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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
We dont know as much as the Social Security Office knows. They are the ones that would know the right answer. Were the other kids adopted out, like you were? If your late mother raised the other kids they would have rights to the Survivors Benefits. Being your...

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. I have never heard of anybody other than a spouse and kids getting survivors benefits.

 

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Receiving Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social security Office and talk to them. Have you been supporting yourself for the last three years or has the benefits been going to an adult to help them with the cost of raising you?

 

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SSI Benefits?
You will have to call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. Do you mean SSI(Supplemental Security Income) or do you mean Survivors Benefits? SSI or SSD usually goes to disabled people. Survivors benefits go to a person whose spouse of parent has...

 

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House Needs a Lot of Repair?
When you grandma bought the house she should have had it inspected before the final purchase and if the person selling the house refused to make needed repairs she shouldnt have bought the house. Who was helping your grandma to make sure she didnt make unwise...

 

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Finding Low Income Family Home Repair Assistance?
It is cheaper to make repairs one at a time, as the need occurs. There is a nationwide organization that is government based that will help seniors and the disabled with things like that. I dont know the name of it because it has different names in different...

 

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Can My Children Receive Survivor Benefits?
Did you think about calling your local Social Security Office? They can give you the right answer.

 

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Receiving Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the only ones that can tell you the right answer.

 

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Cleaning White T-shirts?
If you have hard water and add bleach to it, the water in the washer will turn kind of brownish, and any white laundry will turn kind of a peachy-beige color. This happened when my oldest daughter was a baby we had moved into a town that had hard water, and...

 

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Identifying a Rash?
You should probably consult a doctor, being the anti-fungal cream doesnt help.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
If your step son only lived with you for five months after his Dad died, and is now living with his mother, what do you want? Do you want reimbursement for those five months or do you think you are entitled to receive his benefits even when he isnt living with...

 

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Finding Help Home Repairs?
There is one organization that I know of that is nationwide, and will help senior citizens and people that are actually disabled. They have different names in different states and even in different cities in the same state. Where I live most people think of...

 

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Adjusting a Sewing Machine Needle?
Have you looked in the instruction book? I am in my 70s and have had two Singers during these years. Both of them were made so that the needle could be set to sew off center, which is handy for certain purposes. If your machine is made to do things like that...

 

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Directly Depositing Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Talk to your local Social Security Office. As far as that goes, I would think your bank should have been able to help you.

 

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How Soon Can I Perm My Hair Again?
I have a sister that is a retired hair stylist and she always told her customers, myself included that you should only perm every three months. You wouldnt end up completely bald, you might lose some hair and I dont know about that, but perming more often is...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call you local Social Security Office and make an appointment to talk to them.

 

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Collecting Survivor Benefits While in School?
Call your local Social Security Office and make an appointment to talk to them. The way I have always understood it, the benefits stop when a person is no longer a minor. I have heard of some of them stopping when a person is 16 and some when they are 17.

 

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Confusion Regarding Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They can give you the correct information.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
You are going to have to call your local Social Security Office to find out the correct answer.

 

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Emancipated Youth Receiving SSI Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them, they are the only ones that know the correct answer.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Are you absolutely positive that your mother isnt paying room and board/rent to your grandma? If you are positive, how do you know for sure? If the money isnt being used for your clothing, how are you getting the clothes? How do you know your mother hasnt been...

 

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Appealing a Denial of Social Security Survivor Benefits?
In order for a person to receive Social Security and/or SS Disability they do have to work a certain number years. I think it is called quarters. You are going to have to call your local SS Office and set up an appointment to talk to them in order to see if...

 

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Help with Rebuild After Fire?
Did you have homeowners insurance on your house? If you did you should have made sure to have enough coverage that you could afford to rebuild. It is really inexpensive to have insurance, instead of having to worry about a place to live. As far as finding the...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
What makes you think you have any back pay coming. If you did, it would have arrived right after you and your mother qualified for Survivors Benefits. Do you plan on living with your grandma until you turn 18? If that is the case the benefits should be going...

 

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Eligibility of Children for Social Security Payments?
You will have to call your local Social Security Office and set up an appointment to talk to them about the SS. checks. How old is your biological son? If you have been paying child support for 18 years, you should be done with it, unless he is disabled in...

 

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Discontinued Simplicity Crafts Pattern #8788?
Go to the Simplicity web site, sometimes they have a section called discontinued patterns or vintage patterns.

