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* It was 20th-century British journalist, travel writer and literary critic Dame Rebecca West who made the following sage observation: “I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” * The infamous Ouija board may be surrounded by controversy, but the origin of its name is not mysterious; the creators simply combined the French word for “yes” -- “oui” -- with the German affirmative -- “ja.” * Everybody is afraid of something, right? And whatever the fear, there’s doubtless a name for it. For example, erythrophones are afraid of blushing, peccatophobes are afraid of sinning, and aichmophobes are afraid of needles. If you’re afraid of going insane, you’re lyssophobic; if it’s disease that frightens you, you’re nosophobic; cremnophobia is a fear or precipices. There’s even a word to describe the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth: arachibutyrophobia. And finally, you may at this point be suffering from sesquipedalophobia -- the fear of long words. * Located in the Sierras at 8,000 feet above sea level, the town of Bodie was once the second-biggest city in California. These days, it’s deserted for most of the year, but every summer more than 200,000 people travel to the upper altitudes just to see the slowly decaying town, hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the ghosts that reputedly inhabit every crumbling building that remains.

Avoid These Expensive Tax Mistakes You’ve rounded up your receipts, figured out all your deductions and now you’re ready to load that onto your tax forms. This is not the time ® to get sloppy. Make sure you don’t run any of these red flags up the flag pole of your tax return and you will greatly reduce chances of getting hit with by Marythe Hunt the most dreaded of all tax events -- the audit. 1: MESSED UP MATH. Double check to make sure your arithmetic is correct. Math errors are not limited only to miscalculations. They could also be truncated numbers. Negative numbers need to have brackets around them. Consider attaching a spreadsheet or adding machine tape. Efiling makes sure that math calculation errors don’t occur. 2: SLOPPY RECORDS. If you are self-employed, your deductions need to be very carefully documented. As a member of this group, don’t be tempted to blur the line between personal and business expenses, especially mileage deductions and home-office usage.

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8: FAILURE TO SIGN. Be sure to sign your return (both spouses, if filing jointly) and make a copy of it and all supporting documents for your records. Remember, being audited isn’t always bad. Sometimes the IRS will discover they owe you money. 9: RECEIVING A SIZABLE REFUND. This is not a red flag to signal an audit, but it’s a sign that you’re making a colossal mistake. It means you way overpay your taxes during the year. Part of your paycheck goes missing every payday and you need to find it. It’s stupid to overpay your taxes and then find yourself running to the credit cards because you can’t make your paycheck stretch far enough. Fix your withholding amounts. And if you want that big annual refund, automatically deposit the difference instead to a savings account every payday and watch it add up for you.

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Financial Paperwork: What to Keep, What to Toss Dear Savvy Senior: How long should a person hang on to old receipts, stock records, tax returns and other financial documents? I have accumulated boxes full of such papers over the years and would like to get rid of some of it now that I’m retired. --Getting Organized Dear Getting: This is a great time of the year to get rid of unnecessary or outdated paperwork and to organize your records in preparation for filing your tax return in the spring. Here’s a checklist of what to keep and what to toss out, along with some tips to help you reduce your future paper accumulation: Toss Out: • ATM receipts and bank-deposit slips as soon as you match them up with your monthly statement. • Credit card receipts after you get your statement, unless you might return the item or need proof of purchase for a warranty. • Credit card statements that do not have a tax-related expense on them. • Utility bills when the following month’s bill arrives showing that your prior payment was received. If you wish to track utility usage over time, you may want to keep them for a year, or if you deduct a home office on your taxes keep them for seven years. To avoid identity theft, be sure you shred anything you throw away that contains your personal information. It’s best to use a crosscut shredder rather than a strip one, which leaves long paper bands that could be reassembled. Keep One Year: • Paycheck stubs until you get your W-2 in January to check its accuracy. • Bank statements (savings and checking account) to confirm your 1099s. • Brokerage, 401(k), IRA and other investment statements until you get your annual summary (keep longer for tax purposes if they show a gain or loss). • Receipts for health care bills in case you qualify for a medical deduction.

