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• After Dave manages to dismantle HAL's ability to function, he hears a pre-recorded message stating that the purpose of the mission, which had been unknown to the crew, is to locate another monolith on planet Jupiter.

• It is presumed that HAL had been given conflicting orders: first, to keep the purpose of the mission secret; and second, to never tell a lie. The program conflict caused a psychotic break in the computer’s reasoning circuits.

• Dave continues to Jupiter and finds a monolith orbiting the planet. He gets inside a pod to get a closer look, and is swept into a vortex-style StarGate where he sees himself at various ages and growing older. As another monolith appears before him, he dies and is evidently reincarnated as a fetus, presumably to start a new race of superior star children.

• The film garnered a cult following and became the highest-grossing North American film of 1968.

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I’ve been writing this column and answering people’s questions about Social Security for more than 20 years. And more often than not, I’ve been answering the same questions over and over again. And I really don’t mind that because I understand there are always new people reading this column who haven’t seen the answers before.

Other people have been reading the column for a long time, but finally, their Social Security time has come, and they can’t remember how I answered a certain question in the past.

So, I get it. My role is to go over this stuff again and again so that, eventually, everyone who needs to know about Social Security understands how the program affects them.

But every once in a while, I like to take a break from that routine and instead share a few stories from my long career as a Social Security Administration employee. And today, here is one of those stories.

In 1973, I was a brand-new SSA employee assigned to my very first Social Security office.

It was a recently opened branch office in the tiny farming community of Litchfield, Illinois. At the time, the office had all of five employees. I would be number six. There was a manager, two claimstaking personnel (I would be one of those), a teletype operator (does anyone remember teletype machines?) and two clerical employees.

Trying to impress my new boss, I showed up early on my first day. Just before the office was scheduled to open, the senior claims representative and the branch manager were walking in the employee entrance. It was a heavy metal door -- and

1. The book of Elijah is in the a) Old Testament b) New Testament c) Neither 2. Who honored a man by letting him ride the royal steed through city streets? a) Ahasuerus b) Mordecai c) Haman d) Vashti 3. From Acts 9, what dressmaker was restored to life by Peter's prayers? a) Leah b) Dorcas c) Rahab d) Jezebel 4. Pharoah gave what burnt city to his daughter for a gift? a) Cana b) Joppa c) Bethel d) Gezer 5. From Job 4, who was so frightened by a dream that his hair stood on end? a) Job b) James c) Eliphaz d) Bildad 6. Where did Gideon meet an angel? a) Prison b) Tent c) Well d) Oak tree (Answerson onpage page12) 16) (Answers For comments or more Bible Trivia go to www.TriviaGuy.com © 2020 2019 King Features Synd., Inc. Inc.

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a gust of wind came up and slammed the door onto the hand of the claims rep. There were screams!

There was blood! There was pandemonium!

The manager turned to me and said, “Are

you Tom -- the new guy?” I nodded rather sheepishly. And then he said, “Well, you’re in charge.

I’ve got to get Wanda to the hospital!” As they were heading back out the door, he saw the frightened look on my face. “Don’t worry,” he said, “this is a small office. Nothing unusual ever happens here.”

Five minutes later, one of the clericals un locked the front door to the office. About a halfdozen people filed in, including a very demonstrative old man who marched right up to the front desk and barked out, “I demand to see the manager!” The receptionist explained that the manager was called away on an emergency. But this didn’t deter the very determined old goat. He said, “Well, someone must be in charge, and I demand to talk to that person.” The receptionist looked back at me and said, “Mr. Margenau, can you help?”

I was still shaking from the door-slamming

injury incident and was nervously setting up my desk -- unpacking a little box of personal effects I had brought into the office. But I mustered up what little courage I could and walked up to the front desk.

“Hi, I’m Tom Margenau,” I stammered. I

was about to explain to him that not only was this my very first day in this office but it was also my very first day working for the Social Security Administration (not counting the four-month training class from which I had just graduated). But before I could do that, he jabbed an angry finger in my chest and blurted out, “If you’re the guy in charge, I’ve got a bone to pick with you!”

The teletypist came up to me and whis pered in my ear: “Why don’t you take him back to the boss’s office.” And away we went. So, there I was, all of 10 minutes into my first day on the job, and I was sitting in the manager’s office about to get an earful from a very irate customer!

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It turns out the guy was upset because he got a letter from the office -- and the letter had a couple of typos in it. He just thought this was very unprofessional. “I can’t believe my tax dollars are paying for this kind of incompetence!” he stammered.

What I wanted to say was this: “Are you serious? I mean, with all the problems in the country right now (the Vietnam War was dragging on; President Richard Nixon was about to get impeached, etc., etc.), you’re upset because you got a letter with a misspelled word and a comma out of place?

C’mon -- get real, buddy!”

But, of course, that’s not what I said. Instead, I apologized and told him that such work was unacceptable. He wasn’t satisfied. He asked me what I was going to do about it. My mind raced.

How could I placate this guy, I wondered. And then I hatched a plan.

