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* Pinball was banned in most major cities from the early 1940s to the mid-1970s because it was considered a game of chance and, therefore, gambling. * Oysters can change genders back and forth. * The Zildjian Company was founded in 1623 by Avedis Zildjian, an Armenian alchemist who ended up making a type of cymbals instead. * Tobacco companies spend the most money on advertising in January, when many people make a New Year’s resolution to quit smoking, but the largest increase in new smokers actually occurs in the summer. * There’s a national pillow-fighting tournament in Japan. * A 43,000-square-foot room beneath the Lincoln Memorial that was forgotten about until 1974 is filled with concrete columns and has its own plant life and ecosystem, as well as graffiti from the original workers. * Intelligent people have more traces of copper and zinc in their hair. * The manchineel tree is one of the most toxic trees in the world. Its sap causes blisters, eating its apples can be potentially fatal, and the smoke from a burning manchineel can cause blindness. * Every day, around 18 acres of pizza are eaten in America. * At the U.S. Open and other U.S.based tennis tournaments, the men play with the slower, heavy-duty felt balls while the women play with the faster, regularduty felt version. *** Thought for the Day: “Everyone knows something I do not; therefore, everyone is my teacher.” -- Unknown (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.

Secondhand Clothes, First-Class Style While most retail stores are hanging on Everyday by a thread due to COVID-19’s assault on the CHEAPSKATE U.S. economy, thrift stores, specifically consignby Mary Hunt the opposite problem; ment stores, are having business is booming! According to thredUP.com, a major secondhand shopping site, the resale apparel market will grow from $28 billion to $64 billion in the next five years. A consignment store is a type of resale shop where instead of relying on donations, people bring in items they wish to sell on the secondary market. When the items sell, the shop and seller share in the sale, often a 50-50 split. Consignment shops sell clothing, home goods, art, furniture and even books. However, apparel is the most popular category. Consignment shopping is an excellent way to find bargains on gently used clothing and also sell gently worn children’s and baby clothes for less than one-third of the retail price. And most cities now have specialty consignment shops specifically for babies, children and teens. Expect a consignment shop to have very high standards for what they will accept. For example: Clothes must be a current style; clothes must be brought in clean, and clothes must have no visible wear, holes or stains. Typically, your items will be put on the sales floor and displayed for 30 to 60 days. Once sold, you will receive 30% to 50% of the purchase price depending on that store’s policy. Most consignment shops have a process by which they reduce the sales price regularly until the item is sold or the time runs out. At that time, you have the option of either picking up your items or agreeing to have the shop donate them to a charity. Stores will often give you the choice of taking your proceeds outright or crediting it to your own store account. Most people discover that building their accounts to allow for shopping in the store is the best option. In this way, money rarely changes hands. Have you ever paid a lot of money for an outfit only to find you don’t like it after all (Who hasn’t?) but then feel reluctant to part with ®