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Now that the holidays have come and gone, it’s time to think about how we’ll handle the new year -- and that includes what charities we’ll support. The big thing, as always, is to avoid the scammers. Unfortunately, when it comes to supporting veterans and active-duty endeavors, the scammers are out in full force, either pocketing the cash or misdirecting it. Here are two sites to investigate to make sure you don’t give money to a scam operation: Charity Navigator (www.charitynavigator.org) and GuideStar (www.guidestar.org). One of the best and most worthwhile formilitary charities I know of is Operation Gratitude (www.operationgratitude.com). I’ve written about it before, coaxing you to send a few dollars when it’s trying to hit a big goal, such as their next 100,000 packages. Now I’m asking you to consider regular monthly giving. Each $15 you donate will get one box of goodies mailed to a service member. The boxes are loaded with snacks, flash drives, toiletries, iPods, books, games, socks, comic books, T-shirts, hats, DVDs and players, batteries, puzzles ... and sometimes even the keys to a new vehicle waiting when the service emember gets Keep Forever: home. If you check the photos and thank-you let Personal and family records like birth cer- ters at the website, you’ll see just how appreciated tificates, marriage license, divorce papers, Social those boxes can be for service members far from Security cards, military discharge papers and home. estate-planning documents (power of attorney, At the OpGrat website you can choose to will, trust and advanced directive). Keep these in send a check, sign up for monthly giving or even a fireproof safe or safe-deposit box. have it taken out on your credit card. It’s up to you. If you absolutely can’t give money, can you Reduce Your Paper write letters? Each box that’sJAN sent13 out includes a12 NOON WED., To reduce your paper clutter, consider few letters, written by schoolkids, retired military, Please review carefully. Double...check:  Phone Number(s) Spelling digitizing your documents by scanning them and families everybody pitches in. Checkthe website Prices converting them into PDF files so you can store (look under the Volunteer dropdown menu) for Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correction them on your computer and back them up onto a hints about the content of letters and where/how to 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 USB flash drive or external hard drive like icloud. Office: send them. com or carbonite.com. ***

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My wife and I enjoy reading your column ever y week in our favorite weekly paper and are hoping you can help us with this ver y old card game we found while antiquing. It’s an “Old Maid” game made by Parker Brothers. I tried to find out how old the game is, but I have had no luck. There are 27 cards: 12 pairs; 2 cards with no matches; and the “Old Maid” card. The backs of the cards are plain white with some yellowing. I have enclosed a picture of the cover of the set. Also included in the deck are the cards with the images of characters called Hasty Horace, Mike Angelo, Bertie Book and the Old Maid. Hope you can help.

Enclosed is the mark that is on the back of several ver y small plates that I have. According to family histor y, they were intended to ser ve nuts and the pattern is “Nut Harvest.” Each plate is oval and in the shape of a leaf and measures 4 inches by 2 inches. They are in perfect condition. They are all signed within the design with the name “Rean.” Also included with each mark are the letters “A K D -- France.” We plan to keep this set in our family and hope you can add to the histor y and give us an insurance value.

Parker Brothers, who were located in Salem, Massachusetts, founded their card games and board games company around 1883. The game

celain in Waldsassen, Bavaria, Germany, since 1866. Objects marked “U.S. Zone” were made from 1945 to 1949 in the U.S.-occupied area of Germany after World War II. Your dinnerware set would probably be worth $600 to $1,000. * * * Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P.

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Pickard China Co. was founded in Chicago in 1894.

Wilder Pickard founded his china firm in Chicago in 1894. They decorated blanks that were made by European factories. “A K D -- France” is the mark used by A. Klingenberg, in Limoges, France, and was one of the blank suppliers for Pickard. Your set probably had a master nut dish. Maxwell Rean Klipphahn was one of Pickard’s most talented decorators, and he hand painted the designs on your set. Klipphahn often signed his work with his middle name but was known to also use “Klipp” on some of his pieces. Your “Nut Harvest” pattern dishes were made around 1900 and should probably be insured for $300 to $400. ***

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