 

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How Many Ounces in a Cup?
One cup is eight ounces. Four ounces is 1/2 cup. I am 74 years old and have never heard of anybody using four ounces as one cup.

 

Home Repair Grant Denied?
I dont know what you mean when you say a Home Improvement Grant, unless it is similar to what we have in SD, that is government funded. Here what we have is basically called Opportunities for Independent Living and it has different names in different parts...

 

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Buying White Eyelet Trim?
I just did some quick online research on this matter. I looked at three of the stores that handle fabric where I live and WalMart, Joann Fabrics, and Hancock Fabrics all have the white eyelet trim.

 

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Removing a Stain from a Prom Dress?
Send it to the cleaners. As far as I know chiffon isnt washable, and the rest of the dress is probably made out of non-washable fabric too.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits and Teens?
Does the 17 year old still receive benefits? I have heard of this happening in other cases. You are going to have to take to your local SS Office. Actually the letter should have given you more of a reason and I bet the letter also said you can appeal the decision...

 

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Sharing a House With My Boyfriend?
You have five kids between you, are all of them there all of the time? If not, you dont need that large of home. The kids that are there part time can make do in sleeping bags, or air mattresses on the living room floor or on the floors of the other kids bedrooms...

 

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Keeping Garlic and Onion Salts and Powders from Caking?
I have the same problem and I think it comes from shaking the seasoning bottles over the steaming product that you are seasoning. What I do, when I need some of the caked product is to tap the bottle against the edge of the counter. Actually if I need a larger...

 

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SSI Benefits for a Child?
Were you and the father married? I would think that would be all you would need. I might be wrong, but I would think a marriage license would be enough proof. Why dont the paternal parents want a DNA done? There must be a reason for that. I dont really think...

 

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Choosing a School Wardrobe?
The best place for you to shop is where your parents can afford to buy your clothes and for you to wear what they deem appropriate. Being in eighth grade isnt any different than being in any other grade. It is supposed to be about academics, not fashion. At...

 

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Applying for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Have you talked to the local Social Security Office? That is where you will get the correct answer.

 

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Sharing Living Expenses With Boyfriend?
I think you are doing plenty. That being said I would never have moved in with him and got into the situation you are in. I tell all young women when they are talking about getting into a relationship to make sure they save a little money every week, have their...

 

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Eligibility for Survivor Benefits?
I wouldnt put a lot of faith in a home paternity test. To get the correct answer to your question, you will have to call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. I wouldnt be at all surprised if the SS Office would tell you to have a real paternity...

 

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Finding Help with Home Repair?
I live off $700.00 a month retirement Social Security, so you are lucky to have the amount income that you do. Does you spouse work? If not, they should be and that would be extra income. If you have a social worker/welfare case manager with the Department...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Are you getting the Survivors Benefits or are they actually for the person that is raising you to help support you? Have your guardian/parent call the local Social Security Office and talk to them. That is the only place you will get the correct answer.

 

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Eligibility for Supplemental and Survivor Benefits?
The state you live in doesnt make any difference. You have to call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the only people that can give anybody the correct answer.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefit Eligibility?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. That being said, they will probably only give the information to your grandaughters mother. The only way your family will receive the correct information is to talk to the Social Security Office.

 

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Where Else Can I Look for Help in a Small Town?
There are never many full time job openings in small towns. Do you have a social worker/welfare worker with the Department of Social Services/Welfare Office? If you do they should know of someplace for you to go. There is a possibility you will have to be in...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Have you been getting the Survivors Benefits or have they been going to your surviving parent/guardian who has been supporting you? I find it hard to believe that they would have been going to a minor, because those benefits are intended to help raise the minor...

 

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Applying for Home Repair Assistance in Kentucky?
Repairs should have been made one at a time as needed, that way it would be more affordable. That being said, there is a nationwide organization that helps senior citizens and disabled people with home repairs. It has different names in different states and...

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the only people that can give you the correct answer. That being said, I think you left some information out of your question.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them about this matter. They are the only ones that can give you the correct answer. That being said, if the father of your child never worked, that means he never contributed to the support, and that in turn...

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
It isnt going to go directly to you. It will go to your guardian/surviving parent to help pay for raising you. Your guardian has probably been receiving it all along. Being a minor you are going to have to talk to the person that is raising you about this. If...

