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The Turkey Is Burning! and Other Disasters By Angela Shelf Medearis

I’ve had my share of Thanksgiving Day disasters over the years! Here are some secrets to saving your sanity and your Thanksgiving dinner:

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Sometimes, the top crust on a pie will cook faster than the bottom crust. If your bottom crust is underdone, cover the top with foil so it doesn’t burn and put your pie back in the oven at 425 to 450 degrees for about 12 minutes. Make sure to put it on the bottom rack so the underside gets the most heat. Alternatively, you can scoop out the filling and top crust and just bake the bottom crust by itself. That way, when it’s done you can pour the filling back in and make a crumb topping from the top crust. It may even look better this way if your top crust didn’t turn out great the first time. ADVERTISING PROOF

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Remove the giblet package (neck, liver, heart and gizzard) from inside the cavity of the bird AND check the neck cavity. Some manufacturers place the giblet package in the neck cavity and others place it inside the cavity closest to the legs. Most turkeys come with the legs already trussed (crossed and secured with a metal or plastic bracket). If you’re not going to stuff your bird, there’s no need to truss the legs. Trussing an unstuffed bird hinders the hot oven air from circulating inside and around the legs. This means that the dark meat will take longer to cook, and the breast meat will cook faster and probably dry out before the legs ever get completely done.

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The Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 was designed to hold employees accountable, investigate allegations and protect whistleblowers from DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 61-yearretaliation, including from supervisors, at the Deold woman in fairly good health except that partment of Veterans Affairs. I have been taking prescription omeprazole It isn’t working. once a day for heartburn for at least 10 years, The VA’s Office of the Inspector General inif not more. I’ve read articles that say this vestigated complaints from June 2017 until August ANSWER: I’m afraid it’s more likely to isn’t good to take long term, like I’ve been 2019. The OIG discovered that: be a scam than real, but there are a few herbal doing. When I’ve tried to stop by using fa  The Office of Accountability and Whistherapies that have been shown to help -- but tleblower Protection (OWAP) often farmed out inmotidine instead, I still suffer from heartburn not cure -- enlarged prostate glands in men. 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Study: Owning a Dog Can be Good for Us Did you adopt a dog during Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month in October? There’s some good news if you did. The Mayo Clinic has published a report of a large study (Kardiovize Brno 2030) showing why it’s to our benefit to own a pet. When we own a pet, especially a dog, we have healthier hearts and a better diet. We get more physical exercise, and we see blood-sugar levels that are more normal. Pets reduce our level of stress and help us stick to routines. Dogs help us fight isolation and loneliness by providing social interaction when we go out. Owning a pet can lower our blood pressure, and we’re less likely to have diabetes. However, despite the positives of owning a pet, there are concerns (and some solutions to them) to consider before we adopt: * Can you afford the food and veterinary care a dog requires? Ask the local food bank if it provides pet food. Look for a vet who offers senior discounts. Keep an eye out for annual vaccination clinics for low-cost immunizations. * If a shelter dog has behavioral issues because of previous experiences, do you have enough patience to handle the necessary training? Inquire at the local pet store about training classes for any dog you adopt. * Can you afford the initial shelter fees for an exam and spay or neuter, as well as the adoption fee? There’s an organization called Pets for the Elderly (petsfortheelderly.org) in 37 states that will help seniors over age 60 to cover the costs of adoption. * Are you able to walk enough to give a dog the amount of exercise it needs? Talk to a neighbor. You might find one that will be quite happy to walk the dog when you can’t. * * * Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@ gmail.com.

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Mailbag Miscellany I usually like to have a theme to my columns. In other words, I will generally just cover one topic and present one or more questions from readers that are related to that subject. But every once in a while, I just like to open my email inbox and pick random questions to answer. Today’s column is one of those.

I am 79 years old. I haven’t worked in years, but last year, I did make some money on the side selling some of my antique furniture. And now I got a letter from Social Security telling me my own benefit is going up by $25 but my widows benefit is going down by $25. This makes absolutely no sense to me. What do you think I should do about this?