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clothes you paid a lot for and never wore for one reason or another? Consignment shopping solves the problem. The first step is to let go of the guilt and get rid of the clothes. When you start buying your clothes at consignment stores, that guilt is never there. If you decide you don’t like something you bought, take it back and consign it. You didn’t pay much for it in the first place, and you can use the money you get from consigning it to buy something else. If you don’t have a consignment store in your town, check out the nearest big city the next time you’re there. Even if you make a trip once or twice a year to clean out your closet, it will be worth the effort. These days, there’s no reason you should feel compelled to spend a large percentage of your income on new clothes. Let your kids see all the great bargains at a consignment store. Even your teens will be impressed, provided you scope out the best stores ahead of time. * * * 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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Turning Full Retirement Age in 2022? Consider Filing for Benefits This Month I write a column similar to this one every January. But I don’t mind plagiarizing myself because it contains a very important message for people planning to retire in 2022. January is a critical month for the hundreds of thousands of potential Social Security beneficiaries who are reaching 66 and 4 months, their socalled full retirement age, in 2022. The important message: all of them should at least consider the possibility of filing for their benefits this month, even though they may not be reaching their retirement age until later in the year. Please note that if you want to delay filing for your Social Security benefits until 70 to get the “delayed retirement credit” of almost 32% added to your monthly benefits, then you should forgo the procedure discussed in this column. But if you are not interested in that strategy, and plan to start your benefits at your FRA in 2022, then, as I said, you may want to consider filing for benefits in January. The reason for this early filing time frame has to do with some quirky and complicated features of Social Security’s earnings penalty provisions. Those provisions generally keep seniors who are still working off of Social Security’s rolls until they reach that magic full retirement age. The law essentially says if you are over 62 but under your full retirement age and are still working full time, you are not eligible for Social Security. Specifically, the rules require that the SSA deduct $1 from any retirement benefits you might be due for every $2 you earn over $19,560 in 2022. However, the rules say that once you reach your full retirement age, you are due full Social Security benefits even if you are still working and no matter how much money you are making. Let’s follow an example. Let’s say Ed was born in March 1956, which means he’ll reach his full retirement age of 66 and 4 months in July 2022. And let’s further say Ed generally makes about $80,000 per year and he plans to continue working indefinitely. Based on the earnings penalty rules I briefly outlined above, Ed figures he must wait until July (his full retirement age) to begin collecting his Social Security benefits. As I said, at that magical point the earnings penalty rules no longer apply, and he can get his Social Security. And prior to that, he’s making way more than the $19,560 income threshold. But here is why Ed should check into applying for Social Security in January. Congress set up a more lenient earnings threshold for the year you reach your full retirement age. Specifically, it says you can earn up to $51,960 between January and the month you reach your full retirement age and still get Social Security benefits. And even if you earn more than $51,960, you lose only $1 from your benefits for every $3 you make over that threshold. Ed is going to make $40,000 between January and June (i.e., before he reaches the magic age

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of 66 and 4 months). And that’s under the $51,960 year, or if you reach your full retirement age later threshold for 2022, which means Ed is due benefits in the year, you should probably just wait until your beginning in January. He does NOT have to wait FRA to file for your Social Security benefits. I know these rules are complicated and the until July to apply for his Social Security checks. But there is a bit of a catch. By starting his math in the examples above might be difficult to benefits in January, Ed will be accepting a slightly follow. But my overall message is easy to follow: reduced amount. (Benefits are reduced roughly If you’re reaching age 66 and 4 months in early to one-half of 1% for each month they are taken before mid 2022, you might want to talk to a Social Security representative sometime this month to find out full retirement age.) If Ed’s Social Security benefit at full retire- if it’s to your advantage to file for your benefits to ment age is $2,500 per month, let’s look at his op- start in January. One word of caution. Many readers in the tions. Ed’s first option is to wait until July to start past told me that when they tried to file in January, his Social Security benefits. He’ll get $2,500 per Social Security Administration representatives told month for six months or $15,000 for the year 2022. them they could not do so. Sadly, far too many SSA Ed’s second option is to file for Social Secu- agents are unfamiliar with how these rules work. If rity in January. Starting his benefits slightly early, you run into the same problem, ask to speak to a his monthly rate is reduced to about $2,400. That supervisor. One final note. I know from experience that comes out to $28,800 in total benefits for the year many people are just bound and determined to get 2022. The downside to option two is his ongoing monthly benefit rate will be $100 less than what he their full benefit rate by waiting until they reach would have been getting in option one. But because FRA to start their benefits. If you are in that catit does make your Fri., 12/3/21 he’d be getting about $13,800 less in 2022 benefits egory, that’s just fine. Frankly, Social Security experience simpler. in option one, it would take Ed a longPlease time to makecarefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  review * * * up that loss with his extra $100 per month in ongo- Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with Tom changes If you have a Social Security question, Mar- or c ing benefits. genau has a book with all the answers. It’s called “Social Office: 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 7 Even if Ed was going to make more than Security -- Simple and Smart.” You can find the book at the $51,960 income threshold between January www.creators.com/books. Or look for it on Amazon or and June, he only loses one dollar in Social Security other book outlets. To find out more about Tom Marbenefits for each three dollars he earns over that genau and to read past columns and see features from Wright Advice other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit ...o amount. So, he still might come out ahead by filing 1/12 pg BW 13xSyndicate rate website at www.creators.com. the Creators in January. Dec. 12, 2021 • Vol. 17 - No. 51 COPYRIGHT 2022 CREATORS.COM to m Here is a quick examplePlease using review that scenarcarefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Pric io. Let’s say Ed will make $60,000 between January and June. That’s $8,040 over the Contact $51,960 your limit. Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correc And one third of that excess, or $2,680 must 760-320-0997 be deOffice: email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-3 ducted from his 2022 benefits. But he would still get $26,120 in benefits for the year. That’s still way better than the $15,000 he would be due if he were to wait until July to file for his Social Security. • Turning 65? Please note that this strategy generally only • New to the area? works for those who turn full retirement age in early to mid 2022 and whose earnings prior to reaching • Leaving your FRA are at least close to the $51,960 limit. In other company plan? Doug & Linda Wright D words, if you will make a lot more than $51,960 this