 

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Home Repair Help for Senior Citizens?
There is an organization that is country wide. It has different names in different states and even cities in the same state. Where I live it is called Opportunities for Independent Living(OIL) in some cities. The city where I live it is called the Independent...

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
To get the correct answer you have to call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. I have always been under the assumption that the cut off age was 18, period. It is kind of taken for granted when a person reaches age 18 they should be able to part...

 

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Social Security Child Dependent Benefits and Child Support
I have an adult disabled daughter and when I got divorced in 1983, she was 15 at the time. I got her put on SSI and she was getting child support from her Dad. Her SSI benefits were reduced according to the amount of child support she received. After she no...

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
The only way to get the correct answer is to call your local Social Security Office.

 

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Social Security Survivors Benefits?
The only way to receive the correct answer to your question is to call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. Why would the boys benefits increase just because his sister no longer qualifies? The fact that his sister will no longer receive benefits...

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Who raised you and your brothers? The benefits for you kids would have went to that person to use for your support. Minor children just arent given these checks. Another thing if your deceased parent didnt work enough to earn enough SS credits, I dont think...

 

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Removing a Nail from Wood?
Use the claw end of the hammer to pull the nail out.

 

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Making a Blouse Bigger?
It would depend on the style of the blouse and how much bigger you need it. Without that information it will be hard for anybody to give you advice. That being said, are you a competent seamstress or know how to sew?

 

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Social Security Benefits for Students After 18?
You shouldnt have to help your grandaughter while she is in college. She can get school loans and I know lots of young adults that work full time and go to college full time too. Or else work a couple years before starting college, then go to school for a couple...

 

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Social Security Benefits for Students After 18?
By the way, why isnt your grandaughters mother supporting her?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits for Students?
If you received that letter I would assume the SS Office knows what they are doing. That being said, call your local office and talk to them. I have also heard of students being dropped at age 16, even though they are full time students and doing average to...

 

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Mowing a Lawn Without a Mower?
Have you looked in thrift stores or rummage/garage/yard sales? What did you use other years to cut your grass? You must know somebody that has a lawn mower that you could borrow, it doesnt have to be a neighbor. Talk to some of your friends.

 

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Identifying Noise Coming from Attic?
Hot water heat does sometimes make noise, and I would be willing to bet what you hear in your attic is from the heat.

 

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Treating a Rash in Skin Folds?
Try something like one of the diaper rash creams.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits Eligibility?
How old were you when your mother passed away? I would have thought if you were a minor, being raised by somebody else they would have applied for the benefits to help with the expense of raising you.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the only ones who can give you the correct answer.

 

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Organizations That Help With Home Repair?
What kind of condition was the house in when you bought it? Apparently, it wasnt in real good condition at the time. I would sell it as is and move into an apartment. At least in a rental you have to worry about repairs. I assume you have a Social Worker/Welfare...

 

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Organizations That Help With Home Repair?
The organization that I had in mind sounds like they only service low income elderly and disabled. Another thing would be for you to call Habitat for Humanity. They might be able to help you. Also call 211, that is a nationwide helpline number. That keeps a...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office, they are the ones that can answer your questions.

 

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Planting Tulips?
I dont know the answer to your question, but I do know that in order for tulips to bloom at the right time in the spring, when they are outside, they have to be planted in the fall.

 

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Use Heat to Exterminate Bed Bugs
Did you find out the temperature of the heat used, would something like a hair dryer work or does it have to be higher heat?

 

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Cost of Feeding a Large Group?
You are going to have to figure out the amount of everything you need. You can find that out in some cookbooks and/or google it. Then you are going to have to price all of the ingredients needed that you will be purchasing in your area.

 

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Applying for Survivor Benefits?
You are going to have to call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. You can also appeal the decision. How old is your daughter? That could have something to do with it, If she is out of high school and not disabled she doesnt qualify. There are...

 

Feeding 100 people at Wedding Without Caterer?
Do it the old fashioned way, serve cake, coffee, tea, and punch. Ask aunts to cut the cake, pour the drinks, etc. Ask cousins to serve the drink refills. Reward these assistants with a fancy apron for them to wear while doing their jobs. Or else serve it buffet...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the people that can give you the correct answer.

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Who is the guardian of your friends son? That is the person that should be checking into it. Is your friends name on the birth certificate? The legal guardian would be the person that should talk to the local Social Security Office and I imagine that guardian...

