiously, why do you carry your SS card with you? I could count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've needed to produce it.
Seems like it would make it easy for someone to steal your identity if you ever lost your wallet.

With me it's just an old habit I guess, when I was young you had to show your S.S. card when applying for a job and everyone carried them. I know, I am an old phart, and times have changed a lot. I agree it's risky carrying one now but no more than a drivers license.

 

[Doofy]

My Service Number was my Social Security number and for 40 years or so, my SS # was also on my Drivers License.

 

[grsthegreat]

Years ago my pilots license number was my same as my soc sec number...they changed that a few years back.

 

[k0ua]

As near as i can tell, there is absolutely no reason to carry a SS card nowadays. Put it in the lock box and you will never need it again.

 

[Doofy]

I am amazed by the number of people that can't remember their SS number. It wasn't that long ago that people stopped asking for it. Even now, employers must have it.

 

[JethroB]

My Service Number was my Social Security number and for 40 years or so, my SS # was also on my Drivers License.

+1, and also likely your employee ID number on your paycheck stubs, etc. Birth dates are used a bit too casually these days as an identifier.
I was the executor of two estates recently. It was amazing what I could get accomplished with a death certificate.

 

[ovrszd]

+1, and also likely your employee ID number on your paycheck stubs, etc. Birth dates are used a bit too casually these days as an identifier.
I was the executor of two estates recently. It was amazing what I could get accomplished with a death certificate.

Yep. That's the purpose of an executor. Should have the same power as the person that has died, within the parameters of the law.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Had my original SS card laminated a couple of times (back in the day that process was not very good) over many years.

About 35+ years ago while getting some keys made they had a sign selling "metal" SS cards, I think for $10 or $20 ?; had to produce my original SS card, fill out the form, and I think it took about 2 weeks for the business to get the ok from SS to make me one.

Still have it in the safe.

KC

 

[caver]

I found you memorize it pretty quickly in the first few weeks of military bootcamp. It seems like it was needed on every form back then.

 

[Doofy]

Had my original SS card laminated a couple of times (back in the day that process was not very good) over many years.

About 35+ years ago while getting some keys made they had a sign selling "metal" SS cards, I think for $10 or $20 ?; had to produce my original SS card, fill out the form, and I think it took about 2 weeks for the business to get the ok from SS to make me one.

Still have it in the safe.

KC

In '73 after my wallet was lifted and I lost my SS card, I went down and had a metal one made. They didn't require proof and made it right then and there. Had a naked lady on it.

The Hawkers and other folks outside the gates that catered to the military were not usually the most circumspect.