[Polynikes]

I once had a boss who had a series of numbers tattooed on his inner forearm. I always thought it was a number from the death camps because his age was about right and he was Jewish so I never asked about it. Finally one day I did ask him in private. Turns out it was from his navy days. Basically young guy out of basic, drunk, in San Diego and couldn't decide what he wanted. He defaulted to having his SSN tattooed on his arm.

[BeadCounter]

That’s a good story, I heard another one about this guy from England who was once stopped by the cops, he was a passenger by the way, they asked for ID, he had none so he showed them one on his arm that read “Bill”.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** I always thought it was a number from the death camps because his age was about right ***

***He defaulted to having his SSN tattooed on his arm. ***

SS number or military service number? The military replaced the military number and started using the social security number back around 1968.