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Call you local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the ones that will know the correct answer. That being said, I dont see how somebody that has never worked in their life, could qualify for Social Security, however, I have never been connected...

 

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Survivor's Benefits Overpayment?
Your best answer would be to talk to your local Social Security Office. My guess is you will be expected to pay all or part of it back.

 

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Continuing Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
First off, why would your daughter want to quit school and get a GED? There is a fee for getting a GED. I think it is a certain amount for each test that they have to take in order to complete the GED. They also have to attend classes to prepare for tests. What...

 

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SSI/Child Support?
The amount of SSI a person, whether that person is an adult or a child depends on what other income there is in the house. Anyway that is the way it used to be. If it is still that way the child support will affect the amount of SSI your son receives. You should...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
How old are you? If you are 18 and have graduated from high school you shouldnt receive survivors benefits anyway. If you are a minor the check doesnt go directly to you, anyway, because it is supposed to be used to support you. Talk to your local Social Security...

 

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Marriage and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?
Did they have a wedding license? If not they arent legally married. A real ordained minister would know that and basically in my opinion he would be the one breaking the law. If your aunt and her boyfriend have been living together, why do they want to get...

 

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Student Loan Forgiveness for Disability
From what I have heard the doctor has to fill out numerous forms and they dont want medical abbreviations, they want the full terminology and the forms that they send to the doctor dont have enough room to write out the full terminology, therefore what it amounts...

 

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Dealing With Verbal and Emotional Abuse?
Whenever I hear a young woman now talk about getting into any type of relationship I urge them to make sure they have their own checking account or a fair sum of cash put away, in case they have to leave. Start at the beginning of the relationship or even before...

 

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Survivor Benefits from Both Parents?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the only people that will know the correct answer.

 

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Purchasing Taller Toilets?
Several years ago I had my bathroom modified into a handicapped accessible one. Had the tub/shower combination removed and a walk in shower installed and a taller toilet. I just measured my toilet and it is a little over 17 inches. There are times I wish it...

 

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Social Security Benefits for Students?
It isnt really necessary for you to know what the circumstances are about her father. Did the lady at the Social Security Office say whether or not your daughter would qualify for benefits? I would think she would have said something. That office will know...

 

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Purchasing Taller Toilets?
I am almost 74 and about 10 years ago I had my bathroom modified into what is considered a handicapped accessible one because it was getting too hard for me to step in and out of the tub to take a shower. I just measured my toilet and it is a little over 17...

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Your friend should go and talk to the local Social Security Office. They will know the answer and why isnt your friend asking this question?

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and make an appointment to go and talk to them. They know more about it than we do.

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the only people that will know the right answer.

 

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Wedding Buffet Ideas?
A lot will depend on the type of wedding you are having, decorations, etc. Some people do sloppy joes, potato salad, pasta salad, relish tray, etc. plus the cake, coffee, tea, and punch. Some people do buns with a variety of deli sliced meats and cheese, then...

 

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Receiving Social Security or Survivor's Benefits?
Did the Social Security Office tell you why you were denied? There has to be a reason. There is a possibility that your parents have never paid into Social Security, and if they did, not long enough to qualify for drawing benefits. You should receive a letter...

 

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Home Repair Help for Low Income Persons?
How did you end up in a house with no heat and no insulation under it? When I was married we bought a brand new house that had a basement, but there wasnt any insulation in what would be considered the ceiling of the basement. We never suffered. There was insulation...

 

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Finding a Cheap or Free Bed?
Go to the office of your local Salvation Army and tell them you need a bed and they will give you a voucher to take to their Thrift Store for a free bed. That being said, if they have any beds. Also most thrift stores wont let people pick from the best choices...

 

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Painting Styrofoam?
I think most cans of spray paint say whether or not it can be used on styrofoam.

 

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Information on Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Are the kids minors? As a whole the money is intended to support them, not for them to spend on whatever they want. Furthermore, it isnt needed for actual support, how do you know their mother isnt saving it for college? This is something like child support...

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Call you local Social Security Office and talk to them.

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor's Benefits in College?
Talk to your local Social Security Office.

 

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Free or Low Cost Dental Work?
I was 43 when I finally got dentures, and that was after my divorce became final and I got 3/4 of the profit from selling our house. I had been having toothaches, and teeth breaking off for about 15 years. My husband at the time had a really good job, and I...

