David wrote... .But realize that there is a 6 month waiting period plus the month in which you apply and if your birthday is in the last week of the month your actual wait before you get a penny will be more like eight months David and all.....When I finally decided to go down and apply I changed my mind that day at the last minute on Friday mid-morning...didn't want to stand in the lines, etc......and thought I would get an early start on Monday morning and be in the beginning of the line....well, it turns out that Monday morning was NOVEMBER and that Friday was OCTOBER so that meant an extra month's waiting time because I was in with the NOVEMBER applications ...but you just don't know stuff like that at the time...Joan Hartman --- Joan Hartman --- [log in to unmask] --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn