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You can do that if you want. But you really don’t have to. Before I clarify this, let me give some background for other readers. The law says that children of a retiree can get dependent benefits until the age of 18. The law further says that the mother of the child also can get benefits (assuming she is not working) until the child turns 16.

So you are correct that benefits to your wife will stop. However, she can continue to be the payee for your son’s Social Security checks, unless for some reason you want the checks to come in your name.

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The addition of your 2017 income to your overall Social Security record will likely cause a slight bump in your Social Security benefit rate.

If you wait until after you file your taxes, and then bring in your tax return with you when you sign up for Social Security benefits, they will be able to add in those earnings to your Social Security computation right away. But if your tax return isn’t prepared and filed until after you sign up for Social Security, it’s not really that big a deal. The Social Security Administration has a computer matching operation with the Internal Revenue Service. So sometime during 2018, your 2017 tax return information will be added to SSA’s files and your benefit would be refigured. And assuming those earnings boost your benefit, the rate bump will be retroactive to January 2018.

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I plan to start working then. But can I start working in Januar y 2018 already?

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December of next year and continue to get your disability payments. Once you reach age 66, this all becomes a moot point because then you will be considered a retiree, not a disabled person, and retirees over age 66 can work and earn as much money as they want. So you should talk to someone at your local Social Security office about setting up a “trial work period.”

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I have a 70-year-old friend whose 54-year-old husband just deserted her for a younger woman. He took ever ything. Is my friend eligible for any of his Social Security now?

A:

I’m sorry, but a married woman can’t get spousal benefits until the husband is getting Social Security himself. And that may not be until he is 66 or even 70.

There would be a slight advantage if she divorces him. The law says a divorced woman can get spousal benefits even if the husband hasn’t applied for Social Security. But he does have to be at least 62 years old. So I’m afraid your friend has at least 8 years to wait before she qualifies for any of her husband’s Social Security.

If she wants to wish him ill will, she can hope he drops dead from all the excitement of his new girlfriend! She would start getting widow’s benefits right away if that happens.

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I am 72 years old. I have a companion dog who is like a child to me. Can I get Social Security benefits for the dog? And I’m being serious. I don’t see anything in the law that says a dependent has to be a human being.

A:

Well, the law doesn’t say your dependent has to be human, but it does say it must be your “biological child.” And unless you have a story ready for the National Enquirer, I doubt your pooch meets that criterion. * * *

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Maybe we both are. I just think we answered your question in different ways. I was correct in saying that a widow is generally due 100 percent of her husband’s Social Security after he dies (assuming she is over age 66 when that happens). But that is NOT in addition to her own benefit. Rather, her widow’s rate is offset by her own retirement benefit.

In other words, when you die, your wife will be due total benefits in the amount of $2,440 (100 percent of your benefit rate). She will keep getting her $1,190 retirement check, and then she will get $1,250 in widow’s benefits to take her up to your $2,440 level. That’s roughly one half of your current benefit. So I’m guessing the Social Security rep you were talking to was telling you that she would get

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Roseville Pottery Co., located in Zanesville, Ohio, from 1892 to 1957, made your jardiniere. It is listed and described in the pottery’s catalogs as a jardiniere, rather than a vase. The pattern is “Pine Cone,” and the design was created by artist Frank Ferrell in the early 1900s. He offered the design to several potteries, all of which rejected the prospect of producing it. Finally, in 1931, a Roseville salesman named Charles Snyder saw it on the shelf and had second thoughts. His decision was a smashing success. Roseville produced at least 93 shapes of the pattern with backgrounds in green, tan and blue.

It introduced a glossy version in the 1940s. The numbers “745-7” represent the design and the height of your jardiniere.

It might sell somewhere in the range of $125 to $150.

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Sanka coffee was developed in Germany in 1905.

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Sanka decaffeinated coffee was developed in 1905 in Germany. The name is based on the French words “sans caffeine,” or “without caffeine.”

By 1923, Sanka was offered in two coffee houses in New York City. General Foods began marketing Sanka in 1928. Both Hall China Company and a Japan porcelain firm produced the ironstone pot and matching cups and saucer. Orange was the accent color on the package label, and it became associated with decaffeinated coffee. Eventually, restaurants began making their coffee pots with brightorange handles or lids so restaurant workers could easily recognize which was decaf and which was regular. Currently, Sanka is distributed by Kraft Foods.

Your circa 1970 Sanka coffee pot set would probably be worth $50 to $75.

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