 

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Need Help With Home Repairs?
Do you qualify for Medicare part D? All states have a department that is funded through the government and it is called different things in different states, and even by different names in the same state. It wont be located in small towns, but most nearby larger...

 

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Insomnia When Young?
I taught myself how to self hypnotize myself when I cant get to sleep. I dont know how to teach somebody to do it, I think it is something a person has to develop for themselves. I do know the first thing is to make yourself completely relax and put everything...

 

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Stepchildren and Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
To get the correct answer you are going to have to call your local Social Security Office. You might be on hold for awhile, but then on the other hand when I call my Social Security Office, if it will be longer than you want to wait, they have a recording that...

 

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Crock Pot Recipes?
I have cookbook that is all crock pot recipes. It is called Fix it and Forget it. You can also find all kinds of crock pot recipes on line. There are also directions for doing a turkey breast in crock pots, which I do every now and then. Our favorite is when...

 

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Finding Donated or Cheap Furniture?
You can always get cheap furniture at thrift stores. Also go to Craigs list and freecycle.com. All the items might not match, but I have worked in a couple non-profit offices that had donated furniture that didnt match. One of the offices did have matched chairs...

 

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Cleaning Tips?
You shouldnt necessarily have to stand as long as you say to do a lot of things. I am unable to stand for more than five-ten minutes at a time if that. When I go through things I take several things to the table, a chair, or my bed, depending on the room Im...

 

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Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits?
If you want the correct answer you will have to talk to the Social Security Office.

 

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Tools for Making Chores Easier for Seniors?
I have a brush that has an adjustable handle for cleaning the shower, it also says it can be used around the toilet. However, for that job, I just plain use a broom and a regular floor for mopping the floors. My kitchen always looks cluttered because Im not...

 

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Applying for Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
For the correct answer to this call your local Social Security Office.

 

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Reporting Child Support Income to IRS?
You better consult an attorney on that matter. Back in 1983 when I was getting divorced I asked my attorney which I could get more of child support or alimony and he told me I didnt want alimony because I would have to pay income tax on that, but I wouldnt...

 

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Finding Free Furniture?
Go to the office for your local Salvation Army and tell them what you need. They will give you a voucher for free furniture to take to their thrift store. That being said, they might not have everything you need. If they do have the items that you say you need...

 

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Non Custodial Parent Receives Disability Benefits?
Talk to your local Child Support Enforcement Office. They will know more about this than we do. Or else talk to your attorney.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefit Check?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them about this matter.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefit Check?
Do you plan on moving out before you are 18? This is something that you and your mother are going to have to make arrangements to go to your local Social Security Office and talk to them about. I might be wrong, but as long as you are a minor the checks go...

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefit Check?
I have never had to wait that long. Being you are being funny about it, what do you suggest they do? The Social Security Office is the only place they will get the correct answer. Besides the local number there is also the 800 number.

 

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Getting Help to Repair a Heat Pump?
Depending on your age and whether or not you are disabled all states have an organization that will help low income people with home repairs. You do have to qualify income wise. Just because you feel low income doesnt mean you will be considered low income...

 

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Finding Free Furniture?
Go to your local Salvation Army Office and ask for a voucher for a bed. They should give you one and then you take it to their thrift store, and providing they have any beds, they will give you one. Be aware that most of those stores wont let you pick from...

 

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Dental Work Without Insurance in Northern California?
Whether or not poor teeth would affect your job, would depend on what type of work you do. I have seen people working as cashiers that dont have real great teeth. Do you have decent credit? Also some places have signs up that say payment arrangements can be...

 

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Social Security Survior's Benefits?
Had your Mom been approved for Social Security at the time of her death? Either way I dont know why the family would receive the back pay. If the kids are adults they arent entitled survivors benefits because they are supposed to be able to take care of themselves...

 

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Who is Responsible for Funeral Expenses?
That is something your husband should discuss with his mother and step father. That being said, if there arent any plans already made, it would depend on how your husband feels about his mother. There are inexpensive funeral plans. If nobody in the family can...

 

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Social Security and Back Child Support?
Have you been working with Child Support Enforcement? If so, I would have had him arrested for non-payment of child support. As long as he wasnt working, you wouldnt have been out anything, and it might have taught him a lesson, if he had to spend a little...

