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DEAR MARY: With your guidance, I have successfully refinanced my credit card debt with a peer-to-peer loan, or P2P loan, from Prosper. I’m still surprised by how easy it was. I have three credit card accounts that totaled $7,523. The minute the Prosper loan proceeds hit my bank account, I went online and paid each of these accounts to zero dollars. Now I have these three credit card accounts with a zero-dollar balance, plus a new Prosper installment loan. I have two questions: How will this affect my FICO score, which was 720 when I applied to Prosper? And should I close the credit card accounts? -- Jonathan

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we would find a dealer to purchase the car from us and get our loan company to accept the sale amount. That would be the end of it; we could walk away without owing anything else. This seems too good to be true. Can you tell me what I need to know about a short sale? What are the pros and cons? -- Lori Dear Lori: I don’t know what a loan consultant is, but I think you’ve been scammed. There is no such thing as a short sale on an auto loan. And you should be very concerned about how not making car payments for two months affected your credit score. You need to do a couple of things right away. First, call your auto lender and see where you are and what you need to do to bring your loan current. Next, find a buyer to purchase your car at its current market value. If you cannot come up with the difference between the sale price and the amount you owe in cash, find a way to borrow it from a family member or your credit union (your chances here may be diminished depending on your credit score). Yes, you will have to make payments on this gap loan, but they will be considerably smaller than your current monthly payments. In the future, wise up. Pay attention to your common sense when it suggests that something is too good to be true. I fear that it was this time. * * * Mary invites questions, comments and tips at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Suite B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “Debt-Proof Living,” released in 2014.

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I am about to turn 66. I’m still working. My 64-year-old wife has been getting her own Social Security since she was 62. Can I file and suspend so that I can claim benefits on my wife’s record now and maximize my own retirement at age 70?

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Botox Can Ease Blepharospasm DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been contending with blepharospasm for years. I got some relief from Botox for around four years, but then it stopped working and my doctor moved me to Dysport, which was horrible. It did not relax my symptoms, and it made me constantly very uncomfortable (with a feeling that my eyes were swollen all the time). I stopped the treatments and have been able to cope, until the past six months. I am almost unable to read, look at a computer screen or drive. Do you have any suggestions? I use Ativan to try to relax the stress of the blinking, but even that has lost its effect. I have been discouraged from getting a limited myectomy because of the risks. My ophthalmologist said that a neurologist would be a waste of time. I am desperate for another opinion. -- B.B. ANSWER: Blepharospasm is an uncontrollable muscle spasm around the eyes, often

Treatment with botulinum toxin is effective for most people. Botulinum toxin, directly injected into muscle, weakens or paralyzes the muscle. There are three types of botulinum toxin A currently available in the United States: Botox, Dysport and Xeomin, as well as botulinum toxin B (Myobloc). I suspect your ophthalmologist changed brands because of the concern of antibodies your body may have developed to the Botox. I would never say that a neurologist would be a waste of time. Blepharospasm is a limited form of dystonia, and neurologists are the experts in dystonia. The neurologist will have an opinion on trying a different form of botulinum toxin, as well as other treatments. ***

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IG Uncovers Chaos at VA Medical Center When the Department of Veterans Affairs issues a press release thanking the Office of Inspector General for a fast health care inspection on one of its medical facilities, you know it’s big stuff. Sure enough, the OIG found so many things wrong at the Washington, D.C. facility that it quickly issued an interim report so problems could be addressed immediately. Here are some of the horrors the OIG found as a result of an initial anonymous tip:

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 79-year-old male with mild Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 diabetes. I can walk about 10 feet before becoming terribly short of breath and weak. I have been this way for several years, and it has become increasingly worse. Can you help me? -- K.C.

There was no system to ensure that recalled supplies and equipment were not used on patients.

ANSWER: Neither Parkinson’s disease nor Type 2 diabetes explains terrible shortness of breath on mild exertion. Severe shortness of breath can come from serious heart or lung problems (many types) or severe anemia. I can’t help: Get to your doctor right away.

There was no oxygen on a hospital floor during a patient emergency.

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It ran out of bloodlines for dialysis patients and had to borrow from a private hospital; 15 days later it ran out again.

Nursing staff inventoried one storeroom three times a day and continually sent requests for supplies ... that didn’t arrive. Surgeries had to be postponed; others proceeded without required devices. In at least one case, surgical equipment was removed because the vendor hadn’t been paid. Most of the sterile storage areas for supplies were dirty; $150 million in equipment and supplies had not been inventoried in over a year.

