On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:03:43 -0700 Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@triad.rr.com> writes: > > Richard A. Pence wrote: > > <snip> > > Only these four conditions must exist for a name to be on the > list: > > > > 1. The person is dead. > > 2. The person had a SS number. > > 3. Someone reported the death to SSA. > > 4. The SSA entered the information > > in its database (correctly). > > > Condition 3 makes Condition 1 unnecessary. :-) > > Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@triad.rr.com> LOL Yes, indeed.. This is the government we are dealing with. There have been quite a few stories of people having their social security payments cut off because someone reported them dead and they were not. I am not sure that, having straightened it out they would be on the database, but it is definitely possible for someone to make the database without actually dying!. Jane Hodges-Kuebler Maria Kelley <mariakjek@juno.com>