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Need An SSN - Use This One

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From https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html (Don't actually try to use this SSN)

Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth

The most misused SSN of all time was (078-05-1120). In 1938, wallet manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in Lockport, New York decided to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes, was inserted in each wallet. Company Vice President and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher.

The wallet was sold by Woolworth stores and other department stores all over the country. Even though the card was only half the size of a real card, was printed all in red, and had the word "specimen" written across the face, many purchasers of the wallet adopted the SSN as their own. In the peak year of 1943, 5,755 people were using Hilda's number. SSA acted to eliminate the problem by voiding the number and publicizing that it was incorrect to use it. (Mrs. Whitcher was given a new number.) However, the number continued to be used for many years. In all, over 40,000 people reported this as their SSN. As late as 1977, 12 people were found to still be using the SSN "issued by Woolworth."

Mrs. Whitcher recalled coming back from lunch one day to find her fellow workers teasing her about her new-found fame. They were singing the refrain from a popular song of the day: "Here comes the million-dollar baby from the five and ten cent store."

Although the snafu gave her a measure of fame, it was mostly a nuisance. The FBI even showed up at her door to ask her about the widespread use of her number. In later years she observed: "They started using the number. They thought it was their own. I can't understand how people can be so stupid. I can't understand that."

Mrs. Whitcher
Mrs. Whitcher compares the Social Security card "issued by Woolworth" with her own real card of the same number.



NOT THE ONLY ONE

The New York wallet manufacturer was not the only one to cause confusion about Social Security numbers. More than a dozen similar cases have occurred over the years--usually when someone publishes a facsimile of an SSN using a made-up number. (The Whitcher case is far and away the worst involving a real SSN and an actual person.)

One embarrassing episode was the fault of the Social Security Board itself. In 1940 the Board published a pamphlet explaining the new program and showing a facsimile of a card on the cover. The card in the illustration used a made-up number of 219-09-9999. Sure enough, in 1962 a woman presented herself to the Provo, Utah Social Security office complaining that her new employer was refusing to accept her old Social Security number--219-09-9999. When it was explained that this could not possibly be her number, she whipped out her copy of the 1940 pamphlet to prove that yes indeed it was her number!
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2017 Gartner North America Symposium

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Going to spend the majority of next week in Orlando attending Gartner's largest conference with ~10,000 of my closest friends. My introverted self is already longing for a nap! @Gartner_inc

I hope the T-Rex is still working at MCO next week!



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Arrow Lake

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View from Above the street

View from driveway

View of the back

View of lake from kitchen

Entryway


Living Room

Living Room

Dining Room


Master bedroom

Master bath

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Bathroom 2

Downstairs Rec Room

Downstairs Bathroom


Wine Cellar

View from Deck

Seahawks Lose to Tampa 14-5

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I didn't see much of this one due to other priorities this afternoon but it sounded like the O-line was very ineffective and Tampa did a good job of neutralizing Baldwin and Graham most of the game.



Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) (Seahawks beat writer for the Tacoma News Tribune) sums it up best with this tweet:

Ohio State Beats Michigan 30-27 in Double-OT

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Neither team played all that well but the national media has this one hyped so much that it overshadows the poor play by both teams. I find it hard to root for either of these teams - ever.


I think Urban Meyer and/or his wife trolled Jim Harbaugh during the post-game press conference:



It makes more sense if you've seen the Harbaugh milk commercial...

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Huskies Win 2016 Apple Cup

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They started fast and kept going to the end - they did slow down in the 3rd quarter but in the end the #5 Huskies were fairly dominate in their win over the #23 Washington State Cougars in what may have been the most important Apple Cup ever. The Huskies are Pac-12 North Champions - congrats!







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Amazon Pop-up Store

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Who lives in Seattle but goes to Detroit to purchase Amazon products? Me, when I stumble across one of the 30 Amazon Pop-up stores and I get a $20 coupon! Fire tv Stick for $20!



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