NI Number talk

After hearing something that I thought may be something that comes out of a bull's rear end, I decided I would look into NI Numbers a bit more. A friend of mine seemed to think that National Insurance numbers, more importantly the letter at the end, deemed as at what point you would be forced into War at, for instance A was first B next, so on, so on.

So I was searching about on google and came across this page, look at the last point. Is this just a Chinese whisper that has got out of hand or is there some reality in it?

Other than deeming our NI contributions, does the NI number have any other uses or meanings?

And yes, mine does end in B

im "A"

[G]

Mine is A.

No idea what that means.

This is what I thought, whether it actually has a meaning now, as in that article it says that it bears no meaning now...

[Biker Biggles]

Does it change as you get older and thus no longer eligable as cannon fodder?

Plowsie plowsie plowsie...

You quote wiki & ask if it's accurate?

For the geeks, the regex for NINO's is:
"^[A-CEGHJ-PR-TW-Z][A-CEGHJ-NPR-TW-Z] ?\d{2} ?\d{2} ?\d{2} ?[ABCDFM]"

Basically, that means that there are only certain combinations for the first 2 letters, the numbers are sequential dependant on various personal details, and the last letter can be any of A,B,C,D,F,M.

Originally, the last letter actually denoted when end of year tax assessments were done, being:
A= March
B= June
C= September
D= December

The F or M were added later, and usually weren't issued like that by HMRC, but were wrongly put by people on formal documents, so had to be accepted ad-hoc. Generally because of this "end user error" the suffix is completely ignored by HMRC, as the rest happily identifies you individually.

I've done more than the odd software contract for HMRC.

[G]

If there was a war to the extent of WWI and WWII that didnt involve nuke that irradicated earth then I would be shocked.

If there was a war to that extent that didnt involve nuke but good old warfare and troop number were running low, I would be first in line.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by G

If there was a war to the extent of WWI and WWII that didnt involve nuke that irradicated earth then I would be shocked.

If there was a war to that extent that didnt involve nuke but good old warfare and troop number were running low, I would be first in line.

And I would have be dragged to the end of the line. I am prepared to risk my life and even kill. but for my own agenda and certainly not until those who have committed to the mass killing of a nation, have sacrificed theirs first.


Never again will we be in a position to say "Over the top chaps" and expect blinding obedience. Let generals lead from the front. If the plan is that good they should be prepared to share the risk

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by G

If there was a war to the extent of WWI and WWII that didnt involve nuke that irradicated earth then I would be shocked.

If there was a war to that extent that didnt involve nuke but good old warfare and troop number were running low, I would be first in line.

No matter what urban myths may be about on the subject of our NINOs, there is one thing I don't have to worry about.

They don't send people like me to war.












I became a pacifist aged eleven... We just get bunged in jail or made to plough fields with our finger nails!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Jayneflakes

I became a pacifist aged eleven... We just get bunged in jail or made to plough fields with our finger nails!

Or you get sent to be a field medic, recovering casualties under fire. This is what 'conscientious objectors' did in both World Wars.