Anybody remember George Orwell and his novel 1984?
I thought so.
Anyway, I just set up an on-line account with the SSA in foresight of some impending changes in ol' Paden's career. Those folks have the DOPE on you, I'm here to say.
After entering my name, address and SSN I was prompted with a screen of personal questions; all with multiple choice answers. The questions included names of my relatives and siblings, past bank loans and banking account info and even a very obscure past home address that I was pretty sure nobody remembered. I wasn't there long enough to unpack...
Being asked these questions made me uncomfortable enough; actually seeing the CORRECT answer in a box (among 5 others) was just flat creepy. Big brother apparently has some good info on us all. I'm fixing to call up a kid I went to school with in the 3rd. grade and confess it WAS really me that took his ink pen...
Ala Butch & Sundance, "Who are those guys?" :-O
Interesting timing Paden. Tweeted from Edward Snowden earlier today:
"For two minutes and thirty nine seconds, everybody at NSA just stopped working."
Here's why:
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Patrick Yglesias, post: 369749, member: 337 wrote: Interesting timing Paden. Tweeted from Edward Snowden earlier today:
"For two minutes and thirty nine seconds, everybody at NSA just stopped working."....
Looks like an interesting flick, can't wait.
You realize, of course, by typing "Edward Snowden" in your post this entire website and all its members just got a new folder on some hard drive somewhere.....:pinch:
paden cash, post: 369753, member: 20 wrote: Looks like an interesting flick, can't wait.
You realize, of course, by typing "Edward Snowden" in your post this entire website and all its members just got a new folder on some hard drive somewhere.....:pinch:
Or to coin a phrase (more like paraphrase in this case), "there is now a study in black and white of us in DC"
(nod to "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie)
I'm betting that you have a very common given and surname.
paden cash, post: 369753, member: 20 wrote: You realize, of course, by typing "Edward Snowden" in your post this entire website and all its members just got a new folder on some hard drive somewhere.....:pinch:
they probably have google running in the back ground
No doubt they have a ton of info on me up to at least age 34 or so. Had a nice clearance back in the days I was employed by a contractor to the U.S. Army. That demanded answering all sorts of questions that sure didn't seem important to me at the time.
About once a year the SSA sends me a form letter with a bunch of earnings information listed. Also included is a photo of a big set of lips going: PPPPPPPBBBBBBBBBTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! followed by the words.........You ain't gettin' sh@@, EVER!
Apparently you are supposed to have positive incomes in order to ever get anything.
Holy Cow, post: 369763, member: 50 wrote: No doubt they have a ton of info on me up to at least age 34 or so...
You know, back in the early and middle seventies I worked for a large national telecommunications firm. One of our government clients was SouthCom, the outfit that took care of all the private secure comm-links for the USAF (and for a while, NASA). I had a security clearance that even my boss didn't have due to my need as a surveyor to be privy to civil engineering records/ plans of various sights and locations.
None of that info has ever come up in any sort of records or anything....things that make you go hmmmm...
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When I was drafted in the late sixties I was asked to review a list of "questionable" organizations and state whether I had ever been a member. One of them was the Boy Scouts of America. Go figure. How subversive could that be? They also knew I had attended an event for the "Students for a Democratic Society". I didn't check that box because I had never been a member. I told them I only went to the meeting for the chicks. I guess that satisfied their olive-drab curiosity...
I opted to sign up a year ago and yeah, they know everything.
First thing I found out after a 40mi drive was they close for Wednesday afternoons and I had to come back another day.
Was rather intimidating waiting in the crowed lobby, especially when I parked outside a building about the size of a football field.
Then you go in and sit down with someone that is telling you stuff that you forgot about 40yrs ago.
Turned out I've known the girls family forever and it went really well.
Also found out that most of the stuff online is not true.
Take all your possible proof of ID in when you go, originals and/or certified copies.
They don't keep it, or at least they will send it back.
good luck
paden cash, post: 369748, member: 20 wrote: Anyway, I just set up an on-line account with the SSA in foresight of some impending changes in ol' Paden's career. Those folks have the DOPE on you, I'm here to say.
On-line account??? Whatcha talking about Willis? I thought once you obtained an SS card that was it. What is the account for?
TIA
FL/GA PLS., post: 369795, member: 379 wrote: On-line account??? Whatcha talking about Willis? I thought once you obtained an SS card that was it. What is the account for?
TIA
What's the website for?...Apply for bennys, check on your bennys, FAQs about your bennys...and they don't cut checks anymore; it's all direct deposit.
If you are white, bearded and over the age of 65, the U.S. Government will buy you a brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle. Our Social Security System is the only thing keeping the company in the black.
paden cash, post: 369936, member: 20 wrote: If you are white, bearded and over the age of 65, the U.S. Government will buy you a brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle.
I'm basically the same age as you, I haven't applied for benefits and probably won't until I'm around 108 or so and have to stop working.
Now about the HD, umm where's the link on the SS site. I'd like to ride one of those things since they are so slow even an old man like me could ride one. 😉
Word of advice for those approaching 65: if you are already taking SS benefits the transition to Medicare is smooth, but if you are waiting until later to draw SS, then you need to start the process of getting signed up for Medicare 3 months before the month in which your birthday falls. And if your birthday is on the 1st of the month, your effective date is a month earlier.
Also be aware of automatic enrollment into Part B of obamacare... (and the signifant cost) even you can't use it. That one was rather hard to reverse and get the reinsurance premiums refunded.
For those of us that already have medical and medications 100% free it was a shocker, and an insult.
Peter Ehlert, post: 369994, member: 60 wrote: Also be aware of automatic enrollment into Part B of obamacare... (and the signifant cost) even you can't use it. That one was rather hard to reverse and get the reinsurance premiums refunded.
For those of us that already have medical and medications 100% free it was a shocker, and an insult.
I have been warned of the minefield Peter. Everything is smooth so far........