 

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Free Roof Replacement for Our House?
I assume you have a social worker with the Department of Social services/Welfare Office. Talk to them, they should know about this nationwide organization that helps with things like that. It is called different names in different towns. Several years ago, my...

 

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Improving Wheelchair Traction on Ice?
If it is your ramp, spread ice melt on it. That is the fast way to get rid of the ice. Keep the ice melt right by your door and sprinkle a hand full right outside the door and grab the container and as you go down the ramp sprinkle a handful in front of you...

 

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Bit of Root Left in Jaw After Tooth Extraction?
This can happen occasionally. Usually they work out. My husband was having pieces of root work out of his gums for several years after he got his dentures. I have heard of this happening with other people too.

 

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Receiving SSDI Benefits?
Call you local Social Security Office and talk to them. If they each received separate disability checks I would think the younger one would receive the amount he has always received. The SS Office is the only place you will get the right answer.

 

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Survivor Benefits for My Daughter?
Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They are the ones that would know the right answer. My opinion is that she shouldnt receive survivors benefits, but that is only my opinion.

 

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Finding Free Furniture?
Didnt you have furniture before? Go to your nearest Salvation Army Office and tell them what you need, they will give you a voucher to take to their Thrift Store. The store will give you the items on the voucher IF they have them. Be aware that most of these...

 

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Job Ideas for Teen?
At your age, you best bet would be babysitting, but for safety reasons, only for people your family knows. When you turn 14, there will be a very few places that hire 14 year olds, and then only for a very limited number of hours per week. You could also try...

 

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Survivor Benefits and Adoption?
Basically that should be the concern of their grandmother and not you. But call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They probably wont tell you anything because the girls arent living with you.

 

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14th Birthday Party Ideas?
If you are only going to be 14, how is this your last year at school, or did you mean middle school/junior high?

 

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Finding Free Furniture?
Right now as rampant as bed bugs are in the country, I wouldnt want any free furniture. Did you have you residence fumigated by pest control after you got rid of your couch and beds? If not replacing them wont do any good. Have you been doctor ordered not to...

 

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Collecting Past Child Support After Obligor Dies?
You are going to have to talk to your local Social Security Office and Child Support Enforcement office. Most of the time if a deadbeat parent has to spend a little time in jail that will shape them up. Their drivers license can also be taken away and their...

 

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Roof Repair Assistance for Seniors?
There should be an organization in your state called Opportunities For Independent Living. Some people refer to it as OIL. Keep in mind that different cities in the same state might have a different name for the organization. Where I live it is called Independent...

 

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Child Support and SS Survivors Benefits?
Call your local Social Security Office and schedule an appointment to find out about this. Also contact your local office of Child Support Enforcement. It is time to get an increase in child support and find out about the health insurance situation. If he doesnt...

 

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Child Support and SS Survivors Benefits?
You should be receiving Survivors Benefits, too.

 

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Child Support and SS Survivors Benefits?
How many hours a month do you work that you only make $100.00 a month? There isnt any reason you cant be working more hours a month, because at $7.50 an hour which is a little more than minimum wage you are only working a little more than 13 hours a month. You...

 

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Collecting Social Security Survivors Benefits?
Look up your state online and when you look at different parts of the site, it will tell you how to go about obtaining different certificates. There will probably even be a form that you can print out, fill out and send it to the proper address. Some states...

 

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Receiving Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Im not sure about this, but being you are an adult I honestly dont see how you would qualify for survivors benefits from your late Dads Social Security. It would be different if you had a spouse and he had died. Call your local Social Security Office and make...

 

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Jobs for Teens?
I dont think anybody will hire a 13 year old to do technology work for them and the ones that do ask you to do it will expect it done for free, given your age. Depending on how much money you want to acquire, you should be able to make enough for spending money...

 

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Sharing Expenses with a Live-in Boyfriend?
I would kick him out. My opinion is, he doesnt really love you, if he did he wouldnt treat you the way he does. Women dont need a man around in order to be happy, unless they can pull their fair weight.

 

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Thickening Canned Fruit Juice?
I know people that use store bought canned fruit to make cobbler and dont do anything to thicken the juice. When I make cobblers I use the purchased pie filling in whatever flavor I want.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Why should this be any concern of yours? It was your grandaughters mother that passed away and the child is living with her maternal grandparents. They are the ones supporting her. You get to see her every week end, why hasnt your son been able to see her? There...

