Adak is much more reasonable and eloquent than merc.
But he also shares that trait: you just said a lot so I'm going to repeat everything I said before but leave out my gaffes that were pointed out to me.
Really have a hard time believing he was asked for his ssn at a hardware store.

Everything I do at work ties into a person's ssn, and we are still very discreet about asking for it. Its a big no-no in the era of identity theft.
I think adak lives in 1957. But he has a time machine.