Was this colorized later or an early use of color film?

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.

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.”

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!

Is this strictly Lemmy or does it include related platforms like PieFed and Mbin? Because it seems like there has been some shift to PieFed

In Scotland, although marriage was formed by simple consent and required no formalities or consummation, the bedding rituals were widespread but unstructured; a couple simply wanted someone to see them in bed together. A couple could also be pressured into marriage in this way: a person stumbling upon an unmarried couple in bed could pronounce them man and wife on the spot.

Wait, so the Thomas’s English Muffin was their invention?

I’m not sure it’s a mansion since it seems to have storefronts at street level. Maybe a boarding house or hotel?

All we have to do to stop her is put different shapes in the square hole

Where in North America are there no inspections? I can’t renew my registration without the car going through inspection and I assumed inspections were required everywhere.

The driver’s side lightbulb on my wife’s Kia Soul is largely blocked by internal components. I found some instructions explaining how to remove the front bumper for access. Fortunately some guy on YouTube made a video showing a better way. Need to make some marks on parts so you can line them up properly when putting it back but with some tight contortions it was possible and only took a couple minutes.

Mario Chase in Nintendoland was always a popular one when we had parties, and not something that could be easily recreated on other systems.

Yeah, I didn’t think the problems they were having was his fault. My impression from afar was that he seemed like a pretty good coach.

I’m cringing just reading this

For the last point, I think listing PieFed and Mbin apps (are there any?) would be a good thing. Maybe changing this community from strictly Lemmy to the larger fediverse?

1.4 change log: “A city is a beautiful, but insane machine that survives always in homeostasis and always in chaos. In 1.4 you get a little less narrative, a little more reality, the structures of everyday life exposed, greed companies, economy that doesn’t forgive, even the broke. The night mode is a pleasant anesthesia; use it, but do not confuse ambience with robustness.”

That’s what I would’ve expected

Man, is there anything IKEA doesn’t sell?

Writing’s on the wall

It’s like it’s in the Buddy Gator family

That looks pretty deep!

300 km out of 24 kWh?

Press X to doubt.