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Tasteful Taxidermy I can remember entering my in-laws den in Virginia nearly 20 years ago, and I was aghast at the many antlers that hung in the den walls. Of course, I was informed with great pride from my father-in-law that this was only some of the ones that his wife would allow him to hang from his lifelong game hunting in the woodlands. He then proceeded to tell me there were many more in his garage and I could take as many as I wanted for any of my decorating projects. I politely changed the subject to the vintage car that had not seen the light of day in decades. Whew ... so glad it was there letting me change the subject. As we visited other relatives, I saw some antlers, but scarier were the heads of deer and other animals from the wilderness. Some were on mounts on the wall. Others, such as small birds (they might have been quail) and a ferocious looking cat, were encased in a glass container much like an aquarium but without the water. I wondered almost out loud how they could even sleep in a house full of dead animals. Where did that decorating trend begin and why? Taxidermy, it seems, originated in England and France during the early 19th century, and by the 1880s, the fad came to the United States. During the Victorian era, it was commonplace for those with affluence to commemorate a particularly good outing or catch by preserving such creatures using embalming techniques that included sawdust, rags and the use of arsenic for preservation. As crazy as it seems, even royal pets were guaranteed afterlife and were

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Don’t Overthink Social Security Starting Date Questions I frequently get emails from readers who turn a little molehill of an issue into a big mountain of a problem, and it has to do with the starting date for their Social Security benefits. The Social Security retirement application asks a question that goes something like this: “Which month do you want your benefits to start?” Way too many folks overthink the question, and it is especially vexing for those who absolutely insist that their benefits start at their full retirement age -- not a month before and not a month later. (Near the end of this column, I will point out why people shouldn’t get so hung up about this FRA start date business.) For now, here is an example. Frank wants to wait until his full retirement age, 66 and 4 months, to start receiving his Social Security benefits. He turns FRA in December. So, when the application asks, “When do you want your benefits to start?” Frank should answer, “December.” It really is that simple. But then Frank starts thinking too much; here is what I mean by that. He knows that Social Security checks always come one month behind. In other words, the Social Security check for December is actually sent out in January. Now Frank worries that if he indicates he wants his benefits to start in December, SSA will interpret that to mean he wants his first check to come in December, meaning it would be the payment for November. And if his benefits were to start in November, that would give him a one-month reduction in his full retirement age benefit rate. Then Frank thinks even harder and figures that he should answer the question by saying he wants his benefits to start in January, knowing that would be the December Social Security payment. But if Frank does indicate January as his starting month, he won’t get his first benefit payment until February. As I have explained a hundred times in this column, don’t worry about Social Security check payment dates. The application question is not asking when you want your first Social Security check to physically show up in your bank account. Instead, it is asking which month you want to be your first month of eligibility for Social Security benefits. The folks at the Social Security Administration know this has been a problem because they have been getting lots of calls from panicked retirement applicants who misinterpreted the question and answered it incorrectly, or at least what they perceive to be incorrectly (more about that in a minute). So, they are calling to see if they can change their answer -- thus creating lots of extra work for SSA’s representatives and computer systems. According to quite a few readers who have reported this to me, SSA has changed the question asked on the online retirement form, at least for folks approaching their full retirement age. It now says this: “Do you want your benefits to start at the earliest date without a permanent reduction?”