You should just relax. It’s really no big deal. Let me explain to you what is happening. Like many women in this country, you are getting benefits from two Social Security accounts. You are getting your own retirement benefit, and you are getting some additional money off of your deceased husband’s Social Security record. You didn’t give me the dollar amounts, but let’s just say that you are due $1,200 in your own retirement benefits, and you are also due $2,000 in widows benefits. As a general rule, when you are due two benefits, you don’t get them both. You just get the one that pays the higher rate. So in this situation, you normally would just get a widows Social Security check for $2,000. But there is a rule that says if you are due anything on your own work record, you must be paid that first. So you are actually getting two benefits. You get your own $1,200 check. And you also get $800 from your husband’s account to take you up to the $2,000 widows rate you are due. (Depending on factors too complicated to explain in this short column, some women would get two checks each month, and some would get both benefits combined in one check.) Because you made some extra money last year, those earnings bumped up the amount of your own Social Security benefit -- you said by $25. So, applying that to the numbers I used for my example, that means your own retirement check increased to $1,225. But that increase did nothing to your husband’s benefit amount (your widows rate). It remains at $2,000 per month. So now instead of $800 in widows benefits, you are due $775. So your portion of his benefit went down. But you still end up with $2,000 in total benefits.

I read one of your old columns about Social Security disability. I am wondering this: Do those benefits go on forever? For example, if a guy has a heart attack at age 60 and starts getting Social Security disability and then manages to live into his 80s, will he still be getting disability? When someone getting disability reaches full retirement age, those benefits are converted to retirement checks. But the dollar amount remains the same.

Q: I’m confused about a column you

recently wrote about retroactive benefits. You said if a guy delays benefits until age 70 and then takes six months worth of retroactive benefits, he would lose 4%. Do you mean he loses 4% for the retroactive period, but his ongoing benefits would be at the full rate?

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That stands for State Health Insurance Program. To find the SHIP nearest you, go to the Medicare website and pull down the menu for your state under “Find local help” and then click on SHIP.

No. His benefits would be permanently I am a 71-year-old divorced man. reduced by 4%. Let me explain that further. You get I am about to get married again. My fiancee is a two-thirds of 1% increase for each month you de43. If I were to die, would she get any of my lay starting your Social Security after age 66. That Social Security? comes out to a 32% increase if you wait until age 70. (There are no increases after 70.) So if you apply I’m sure there are some advantages for Social Security at age 70, but elect six months to marrying a 43-year-old woman when you are a of retroactive benefits, it’s as if you actually signed MON., JAN. 7 up for Social Security at age 69 and 6 months. And 71-year-old man. But leaving behind widows benSo your Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone efits isn’t one of them. She Number(s) would havetoSpelling be 60  P at age 69 and a half, you get a 28% increase. ongoing benefit rate would be 128% of your full years old before she would be due any Social SecuContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corr rity checks as a widow on your record. So for both rate, not 132%. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760 your and heremail: sakes,valleybits@msn.com let’s hope that wedding night My brother is 67 years old. He doesn’t give you a fatal heart attack! * * * has never worked because he has been dis- If you have a Social Security question, Tom abled all his life. My sister has never mar- the answer. Contact him at thomas.marhis Margenau ried, and she has been caring for him all Richard Bigleyhas Computer Services & Repair genau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Maradult life. She gets a Social Security check, 1/16 pggenau BWand 26x Disc. to read past columns and see features from but he doesn’t get anything. Is there any way Januaryother 13, 2019 Vo.Syndicate 15 - No. 3writers and cartoonists, visit Creators my brother would qualify for Social Security the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. on his sister’s record? COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

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This photo is a close-up of a saucer that I have. It is 5 inches in diameter and has a small chip on the border. It is decorated with a floral pattern in dark purple; some of the leaves are green, and a few of the flowers are touched in

Your saucer was made by Thomas, John and Joshua Mayer. They made earthenware, china and Parian in Dale Hall Pottery Longport near Burslem, Staffordshire, England, from 1843 to 1855. They exhibited their earthenware in the British Exhibition in 1851, 1853 and 1855 and were awarded a medal in 1851. The pottery produced large amounts of mulberry ware, as well as flow blue and polychrome designs. Many of their designs were decorated with Asian motifs, landscapes and floral, romantic and historical themes. Flower Vase is the name of the pattern on your saucer. It was a popular design and used on a variety of pieces that included cups, saucers and dinnerware. Your Mulberry ware saucer is circa 1850 and would probably be worth $20 to $25. *** This mark is on a set of four dinner plates that we think originally belonged to our great-grandmother. They are decorated with the silhouettes of two men sitting at a tavern table. The background is a cream color, and each plate is trimmed in gold. For as old as they are, it is surprising that they are in mint condition. Anything you can tell us about the plates will be appreciated.

T. J. & J Mayer made mulberry ware.

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Hall China Co. was founded in 1903.

Your Silhouette pattern dinner plates were made around 1930. Each dish might have a value of $15 to $30. * * *

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