 

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Sources of Free Furniture?
The Salvation Army is all over. It might not be in your actual town, but would be no more than 50 miles away. Go to their office and tell them what you need, and it has to be basics only, no electronic items. They will give you a voucher for the items you need...

 

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Cabbage Patch Doll Pattern?
You can buy ready made Cabbage Patch dolls for not too awful much. Various discount stores have them at various times. I havent seen any for more than $20.00 unless it is a special occasion one.

 

Making Fudge?
You dont specifically need to have an 8 foil pan, you can use any kind of pan that is the same size. The larger the pan, the shallower the fudge will be.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Your best bet would be to talk to your local Social Security Office. That being said, here is something to think about. Who kept a roof over your head, fed you, paid utilities, provided transportation for you(and all that the transportation includes), where...

 

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Bachelor Spaghetti
That sounds like a good idea for this cranky granny. Only when it comes to canned chili I prefer Campbells Chunky Roadhouse.

 

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Sharing Expenses With Boyfriend?
Its time to kick him out. Youve been supporting him long enough. It sounds like he has a lot of growing up to do. Never be willing to let a guy live with you, or anybody else for that matter without having them pay half of everything and do half the chores...

 

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Home Repair Help for Low Income Families?
If they are low income, there is a possibility that they could get help from a state/government organization. It goes by different names in different locations. Here in SD, in some of the towns it is called Opportunities for Independent Living(OIL), the town...

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits for Children?
Call your local Social Security Office and set up an appointment to talk to them. They will know the details. From what I have always understood, the parent raising the child gets one check, because of the expense of raising the kid, and then there is one for...

 

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Perm Left Hair Straight?
In time your hair will grow longer. That being said some peoples hair will only get to a certain length. Was the perm that you got one to straighten your hair or what? Your best bet would be to consult a higher end hair stylist. Do this over the phone, and...

 

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Social Security Benefits for Children?
Call your local Social Security Office and schedule an appointment to talk to them. Do you have custody of the kids and are they minors? If this is the case and you dont need the money to help support the kids, I dont know why you cant put it in savings for...

 

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Substituting Evaporated Milk for Whole Milk?
My late mother used to mix water in with the evaporated milk. I cant remember the proportions, my guess would be until it looked equal to whole milk, instead of as thick as evaporated milk is.

 

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What Can I Make With These Ingredients?
You could make chili with the hamburger, beans and spaghetti sauce, then use the corn meal to make corn bread to eat with the chili.

 

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Christmas Help in Georgia?
Most of the charities that provide Christmas help have a cut off date for taking applications of mid-November and that is to allow for budgeting. They also have age cut off limits of 12-13 years, and you didnt say how old your daughter is. You should be able...

 

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Christmas Help for Children?
Most of the charities that do Christmas help have a cut off date for applications of mid-November so that they can do their budgeting. They also have age limits. If you have a social worker with the Department of Social Services talk to that person, they might...

 

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Christmas Help for Children?
The charities that provide Christmas help have a cut off date of mid-November for taking applications. This is done for budgeting purposes. Most of them also have age cut off limits of 12-13 years, this is because older kids are expected to understand the situation...

 

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Social Security Survivor Benefits?
Was your son receiving child support from his Dad and how old is your son? To get the best information call your local Social Security Office. They will know the answers.

 

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Qualifying for Social Security Survivors Benefits?
Are you talking disability benefits or survivors benefits? Either way unless your son is disabled or one of his parents is deceased I dont think he would qualify for these benefits. Call your local Social Security Office and talk to them. They can give you...

 

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Sharing Living Expenses and Chores?
Why would you want to support him, if he isnt making any effort to improve himself by getting real estate listings? As long as he does have a place to live, even if it isnt real nice, why is he staying with you? I realize times are hard, but there is a reason...

 

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Eligibility for Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Talk to your local Social Security Office, they can answer this better than we can. Why is your little girl receiving workmans comp?

 

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Applying for Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Talk to your local Social Security Office. That being said as far as I know they are for spouses and minor children. What is meant for the minor children is to support them, not for them to have as spending money.

 

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Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
How old are you? If you are a minor those benefits are meant to support you, not to be given to you for spending money. If she is getting these benefits, how do you think she is supporting you? That being said talk to your local Social Security Office.

 

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Application Process for Social Security Survivor's Benefits?
Your local Social Security Office knows more about this than any of us do.

 

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