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This is a bit of a mouthful, and more than a Now let’s say Frank went the other way few readers told me it took them a reading or two around -- meaning that he picked January as his of that line to decipher it. But if you are approach- starting month thinking that the December check ing your full retirement age and that is when you comes in January. But by choosing January, he’s want your benefits to start, by simply answering not going to get his first Social Security benefit “Yes,” you can be assured that your benefits will payment until February. As in the prior example, start effective with the month you reach FRA -- not Frank panics and thinks he better contact the SSA a month before, and not a month after. to correct his perceived mistake. So now let me get back to this issue of workBut once again, I’d tell Frank to relax. Sure, ing yourself into a tizzy about starting your benefits he’s going to miss out on one Social Security check at exactly the right month. To explain where I am (the December benefit that would have been paid coming from, let’s go back to Frank’s case. In the in January). But the upside is that Frank’s ongofollowing examples, we will assume his FRA benefit ing benefits will include a two-thirds of 1% “delayed amount is $2,500 per month. I said he turns 66 and retirement credit” increase for starting his benefits 4 months in December, and he wants his benefits one month after his full retirement age. If Frank to start then. So, he should indicate December as lives long enough, at some point he’ll actually come his starting month. Or if he is filling out the online out ahead with what heMON., thinksNOV. was a18 mistaken Soapplication with the new question -- “Do you want cial Security decision. Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric your benefits to start at the earliest date without a * * * If you have a Social Security permanent reduction?” -- he would answer, “Yes.” Contact your Tidbits representative immediately withquestion, changesTom or correc Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is Now, let’s say he didn’t do that. Suppose he Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 said he wanted his benefits to begin in November, called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart: 10 Easyto-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your because he figured that’s the check that comes in Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social ADVERTISING PROOF December. That essentially means his benefit start Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m date would be age 66 and 3 months, one monthFinal be- books at Amazon.com or other book outlets. To find out Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns fore his FRA. andTidbits see features from other Creators Syndicate representative immediately with changes writers or correction Retirement benefits are reduced aboutContact one- your and Office: cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 half of 1% for each month they are taken before FRA. Beach House Yogurt www.creators.com. So instead of getting $2,500 per month, Frank’s BZ 4C 26x disc rate MON., JAN. 13 COPYRIGHT 2022 CREATORS.COM benefit rate would be about $2,488 -- meaning he Nov. 24, 2013 Vol.  9 -Phone No. 48Number(s)  Spelling  Pr Please review carefully. Double check: loses $12 per month, forever. That’s the bad news. CLIP AND SAVE Contact immediately with changes or corre But on the upside, by choosing November as your his Tidbits representative starting month, Frank did get one extra check for Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760$2,488. It’s going to take Frank about 207 months before he comes out on the short end of the Social Security stick. In other words, Frank will be 83 years old before his supposed “mistake” catches up ADVERTISING PROOF to him. Carl Moore Locksmithing Final Changes DUE: 5:00 p.m.. A panicky Frank might be inclined to call Business • Number(s) BW • 26x disc. Prices  Hours Please review carefully. Double check:Card  Phone  Spelling SSA to change his starting date, which would enJanuary 19, 2020 Vol.with16changes - No.or4corrections. Contact your Tidbits representative immediately tail withdrawing that first claim, repaying the oneOffice: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 month’s reduced retirement benefit he received, and refiling a new claim. But I’d tell Frank not to TUES., DEC. 21 worry about it. Take the extra $2,488 check and CLIP AND SAVE have a party! Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric CARL MOORE

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if started quickly enough. There has never been anything wrong with the blood of people with hereditary hemochromatosis, and the FDA here in the U.S. has always allowed the blood to be donated. However, until recently, the American Red Cross by Freddie Groves has not accepted blood donations from people M.D. with hereditary hemochromatosis. I am pleased to say that they have just changed their policy and will now be using this precious resource to • 26x discount rate Full Color help others, so long as the person meets Jan. all the 30, 2022 • Vol. 18: #5 criteria for being a blood donor. The blood will The Department of Veterans Affairs’ elecundergo all the standard and rigorous testing tronic health record system will be delayed. Instead prior to being pronounced safe for use. of putting out a shoddy product, the VA has elected to halt deploying the system until June 2023. * * * DEAR DR. 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Enclosed you will find a photo of a dessert set that was given to my wife and me on our wedding day in 1974. My aunt brought the set with her from Berlin, Germany. It consists of a coffee pot, cake plate, sugar bowl, cream pitcher and 12 cups, saucers and individual ser ving plates. Each piece is decorated with overlapping leaves, and it is marked “Rosenthal -- Studio Linie.” The dishes have never been used and are in mint condition. I am not going to sell our set, but I would like to know what it is worth.

Copeland Spode has produced fine porcelain in England since 1847. They did not always include the name of the pattern with their marks. They made several different patterns with black and white scenes that are transfer prints. Depending on how much you have to sell, sending your antiques to an antiques auction or having a tag sale are two options. Your early 1900s set of dishes would probably be worth $400 to $600.

Copeland Spode has been in business since 1847 in England.

*** Q: I have an antique marble bust of a lady. Can you tell me how to clean it?

Begin by dusting the bust with a soft clean cloth. Mix warm water and mild dish soap in a bowl. Dip a clean soft cloth in suds and gently clean the bust. You can use a soft brush to get into the hard to reach areas. Rinse with clean warm water and dry with another clean cloth. Always avoid harsh chemicals or anything abrasive.

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Rosenthal Glass and China Company introduced its Studio Linie around 1961.

A: Rosenthal Glass and China Company is

located in Germany. They introduced their “Studio Linie,” also referred to as “Studio Line,” around 1961. The designs were more modern and streamlined, and were created by well- known commercial designers that included American designer, Raymond Lowey, German Bauhaus architect, Walter Gropius and Scandinavian sculptor and designer, Tapio Wirkkala. Your set appears to be one of Wirkkala’s designs. The smooth, clean lines of his designs were inspired by nature. Your dessert set would probably be worth $350 to $450. *** Q: The enclosed mark is on a set a porcelain dishes that I have. The set consists of 99 pieces and is decorated with black and white scenes of sailing ships. I am curious to know why there is no pattern name included with the mark. I am disposing of much of my estate

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