Evening everyone. Thanks for your sympathy in dealing with this whole mess. I probably shouldn't post at 0230 when I'm cranked off. 
Ray, I'm assuming you didn't remarry after your wife's death. If that's the case, you were eligible for a widower's pension at age 60 based on your wife's Social Security amount as if she was 66. Never heard of that? Me neither, nor anyone I've to talked to. It's one of SS's best kept secret. Call Monday and get the process going. Since you just turned 61, there's a chance you get the money retroactive to when you were 60. If you get the retro money, you can thank me with the P2K engine of your choice.
Alco, you sound unusually happy today. I hope you still feel that way.
Paul and Carey, my wife is on SSDI and it has been a constant fight for her to keep her benefits even though her condition is also listed as covered by SS. When Jean was diagnosed with leukemia, it was a fight to get her on disability even though her doctor (and SS's own criteria) stated the disease was totally disabling and fatal. Almost everyone I know who's tried to get disability for a non-fatal condition had had to get a lawyer and fight their way through the appeals board. I'm convinced this really is a conspiracy between Social Security to minimize payments and the legal profession to maximize fees. It is one of those most heartless and cruel systems I've ever seen.
Phillip, nice guitar. I've always wished I kept up with my lessons when I was younger so I could play one of those things.
Ken, it's nice to be able sit back and watch your trains run without jumping up every five minutes to fix a derailment, isn't it? You're right about me being lucky that I will, at some point, be able to get something from Social Security. Anyone who's 35 or younger should count on being on their own when they reach my age.
Maxi, what are you doing hanging around airports? You're supposed to be practicing weathering.
Rex, I need to check out that property tax discount. I've never heard of that one either. Sounds like you will end up with a beautiful present for your sister. Every time I try something like that, it ends up being an ashtray no matter what it was supposed to be.
I'm proud of all you guys who still go out and brave the malls. If I can't get it online, I don't buy it. The one exception is jewelry for my wife but, other than that, everything comes to my door. Just looking at a mall parking lot this time of year gives me the willies.
Actually got an entire .12 inches of rain yesterday. Another big storm that fizzled out, as seems to be our pattern now that Jeffrey keeps taking our rain and storing it away somewhere. It was cloudy and breezy today but the high was 67 so I can't complain about that 4 days before Christmas. I hope the snow and ice lay off you guys up north until at least after you all get to where you're going for the holidays.
Ray, I'm assuming you didn't remarry after your wife's death. If that's the case, you were eligible for a widower's pension at age 60 based on your wife's Social Security amount as if she was 66. Never heard of that? Me neither, nor anyone I've to talked to. It's one of SS's best kept secret. Call Monday and get the process going. Since you just turned 61, there's a chance you get the money retroactive to when you were 60. If you get the retro money, you can thank me with the P2K engine of your choice.
Alco, you sound unusually happy today. I hope you still feel that way.
Paul and Carey, my wife is on SSDI and it has been a constant fight for her to keep her benefits even though her condition is also listed as covered by SS. When Jean was diagnosed with leukemia, it was a fight to get her on disability even though her doctor (and SS's own criteria) stated the disease was totally disabling and fatal. Almost everyone I know who's tried to get disability for a non-fatal condition had had to get a lawyer and fight their way through the appeals board. I'm convinced this really is a conspiracy between Social Security to minimize payments and the legal profession to maximize fees. It is one of those most heartless and cruel systems I've ever seen.
Phillip, nice guitar. I've always wished I kept up with my lessons when I was younger so I could play one of those things.
Ken, it's nice to be able sit back and watch your trains run without jumping up every five minutes to fix a derailment, isn't it? You're right about me being lucky that I will, at some point, be able to get something from Social Security. Anyone who's 35 or younger should count on being on their own when they reach my age.
Maxi, what are you doing hanging around airports? You're supposed to be practicing weathering.
Rex, I need to check out that property tax discount. I've never heard of that one either. Sounds like you will end up with a beautiful present for your sister. Every time I try something like that, it ends up being an ashtray no matter what it was supposed to be.
I'm proud of all you guys who still go out and brave the malls. If I can't get it online, I don't buy it. The one exception is jewelry for my wife but, other than that, everything comes to my door. Just looking at a mall parking lot this time of year gives me the willies.
Actually got an entire .12 inches of rain yesterday. Another big storm that fizzled out, as seems to be our pattern now that Jeffrey keeps taking our rain and storing it away somewhere. It was cloudy and breezy today but the high was 67 so I can't complain about that 4 days before Christmas. I hope the snow and ice lay off you guys up north until at least after you all get to where you're going for the holidays.
