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• The word pepper originated with the Sanskrit word ‘pippali’ before it went into the Latin as ‘piper,’ and then into German as ‘pfeffer.’ The word pepper was used in a figurative sense to mean ‘spirit’ or ‘energy,’ and sometime in the early 20th century it was shortened to simply ‘pep.’ • Pepper is one of the oldest and most important spices in human history. It was the first spice to make its way into Northern Europe as the Roman Empire spread. Back in the days when salting was the only method of preserving meat, pepper was valued because it gave food added ‘pep.’ • Historians discount the myth that pepper was popular because it disguised the taste of rotten meat, saying that nothing can disguise the taste of rotten meat. Now you can buy a year’s supply of pepper for a few dollars, but it used to cost an ounce of gold to buy an ounce of pepper. Pepper: Turn to page 3

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• At the time, a man named Goro Yoshida had a job repairing motion picture cameras and projectors in Tokyo. He often traveled to China to buy parts he needed. One day a trader in Shanghai asked him, “Why do you come to China for camera parts? Your country builds battleships and airplanes; why can’t you build cameras?”

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Legal Birthday Twist Impacts Some People This column is being released to newspapers on Sept. 2, although it will likely run in your newspaper on some future date. Sept. 2 is significant to me because it happens to be my wife’s birthday. I won’t say how old she is, but let’s just say she is 71. Gosh, I can’t believe I’m married to a woman who is older than some of my socks and underwear! But I’m not writing this column to poke fun at my wife or her age. I’m writing it because every time I think of someone born on the second (or first) day of the month, I am reminded of a little quirk in Social Security rules that makes for an interesting story. Actually, it really isn’t a Social Security quirk, but rather a general legal one. And that little legal twist says this: according to common law, you achieve your age on the last moment of the day before your actual birthday. For example, I was born on June 22, 1949. So I turned 66 on June 22 of this year. But according to this quirky law, I actually attained my 66th birthday on June 21. (By the way, I can’t believe I married a woman five years older than me! Back when we were married over 40 years ago, it wasn’t that big a deal. But now, she’s got one foot in the nursing home and I’m still a young pup looking for adventure! If you’re reading this dear, I’m just kidding. To be honest, when we go for our daily walks, she’s always quite a few steps ahead of me.) Back to the point of this column. That little

1. The book of Labour is in the a) Old Testament b) New Testament c) Neither 2. From Ecclesiastes 4:9, how many are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Seven

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twist in the law about technically attaining your age on the day prior to your birthday is usually a meaningless little oddity. But if becomes significant for one tiny group of Social Security beneficiaries: Those who were born on the first or second day of the month. Here are some examples of what I mean. Back in the 1980s, Congress was looking for ways to cut Social Security benefit outlays. It would have been political suicide (then, as well as now) to make any major cuts to Social Security benefits. But they can nibble away at the edges in ways most people (voters) wouldn’t notice. And one of the little nibbles they made was to change the law to say that people starting their Social Security benefits at age 62 would have to be age 62 for an entire month before they were eligible for retirement benefits. (This rule only applies to folks starting benefits at age 62. It doesn’t apply to any months after age 62.) So, for example, if you were born on Sept. 22, 1953 and wanted to start your Social Security retirement benefits at age 62 in 2015, you would not be due anything for the month of September. The first month you are 62 for an entire month is October. So you would get your first Social Security check for October, that would be payable in November 2015. (Social Security benefits are always paid one month in arrears.) But if you were born on Sept. 1, 1953 and you wanted your Social Security to start at age 62, you could get a benefit for September (payable in October) because you are age 62 every day of the month of September. Actually, if you were born on Sept. 1, you technically attained age 62 on August 31. But you can’t get a Social Security benefit for August because you were not 62 for the entire month. People (like my wife) who were born on the second day of the month also derive a little bonus from this peculiar law. For example, if you were born on Sept. 2, 1953, you legally attained your 62 birthday on Sept. 1. So you, too, are 62 for the entire month of September and can get a benefit for September (payable in October). Another way this oddball law helps about one-thirtieth of the Social Security population has to do with the attainment of full retirement age. Let’s follow examples of three guys who want to start their Social Security at age 66, the current full retirement age. Matthew was born on Sept. 15, 1949. He turns 66 on Sept.15, 2015 and he wants his Social Security to start at that age. Because the “must be of age the entire month” rule only applies to folks turning age 62, Matthew will get his first Social Security check for September, payable in October. But Matthew’s neighbor, Mark, was born on Sept. 1, 1949. So his 66th birthday is on Sept. 1, 2015. But because of that little legal quirk, he technically turns age 66 on August 31, 2015. So Mark

legally attains full retirement age (66) in August 2015. So he gets a check for August, payable in September. Note that people born on the 2nd don’t get any bonus when it comes to attainment of full retirement age. For example, Matthew and Mark’s neighbor, Luke, was born on Sept. 2, 1949. He also wants his benefits to begin at age 66. He will be 66 on Sept. 2, 2015, although he legally is 66 on Sept. 1, 2015. Either way, Luke turns 66 in September, so that’s when he will get his first Social Security check (payable in October).

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3. In 1 Kings 5:13-14, how many thousand men comprised the labor force that King Solomon raised? a) Three b) Seven c) Ten d) Thirty 4. From Exodus 20:9, how many days shalt thou labor and do all thy work? a) Two b) Four c) Six d) Seven 5. What son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor in David’s kingdom? a) Baal b) Adoniram c) Cyrenius d) Phaneul 6. From Proverbs 14:23, “In all labor there is...” what? a) Love b) Hope c) Light d) Profit (Answers on page 16) For comments or more Bible Trivia go to www.TriviaGuy.com

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I have enclosed the mark that is on the back of a set of dinnerware that belonged to my mother-in-law. The set is a service for eight. Each piece is decorated with a garden scene of a man playing a musical instrument and serenading two women. They are all wearing 18th-centur y clothes, and the edges of all the dishes are trimmed in gold. I remember my mother collecting each individual piece when she went to the movies. What can you tell me about my dishes?

In the early 1900s especially during the Depression, movie theatres often offered premiums to encourage attendance. Your set was made between 1930 and 1940 and would probably be worth $175 to $325. Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. Visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com

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