# SSA: How did this happen?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 26, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285 "2004-10-26T19:10:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tbdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tbdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbdi)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285/21 "2006-11-26T20:52:06Z")

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[QUOTE=jayjay]  
I work for the state of Pennsylvania (Department of Welfare)…somewhere around the second Tuesday of next week.  
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Pennsylvania has two Tuesdays in one week?

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285/22 "2006-11-26T20:59:59Z")

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[QUOTE=tbdi]  
Pennsylvania has two Tuesdays in one week?  
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“Second Tuesday of next week” meaning “never”.

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**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285/23 "2006-11-26T22:28:30Z")

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[QUOTE=LucyInDisguise]  
Addendum:

My wife, having read the above post over my shoulder, just handed me a letter from AARP. It is her invitation to join.

She’s giggling again.

Wonders how AARP handles ‘plural marriages’ between ‘three ol’ ladies’. :eek:

😃

(Guess you had to be here.)

Lucy  
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Any reason not to just use the initial L?

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285/24 "2006-11-27T02:42:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Silver Fire]  
My sister does this every year. The SSA seems to think she’s a year older than she is.  
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Sweet!

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**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285/25 "2006-11-27T14:10:34Z")

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[QUOTE=brownie55]  
Any reason not to just use the initial L?  
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Well, yeah - actually …

Rather than going through it all again in this thread, I’ll just suggest clicking the “For the record” link in my sig line below. 😃

Lucy

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**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssa-how-did-this-happen/271285/26 "2006-11-27T18:03:29Z")

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[QUOTE=LucyInDisguise]  
Well, yeah - actually …

Rather than going through it all again in this thread, I’ll just suggest clicking the “For the record” link in my sig line below. 😃

Lucy  
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[complete hijack]  
Honey is the name of a man I worked with.

A second coworker comes to me looking for some info that I don’t have but Honey does. The second coworker didn’t know Honey exists but I mentioned “I know someone that has this info, let me call **him** ”.

I dial. Honey isn’t there, so I leave a message:

“Hi Honey, it’s cmosdes. I needed to get some info on…”

The look on second coworker’s face was \*priceless".  
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