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CATERPILLAR CLUB (from page one) instead saw his chute blossom open and glide him safely to a landing that resulted only in an injured ankle. Word of his successful jump made news, and Irvin soon found himself in the parachute business. • When his lawyer filed Irvin’s patent papers, a clerk incorrectly spelled his name as ‘Irving.’ Misspelled or not, Irving Parachutes made Irvin a wealthy man by the time he reached age thirty.

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Research over the past 30 was like, ‘we’ll give you a discount if you take him.’ years has shown that even in 90-year-olds, resis- He’s the bootleg special dog.” tance training, or exercising with weights, can in- Once an overlooked underdog, today ManExercising With Weights in the crease strength by substantially increasing muscle ny’s giving as good as he gets. and bone mass, improving metabolism, increasing His famous mug is also being used in fundElderly Promotes Strength, food intake and even improving mood. More impor- raising efforts by the ASPCA and the French BullBuilds Bone And Prevents Falls tantly, gait and balance are dramatically improved, dog Rescue Network. With great fame comes great leading to an 80 percent reduction in fall and frac- responsibility -- and even greater demand. Growing older is always accompanied by ture risk. Something as low-tech as exercising with Popular breeds tend to be bred. 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of government? And once again I must point out: It’s or they are disabled folks who little or no income. It’s true that some SSI recipients may have never worked almost always wrong. The time to complain about the amount of and paid any taxes. But that’s because the vast majoryour Social Security check -- or rather, the time when ity of those recipients are disabled children. You may be confusing the SSI program with you have the best opportunity to do something about Many people it -- is when you first start getting benefits. When the Social Security disability program. TUES., JAN. 14 that happens, you get an “award letter” from the So- do. But unlike SSI, all the people getting Social Sereview Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling curity disability have worked and paid taxes. That’s cial Security Administration that Please tells you, amongcarefully. how they qualified for benefits in the first place. other things, how much you are due each month. your Tidbits representative immediately with changes o by Tom Margenau That award letter includes a paragraph Contact that essenIf you have a Social Security Fax: question, Tom Martially says this: “If you disagree with anything about Office: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 genau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comyour benefits, you have 60 days to file an appeal.” While I worked for SSA, I helped thousands cast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate of people fill out appeal forms to question the amount Help U Hearand c/o JNS Media writers cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at of their Social Security payments. And I literally can www.creators.com. 1/4 pg. 4C 26x disc. rate count on one hand the number of times the benefit COPYRIGHT CREATORS.COM Jan. 19, 2014 2014 Vol. 10 - No. 4 rate turned out to be wrong. You can gripe about government inefficiency all you want, but one thing they are extremely good and accurate about is comMy Social Security check is being puting Social Security benefit payments. (Bear in docked this year because I worked and made mind that I am talking about the initial benefit rate. too much money last year. I am a hardworking I have written many times about the mistakes the guy tr ying to make ends meet and live within agency makes when trying to adjust ongoing Social the rules. So I guess I can accept the reduction Security checks for working beneficiaries under age in my benefits. But what really gets my goat is 66 who earn more than prescribed earnings limits.) all the Social Security money the government is So I’m pretty sure that $1,850 Social Secusending to folks who don’t deser ve it. I’m pri- rity check you are getting is the right amount. But marily talking about people who never worked assuming you did nothing 10 years ago when your a day in their lives who are cheating the system benefits started, and assuming you’ve been stewing A 2012 Study suggests living off the good graces of hardworking peo- about this for a decade now, you might want to sit A 2012 Study suggests ple like me. Why doesn’t someone do some- down with someone at your local Social Security ofA 2012 Study suggests Athat 2012 Study suggests for every that for every thing about these injustices? fice who can go over the computation with you. that forevery every that for 1010 dB dBloss lossininyour your Now on to your uninformed complaints If my email inbox is any indication, you 10 dB loss in your 10 dB loss in about the SSI program. SSI stands for Supplemenhearing,your yourrisk riskyour hearing, are echoing a commonly held belief. It goes somehearing, your tal Security Income. It is a federal welfare program hearing, yourriskrisk Alzheimer’s HOLD thing like this: “I deserve my Social Security check. ofofof Alzheimer’s funded out of general revenues, NOT out of Social Alzheimer’s of Alzheimer’s increases 20%. But a whole lot of other folks sure don’t deserve Security taxes. So SSIisPhone not a Social Security benefit.  Prices  Hours Please review carefully. 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Dust Mites Can Stir Up Allergies DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What’s all this about dust mites? Do they carr y disease? How do we kill them? A baseball bat? -- R.H. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: About dust mites -- I am getting nowhere with them because they are practically invisible. They crawl in and out of my mouth and on my face when I am in bed. I have suffered too long with them. -- P.B. ANSWER: Dust mites are hardly visible; they’re smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. They don’t transmit diseases, but they can create trouble for those who are allergic to them or their waste material. The mite skeleton and waste products can provoke asthma, skin itching, eye itching, sneezing and dripping nose. Most people, however, live in blissful ignorance of the mites. They have no symptoms. Dust mites don’t bite. They feed on dead skin cells, mostly cells that have fallen off the body. They don’t enter the mouth. You really can’t tell they’re around. They like living in bedrooms -- in mattresses and bedding, including blankets -- upholstered furniture and carpets. They can take up life in stuffed