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I found that fruits and vegetables are likely to be helpful and to protect against damage to the part of the brain affected by PD. Omega-3 fatty acids were found to be helpful in animal models of PD. Products high in soy protein and caffeine (especially from tea) may have some benefit. Again, by Freddie Groves these data are not strong, so I am not recomM.D. mending a dramatic change in the diet solely to protect against PD. However, fruits and vegetables are certainly of benefit for multiple systems, and I am comfortable recommending a diet high in those. The Department of Veterans Affairs ran Milk and other dairy products have been into a big snag with a printing vendor and a lot of shown in some, but not all, studies to have a notification letters to veterans were delayed. But detrimental effect on PD. fear not -- the VA is extending your response time. Ad Proof: DEAR DR. 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DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: Can you provide any tips on how to write an obituary? My father, who has terminal cancer, has asked me to write his obituary, which will be published in the funeral program and run in our local newspaper. I have absolutely no experience with anything like this and could use some guidelines and advice. Can you help? -- Challenged Son Dear Challenged: I’m very sorry to hear about your dad’s prognosis. Writing your dad’s obituary would be a nice way for you to honor him and sum up his life, not to mention avoiding any possible mistakes that sometimes occur when obituaries are hurriedly written at the time of death. Here’s what you should know, along with some tips and tools to help you write it. Contact the Newspaper Before you start writing your dad’s obituary, your first step is to check with the newspaper you want it to appear in. Some newspapers have specific style guidelines or restrictions on length, some only accept obituaries directly from funeral homes, and some only publish obituaries written by newspaperTUES., staff members. Feb. 16, 2021

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Singing Cowboy Inspired Artist Q: This is a photo of a pair of plaster figurines that my aunt gave my husband years ago. She told him to take good care of them, so we did. Marked on the front of the horse are the words “Old Paint” and on the singing cowboy, “Tex.” The horse measures 10 by two inches, and the singing cowboy stands 11 inches tall. Both my aunt and husband have passed away, and now I would like to know more about these figurines. Any information you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

A: Dux Porcelain Manufactory made your Royal Dux figurine. The company was founded by E. Eichler in 1860, in Bohemia. The pink triangle mark was applied to the base and it was used from 1900 to 1918. They produced elegant dinnerware, figurines and busts. Most of the figurines were inspired by Art Nouveau designs and Art Deco designs. Royal Dux figurines values are not what they were in the 1990s and early 2000s. Figurines similar to yours were selling in the range of $1000 to $2000. Today collectors are just not as interested in Royal Dux pieces and their value has plummeted to several hundred dollars.

Royal Dux porcelain was made in Bohemia.

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Anderson’s chalk ware figurines were inspired by his woodcarvings.

A: Your figurines are good examples of chalk ware, and they were inspired by the woodcarvings by H. S. “Andy” Anderson. He was born in 1893 and died in 1960. The cowpoke is a caricature of a cowboy that Anderson saw when he was in Wyoming. Anderson was so amused with the rough and ready cowboy he decided to carve his likeness. From that time on, he created caricatures of people and horses. Your chalk ware figurines were made around 1936. “Old Paint” would probably be worth $25 to $50 and “Tex” $50 to $75. * * *

Q: This is the mark seen on the bottom of a porcelain figurine of a man and woman dancing. The mark is on a raised pink triangle. They are on a base and they stand about nine inches tall. The female is wearing a cobalt blue gown with a white overskirt, and the male is wearing a cobalt blue jacket and pants with a white weskit. They both have powdered

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