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* Gambling slips from ancient China that date to between 201 BC and 187 BC are the first recorded instance of a lottery. It’s believed these lotteries likely helped finance large government projects, such as the Great Wall of China. * A parenting tradition in Maharashtra, India, involves tossing babies from the side of a 50-foot temple and catching them in a sheet. The practice is thought to endow newborns with courage and intelligence. * The person who graduates last in his class from West Point Military Academy is called “the goat” and receives a dollar from each classmate, as well as membership in a club that includes Gen. George Custer. * The average woman wears six different bra sizes throughout her life. * While Merriam-Webster defines “hussy” as “a girl or woman who behaves in a disrespectful or inappropriate way or who has many casual sexual relationships,” the word is actually derived from the 13th-century “husewife,” meaning mistress of the household. * To help combat driver fatigue and boredom on long, straight roads of up to 90 miles in Australia, the government posted signs labeled “Fatigue Zone” featuring trivia questions and answers. * In 2009, Patricia Demauro brought $100 to a craps table in Atlantic City. Four hours and 18 minutes later, she had rolled 154 times, setting a world record for craps rolls. The odds of her accomplishing such a feat? One in 1.56 trillion! NOW

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Spray any areas where ants are feeding or accessing your house with WD-40. The spray will kill ants and serve as a deterrent from further access as long as residue from the spray remains. Not sure where they’re coming in? Spray WD-40 along the outside perimeter of the house. They will not cross it because ants hate the smell of WD-40 (so do rabbits!). Repeat as necessary. CHALK Get rid of ants by drawing a line around your home’s entry points using ordinary blackboard or sidewalk chalk. The calcium carbonate repels ants. BOILING WATER If fire ants plague your yard or patio and you’re tired of getting painful stings from those tiny attackers, a flowerpot can help you quench the problem. Place the pot upside down over the anthill. Carefully pour boiling water through the drain hole, and you’ll be burning them and their house for good. CITRUS To ant-proof your kitchen, you don’t need insecticides or ant traps. Just give it the lemon treatment. First, squirt some lemon juice on door thresholds and windowsills. Then squeeze the lemon juice into any holes or cracks where the ants are getting in. Finally, scatter small slices of lemon peel around the outdoor entrance. FINE POWDER One EC reader reports that cheap baby powder in a plastic can works to get rid of ants. Drown them in it. They can’t make it back to the nest because they can’t run, and they’ll dry out before they can summon help. You will need to vacuum up the powder, but it doesn’t stink. SPEARMINT GUM Another reader puts a stick of spearmint gum opened slightly on each shelf and drawer, in areas frequented by ants and other pantry-prone bugs. “Since doing this I have not seen a single bug. I am away for about four months a year and always come home to bugless cupboards/ kitchen.” Psst! You’ll find more ways to treat ant invasions at EverydayCheapskate.com/ants. * * * Mary invites you to visit her at EverydayCheapskate.com, where this column is archived complete with links and resources for all recommended products and services. Mary invites questions and comments at https://www.everydaycheapskate. com/contact/, “Ask Mary.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a frugal living blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living. COPYRIGHT 2022 CREATORS.COM

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Q: My husband recently died at age 45. I am also 45. We have three children, ages 11, 14 and 16. I called the Social Security office to file for benefits for the kids. But I got all confused when the agent started talking about what he called “mother’s benefits” and maximum family benefits and benefits stopping at age 16. I thought the kids get checks until they are 18. Can you help me understand what is going on? A: I’d be happy to help. And you’ll see it’s actually not going to be all that complicated. Each child is technically due an amount equal to 75% of your husband’s basic Social Security benefit. But there is a rule that sets a maximum amount that can be paid to a family getting survivor benefits. The formula for determining the exact maximum amount can get a little messy. But it usually comes out to around 180% of your husband’s basic benefit. To explain further, let’s use an example. Let’s say your husband’s basic benefit rate is $2,800. Again, each child is technically due 75% of that, or $2,100. That would come out to a total of $6,300. But the maximum amount that can be paid to your family is 180% of $2,800, or $5,040. So, each child will get one-third of that, or $1,680. ($1,680 times 3 equals $5,040.) If you were not working, you would also technically be due a widow’s benefit. (The term the Social Security Administration uses to refer to benefits for a young widow with children is “mother’s benefits.”) So, you could apply for mother’s benefits and get added to the beneficiary rolls. But right now, it wouldn’t make any sense because your family is already getting the maximum amount possible, or $5,040. Or to put that another way, if you were also getting benefits, your Social Security pie would just be split four ways instead of three. In other words, you’d get four checks at $1,260 each per month instead of three checks at $1,680 each per month. When your oldest child is no longer eligible for benefits, then it would make sense for you to apply for mother’s benefits. That’s because then you’d be down to two kids each due the 75% rate, or $2,100 per child, for a total of $4,200. And with a family maximum of $5,040, that leaves $840 per month that could be paid to you. Each child is due benefits until he or she reaches age 18, although benefits can continue until age 19 if they are still in high school. The age 16 rule you heard about is the cutoff age for mother’s benefits. Or to put that more precisely, you are due mother’s benefits until your youngest child turns 16 (although the child continues to get benefits until age 18).

Q: I am turning 62 soon. My husband died many years ago. At that time, I got ben-

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efits for myself and for our two kids, who are now grown and married themselves. Will the benefits I got way back then reduce what I am now due in widow’s benefits?