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years give us a number of new options. Studies show that nearly 18 percent of retirees over age 65 return to work in some way. Some need the income while others work as volunteers for charitable causes for social interaction to avoid lonli ness. Others volunteer just for something worthwhile  Mon., Dec. 16, 2013 Creators News Syndicate to do with their time. Keeping ourselves busy has many benefits, giving usNumber(s) a brighter outlook Please review carefully. Doubleincluding check:  Phone  Spelling  Prices  Hours on life. Contact your immediately with changes Tidbits Therepresentative two of you need to find activities to keep or corrections. ● On Feb. 11, 1858, Marie-Bernarde Souyou both occupied and give you Fax: a sense of satisfacOffice: 760-320-0997 760-320-1630 birous, a 14-year-old French peasant girl, Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) isgood Spelling tion and accomplishment. Volunteering way  Prices  Hours claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. The to do this. You both have abilities that are needed -- so Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. apparitions occurred in a grotto of a rock switch your attitude over to the positive side, make promontory near Lourdes, France. Today We are retired and still live in our yourselves Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 available -- and stop complaining! millions of people travel to Lourdes every large four bedroom home where we raised our year to visit the grotto, whose waters supfive children. Our house has always been the Doug Mayberry makes the most of life in a Southern posedly have curative powers. meeting place for our large family gatherings at California Retirement community. Contact him at deardoug@ Ad Proof: Mac-Doc Christmas, birthdays, holidays and just about msn.com. To find out more about Doug Mayberry visit the BZ SPOT COLOR Bram’s ● On Feb. 12, 1912, Hsian-T’ung, the last Creators Syndicate website13x at www.creators.com. ever y other reason for us all to get together. COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM Dec. 22, 2013 Vol. 9 No. 52 emperor of China, is forced to abdicate. A Now that we’re both in our 70s and 1/16th page, BW, 26x rate [$59/wk] provisional government was established in starting to feel the aches and pains of our age, February 17, 2013 his place, ending 267 years of Manchu rule C o m p u t e r P r o b l e m s ? Professional we realize it’s time to move into a smaller place Windows Mac [Volume in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule. S m a r t p h o n9: e s Issue #8 - ] For In-Home Help or that’s easier for us to manage. Netflix Streaming Training Contact Jerry by The former emperor was only 6 years old. But here’s the problem: Over the years Corrections due by: 5 pm, Fri. 02/08/13 ●Instruction in basic to advanced skills phone: 7 6 started 0 . 4 5 9 . their 5092 since the kids have grown and ● New computer & peripheral setups ● On Feb. 16, 1923 in Thebes, Egypt, Engi n f o @ o s x t e ch.biz e-mail: own families, our attic, basement and garage ● Install Wifi, Skype, Magic Jack & others lish archaeologist Howard Carter enters the ● Website design & maintenance have become a convenient storage place for furor visit our website: sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyp● Troubleshoot Mac or PC issues niture, toys, cribs, clothing,wfile ●Integrate iPhone, iPads & Macs with iCloud w w cabinets, . O S X t e c htools .biz tian ruler King Tutankhamen. The chamber ● Will make house calls and just about ever ything else, including a moRates:$45/hour was virtually intact, with its treasures and torcycle, a boat and an old printing press! mac- do c the perfectly preserved mummy of King Tut Our realtor warns us that we mustn’t Professional Computer Services untouched after more than 3,000 years. 760-267-4805 www.mac-doc.net start showing our house until ever ything is cleared out. We have asked ever yone to pick ● On Feb. 13, 1945, the most controverup the items that belong to them, but so far sial episode in the Allied air war against it’s not working. We realize this puts pressure Germany begins as hundreds of British on ever yone, but what else can we do? Do you bombers descend on Dresden, Germany. Property of have any good suggestions? Within two days, the city was a flattened,

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