I went back out into the office and talked to the secretary, Sandy, whose initials were on the letter. She looked at the letter and said: “I remember this. It was a bad day. I had to get out something like 20 letters that day. And I obviously messed this one up. I’m sorry.” (This was before computers, or even word processors. Letters were done on typewriters, with mimeograph paper for copies. It was a labor-intensive, messy business.) Anyway, Sandy and I talked things over, and we set my plan in motion.

I went back into the manager’s office with Mr. Obnoxious. And then, as Sandy and I had prearranged, I called her into the office. “Miss Smith,” I scolded, “this kind of work is totally unacceptable.

In the future, let’s make sure that all letters that leave this office are perfect, with no typos or other errors, OK?”

“Yes, Mr. Margenau,” she said apologetically. “I’m really sorry. This will never happen again.”

And I excused her from the office. (Sandy and I should have gotten Best Actor/Actress awards!)

Mr. Obnoxious turned to me and said, “I like a man who takes the bull by the horns. You handled this situation like a true professional.

Thank you very much.” And he left the office a satisfied customer.

After he left, the other employees in the office came up to me and thanked me for handling the boisterous old goat. I was sweating profusely and slumped down into the chair by my new desk and finished setting out my calendar, stapler, pen holder and other office minutiae. Then I got ready to get on with my career as a newly minted public servant for the Social Security Administration.

About two hours later, the office manager returned with the injured claims representative, whose right hand was wrapped up in a thick cast with a sling around her neck. The manager looked at me and said, “Well, just like I told you, right? I bet nothing happened while we were gone!” All I could do was smile.

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If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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Morning Stiffness Is Sign of Osteoarthritis

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old black female who’s been diagnosed with “a little arthritis” in my right hip. Now retired from a desk job, I unfortunately still am not getting enough exercise.

My issue is that after sitting for a length of time, I’m in excruciating pain and can’t stand up at all. Once I straighten up and get moving, the pain subsides. I’ve been told “you’re getting old,” but I’m not old! I’m about 30 pounds overweight. Also, when I stand for any length of time, my lower back aches.

Would taking a morning walk and a yoga class alleviate this problem? I’m so embarrassed when I get out of my car or get up from the dinner table. -- S.H.

Osteoarthritis affects a fair number of 67-year-olds, but it’s important to remember that it’s not your age that is causing the pain: It’s the arthritis. Although we know of no treatments that can reverse the course of osteoarthritis, medications (including a few supplements), exercise and physical therapy all can ease symptoms and improve function. Losing weight takes stress off the joints and is recommended, but is not easy.

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I have numbness in my hands -- sometimes the right, sometimes the left; sometimes both hands or not at all. It lasts only a while. My doctor feels that it’s a pinched nerve in my neck. Can you give me any advice? -- J.B.

ANSWER: A pinched nerve in the neck becomes more prevalent as people age. The nerve can be compressed by bony structures in people with osteoarthritis in the neck (this is spinal stenosis), or by disk material in someone with a herniated disk. Having symptoms on both sides is less common than having symptoms consistently on one side only. A careful physical exam can give clues that this is the case, but an MRI or other imaging study is the best way to be sure of the diagnosis.

Hand numbness also may be caused by ANSWER: There are many types of arthe nerve being “pinched” in other locations: in thritis, and the answer to your question varies a the carpal tunnel in the wrist or in the cubital tunbit depending on type. I think you probably have nel in the elbow. An EMG test can help sort out the most common form, osteoarthritis, so I’m gowhere this is coming from. It’s certainly possible ing to answer you assuming that’s the case. to have carpal tunnel syndrome on both sides.

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Ah, here we go. I recently wrote here about a few Department of Veterans Affairs apps that might be helpful in reducing stress. Now we hear from the VA that it’s created a specific mobile app to reduce stress caused by the coronavirus.

This one, COVID Coach, focuses on four areas: manage stress, learn, mood check and find resources.

Each category has subgroups. Manage Stress, for example, has challenges, tools and a favorites area. Under Challenges, there are categories such as creating space for myself, handling anger and irritability, and sleep struggles.

Mood Check covers setting a goal, and tracking well-being, anxiety mood and PTSD symptoms.

Under Learn, there’s staying safe, staying healthy, staying balanced and more.

Finding Resources has some valuable options -- crisis support, substance use support, meeting your needs, for parents and caregivers -- with direct links right inside the app.

Staying Strong has a photo of a flower growing out of what looks like cracked, dry dirt. No, I’m not a gardener, but I get it. It’s where we are right now with this whole lockdown coronavirus thing.

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There’s nothing in the app that requires a password or credit card info, so there’s no data mining.

You can get this free app from the Apple app store and Google play. Click on the icons at mobile.va.gov/app/covid-coach and it will take you to those two sources. If you have questions, contact them at MobileMentalHealth@va.gov.

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DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: All of the horrible coronavirus carnage has me thinking about my own end-of-life decisions if I were to get sick. Can you recommend some good resources that can help me create a living will or advance directive, or other pertinent documents? I’ve put it off long enough.

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