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Porcelain Vase Stars Grecian Maidens Q:

Enclosed is a photo of a porcelain Limoges vase that has been in our family for well over 50 years. It was given to a relative who had been assisting a dear friend. On the base is the mark “Limoges -- France” with a star in the center. The vase is hand-painted, and approximately 10 inches high and 9 inches wide. Each side is decorated with a young woman with blonde hair wearing a Grecian-like gown. Gold leaf is generously applied on the edges and both handles. It is in good condition; there are no chips or cracks, but there is some wear on the handles. I n Latrille Freres produced porcelain current in Limoges, France. years, we have wondered about its origin, background and approximate value. Any information would be most appreciated.

The mark you described was used by Latrille Freres. It produced porcelain in a factory in an old abbey in Limoges, France, from 1899 to 1913. Hand-painted porcelain decorated with classic scenes of ancient Greece was popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Your vase would probably be worth $225 to $275.

I have a set of dishes that belonged to my aunt. Each piece is marked with the enclosed mark. My aunt purchased the set in 1936. She paid $25 for the entire ser vice for 12, including all the ser ving pieces. Each dish is decorated with a cream background and roses in the center. The

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border is embellished with a 24-karat gold lacey design. I am her goddaughter, and she gave me the set when she went into an assisted-living facility. They are placed in my china cabinet, and I rarely take them out because I don’t know whether they are too valuable to use. I have researched online and found some information on Sebring China Co., but I hope you can provide more about the histor y and value of my dishes.

Sebring Sebring China Co. often China Co. made semiused the shape of Ohio in vitreous pottery from its trademarks. 1887 to 1948. First, it was located in East Liverpool, Ohio, and then in Sebring, Ohio. “Pegasus” is the name of the basic shape of the dishes, and it was decorated with a variety of patterns. “Royal Delight” is the pattern of your set; it was made from the 1930s to the 1940s. The mark with the outline of the state of Ohio was often used on Sebring China Co. dishes. Similar sets of dinnerware made by Sebring China Co. can be found selling in the range of $200 to $250. * * * Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O.

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* On May 11, 1864, at the Battle of Yellow Tavern near Richmond, Virginia, a Union trooper fatally wounds Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, who dies the next day. Stuart’s leadership helped the Confederates maintain a superior cavalry force in Virginia for most of the war. * On May 14, 1913, in Sportsman Park, Illinois, Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson throws his 54th consecutive scoreless inning. Johnson’s record stood for 55 years until Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched 58 and 2/3 innings without allowing a run. * On May 12, 1932, more than two months after he was kidnapped, the body of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh’s baby is found less than a mile from his family’s home in Hopewell, New Jersey. Although Lindbergh received two ransom notes, his son had been killed the night of the kidnapping. * On May 8, 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Both nations, as well as formerly occupied countries in Western Europe, rejoiced in the defeat of the Nazi war machine, when German troops throughout Europe laid down their arms. * On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approves Enovid-10, the world’s first commercially produced birth-control pill. Development of “the pill” was first commissioned by birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger and funded by heiress Katherine McCormick. * On May 13, 1972, a fire at the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan, kills 118 people. An electrician three floors below in a department store inadvertently set off a fire that reached some oil-soaked rags in a nearby storage room and climbed the elevator shafts. * On May 10, 1980, the U.S. Treasury announces the approval of $1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for the nearly bankrupt Chrysler Corporation. At the time, it was the largest rescue package ever granted by the U.S. government to an American corporation. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

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accuracy. The interloper is soon covered with fieldfare feces, convincing it to leave the area. • The fulmar looks like a big seagull. Its name means “foul gull” because of its habit of vomiting on predators. The vomit is yellow, oily, smelly, and dries quickly. Once it’s dried on the feathers of a predatory bird, it greatly inhibits the bird’s ability to fly. The fulmar's vomit can be projected with precision accuracy. A newly hatched fulmar just four days old can projectile vomit up to 18 inches, and mature birds can easily reach four times that distance. Ospreys, eagles, and skuas trying to raid an unattended fulmar nest are showered with this repulsive goo and quickly learn to stay away. • Most dogs instinctively mark their territory with squirts of urine. Hyenas in the Kalahari Desert do the same thing, but they use two types of oil excreted from glands in the anus. One is a white paste that remains repulsively smelly for weeks. This is a chemical warning to other hyenas that the territory is spoken for. The other is a black oily bead with a pungent odor that lasts for only a few hours. The latter is a message to other hyenas outside their clan that the area has recently been patrolled. If the black bead still stinks, other hyenas know it’s been visited recently and there’s probably no food around. If the smell is fading, they know it’s worth having another look around. • The Sonoran coral snake and the western hooknose snake share two things in common: first, they are too small to scare away larger predators, and second, they have each developed a method of scaring them away by farting loudly. It’s not that the wind they produce smells bad, but that it’s so loud. The snakes use special muscles that compress a large pocket of air that they are able to force out suddenly when danger is near. The trumpeting flutterblast sounds like it came from a much larger and more imposing animal, and startled predators will quickly retreat. ⁫

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