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ssha

Today's Walking & Other Good Things

Mar 31, 2009 17:28

So, today's adventure began when I received a phone call from Senior & Disabled Services informing me that they had been holding my EBT (Food Stamps) account for about 7 months, in spite of my not having received any notification of said, and that if I wanted to come pick up my EBT card today, the balance was nearly $500, accumulated credit. Given ( Read more... )

walking, richard

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kibbles April 1 2009, 02:03:22 UTC

Those ARE good things. :)

logrusboy April 1 2009, 06:31:18 UTC

Wow. All the supportish things I've ever seen were of the "expires in exactly 30 days and is revoked on day 31...oh, and if you don't use it then we figure you don't need any more help ever" variety. Lucky you!

And way to go with that willpower thingie!

ssha April 1 2009, 17:05:21 UTC

Yeah, I was way suprised none of the benefits had dropped off yet. When I was in Washington, any EBT funds you didn't use within 60 days went byebye. This is 7 months worth of buildup! I'm kind of thinking that I need to spend it all at once (at least down to a certain dollar amount) though, because I suspect that it just hasn't dropped off because I haven't used the card yet.

In the meantime, I'm going to buy some stuff for a neighbor who has no benefits currently, and is trying to get them back. He's the one who owns the doggie I took with me yesterday.

ssha April 1 2009, 17:06:23 UTC

Speaking of evil kitties (your icon), I watched Balto last night.

Not a bad flick, but by the travel montage at the end, I was like... so... couldn't think of anymore ideas, huh?

ssha April 3 2009, 07:13:22 UTC

Not Balto, Bolt. Brain fart.