No. The “mother’s benefits” you received years ago have no effect on what you now might possibly be due in widow’s benefits. To understand what you might be due, read the answer to the next question.

Q: I will be 60 next month and I plan to retire then. My husband died about 10 years ago. What choices do I have with respect to my own Social Security benefits and my widow’s benefits? A:

is the earliest that a retirement benefit can be paid.) You’d get about 75% of $1,800, or $1,350 per month. Then, once you reach your full retirement age you could switch to 100% widow’s benefits, or $3,000 per month. (There are no “delayed retirement credits” paid on a widow’s benefit, so there would be no advantage to waiting past your full retirement age to collect widow’s benefits.) And by the way, if these were your numbers ($1,800 for you and $3,000 in widow’s benefits) another choice would be to forgo this “widow’s option” stuff and simply file for widow’s benefits now. In other words, at age 60, you’d be due about 70% of $3,000, or $2,100 per month. And that would be your benefit for good, except for future cost-of-living increases. * * *

If you have a Social Security question, Tom MarYou have several choices, and which genau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social way you go depends entirely on the benefit amounts Security -Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at involved. www.creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or Basically, you’ll be able to employ the other book outlets. To find out more about Tom Mar“widow’s option.” This is an option no other Social genau and to read past columns and see features from Security beneficiary has. Normally, a Social Secu- other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit rity recipient can NOT take reduced benefits on the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. one account and then later switch to full benefits COPYRIGHT 2022 CREATORS.COM on another account. But a widow can do that. The best way to explain this is with examples. Let’s assume your husband’s basic Social Security benefit is $2,500 per month and that your basic full retirement age benefit is $3,000 per month. So, you could start out with reduced widow’s benefits at age 60. At 60, a widow gets about Fri., 12/3/21 a 70% rate, so you’d get 70% of $2,500 or $1,875 per Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  month. You could collect those benefits until your full retirement age, at which point you could switch your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or c Contact to 100% of your FRA benefit, or $3,000 per month. Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 7 Or you could wait until age 70 and get roughly a 30% “delayed retirement credit” added to your monthly benefits. That means you’d get $3,900 per month starting at age 70. Wright Advice ...o To clarify things a little more, let me turn 1/12 pg BW 13x rate things around and assume your husband’s benefit Dec. 12, 2021 • Vol. 17 - No. 51 to m is higher than your own benefit. So, let’s say your Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pri own full retirement age benefit is $1,800 per month and that your husband’s full retirement age benefit Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corre is $3,000 per month. In this case, youOffice: would760-320-0997 want email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3 to take your benefits first and then later switch to widow’s benefits. Or to be more precise, you would file for reduced retirement benefits at age 62. (That

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Seeing your “Antique or Junque” column in our local Tidbits paper prompted me to send you the enclosed question and photo. This is a photo of an antique secretar y that has been in my family for generations. In 1855, one of my ancestors commissioned it to be made by a professional cabinetmaker from Chittenango, N.Y. It is made of black walnut and is in excellent condition. The fruit shaped pulls on the drawers are hand car ved, and the glass in the arched doors is original to the piece. My secretar y is a family treasure, and I would appreciate you giving me your opinion of its value and histor y.

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A: Meissen Porcelain Factory used the blue-crossed-swords mark. Several European factories, including Kalk, Carl Thieme and Krister, also copied it. The value of your circa 1900 plate would probably be $100 to $125.

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Victorian Secretary was made by a cabinetmaker in 1855.

The two part black walnut construction, the molded cornice over the two arched doors with glass above the fall front, hand carved fruit pulls, “race track” molding on each drawer, paneled sides, and scalloped apron with bracket feet are characteristic of Victorian Renaissance Revival furniture. Your circa 1855 secretary would probably fetch $3,500 to $4,500 in an antiques shop.

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* On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s ninth and final symphony debuts at Vienna’s Theater am Karntnertor. Having lost his hearing years earlier, the celebrated composer nonetheless appeared to conduct the first performance of his Ninth Symphony, while the real conductor stood in the wings. Beethoven was several bars off the actual music by the time the piece concluded. * On May 5, 1904, Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern Major League Baseball history as the Boston Americans defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0. Young’s perfect game was part of his thenrecord 45-inning scoreless streak. * On May 4, 1916, Germany responds to a demand by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson by agreeing to limit its submarine warfare. However, on Feb. 1, 1917, Germany announced the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, and the United States formally entered World War I. * On May 8, 1933, the first police radio system, connecting headquarters to patrol cars and patrol cars to one another, is installed in Eastchester Township, New York. The system consisted of one transmitter of 20 watts for the headquarters and two transmitters of 4.5 volts each for the two patrol cars. * On May 3, 1952, a ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47 becomes the first aircraft to land on the North Pole. Aboard the flight was Dr. Albert P. Crary, an American scientist who in 1961 traveled to the South Pole by motorized vehicle, becoming the first person in history to have stood on both poles. * On May 2, 1972, Steven Spielberg begins filming “Jaws.” The production, which used three mechanical sharks, enthralled audiences and grossed $458 million in its theatrical release. * On May 6, 1991, 51-year-old race car driver Harry Gant betters his own record as the oldest man ever to win a NASCAR event in the Winston 500 in Talladega, Alabama. (c) 2022 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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