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When in Doubt, Always File a Claim Q:

I want to thank you so much for helping me out. A few months ago, I gave you the particulars of our situation. I won’t repeat all the numbers, but my husband’s benefit is substantially more than my own. You said that based on the figures I gave you, I might be due extra spousal support.

I went to my local Social Security office.

The clerk seemed a little confused and initially told me that if I was due more, I would have been getting it already. When I persisted, he went and talked to someone else. They came back to the desk together, printed out something from the computer and told me to read it. It supposedly said I wasn’t due anything. (I have a college degree, but I couldn’t decipher it!)

When I got back home, I sent you a follow-up email. You told me to return to the office and insist on filing a claim. Long stor y short: I did so and just today I got my first spousal check in the mail, including six months of back pay. I can’t thank you enough for encouraging me to do this.

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Someday I might write an entire col-

1. The book of Simeon is in the a) Old Testament b) New Testament c) Neither 2. When he had a vision, who said, "Not so, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."? a) Adam b) Lot c) Samson d) Peter 3. From Acts 7, who was the first person martyred for his belief in Jesus Christ? a) Paul b) John the Baptist c) Stephen d) Peter 4. What is the fourth book of the Old Testament (KJV)? a) Numbers b) Leviticus c) Deuteronomy d) Joshua 5. Besides Jonah, what other prophet ministered in Nineveh? a) Nathan b) Paul c) Philip d) Nahum 6. From 1 Kings 11, what was the number of wives kept by King Solomon in his concubine? a) 9 b) 70 c) 360 d) 700 (Answers on page 16) For comments or more Bible Trivia go to www.TriviaGuy.com 2018 KKing ing Features Syndicate Inc. © 2015 Features Synd.,, Inc.

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umn simply repeating this mantra over and over the rules say a marriage must last at least 9 again: When in doubt, insist on filing a claim! When months before a woman can be legally conin doubt, insist on filing a claim! When in doubt, in- sidered a widow for Social Security purposes. I looked up that rule, and you are right. sist on filing a claim!

Sadly, I hear from people like you way too But that rule includes some exceptions. And often. I certainly don’t want to imply that everyone one of them says that the 9 month rule can working in a Social Security office is a clueless bu- be waived if: “At the time of your marriage reaucrat who doesn’t know what he or she is doing. the (husband) was reasonably expected to In fact, just the opposite is the case. I hear from live for 9 months, and you had been previreaders all the time telling me about the wonderful ously married to the (husband) for at least 9 and helpful service they received from someone at months.” their local Social Security office.

Doggone it, you are right! I read about

Still, every barrel has a rotten apple or two.

Or to be more specific, every Social Security office the 9-month rule in the Social Security guidebook, has a few new or maybe not fully trained employ- but I missed the exceptions. Shame on me!

But I wasn’t alone in screwing up. If you ees. So that’s the reason for my mantra.

If you are in a Social Security office or talk- will recall, the woman with the split marriages ing to a representative on the phone about your told me that she was turned down for widow’s possible eligibility for some kind of Social Security benefits at her local Social Security office and she benefit, and the person you are talking to seems asked me if I thought it was right. And quoting confused, or if you just feel uncomfortable with the that 9-month rule, I told her that she was correctly answers you are getting, then always insist on fil- denied benefits.

But the reason I am including your email ing a claim. And don’t let the clerk talk you out of it. You have every right in the world to do so. And in today’s column is because I ended my advice to by doing that, you will get a formal, legal and writ- this woman by telling her to take further action.

This column was all about encouraging ten decision about your eligibility for benefits, as opposed to a Social Security clerk’s verbal denial people to insist on filing a claim for benefits if they TUES., 2 eligibiltheirJAN. possible of your claim. Or for that matter, as opposed to my have any questions about ity. But another version of that advice istoSpelling take  Price suggestion that you may or may not be due benPlease review carefully.

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I love reading your column. I have learned so much over the years. And one of the best things you’ve taught me is how to look up information for myself -- especially at the Social Security Administration website.

And by doing that, I’ve discovered that you may have given someone misinformation.

The situation involved a woman who had a split marriage. She married a guy, divorced him, and then later remarried the same guy. The first marriage didn’t last 10 years.

The second marriage lasted only 6 months, and then her husband died. You told her that she wasn’t due any widow’s benefits because

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What are your thoughts? He won’t listen to me, because I’m not a doctor! -- A.C.

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He said that my hearing loss is not due to noise exposure. I asked how he could tell, but I didn’t get a satisfactory answer. I later asked my primary care physician, and he didn’t know.

How do you determine from the result of a test whether hearing loss is caused by noise exposure or other factors, such as illness or injury? Would a hearing aid be effective? -- J.G.

ANSWER: A comprehensive exam and hearing testing can show whether the hearing loss is likely due to loud noise exposure, based on the pattern of hearing loss across different frequencies. However, I don’t think that there is 100 percent certainty about making or excluding noise exposure as the cause of the hearing loss from the pattern.

I would think that an independent evaluation, by a certified audiologist and your own ENT doctor, might give you additional information, including a discussion about how much benefit you might get from a hearing aid.

ANSWER: Believe me, being a doctor doesn’t mean people always listen to you.

However, I do hope your father listens to you, because I agree with you that his eating position may contribute to mechanical acid reflux: The increased pressure from his bent-over position may be forcing acid up into his esophagus.

However, being on holiday may lead to other reasons he was not bothered. Maybe he was avoiding foods that cause symptoms. Maybe he was feeling less stressed. It’s possible he ate earlier and went to bed a longer time after eating, which allows the stomach to empty so there is less acid at night, when more damage to the esophagus can occur due to the loss of gravity and swallowing.

Sometimes several lifestyle choices are needed to address GERD. I always prefer to work on those before prescribing medication treatments, especially because the proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole have long-term side effects that are best avoided, if possible.

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Shulkin, Again

It’s not looking good for Department of Veterans Affairs chief David Shulkin to continue in his job. He’s come under the piercing gaze of the Office of the Inspector General again ... never a good sign.

First it was traveling on the government dime to Denmark and taking his wife along, thanks to emails doctored by Shulkin’s chief of staff that indicated that the wife’s trip could be paid for.

Next came the recent scathing OIG followup report on the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center, which had an egregious laundry list of outrageous tales.

Then, White House chief of staff John Kelly had to tell Shulkin to zip his lip, stop talking to the press and to keep to the business at hand, which is to focus on veteran care.

Even at first glance, this is a very stupid thing to do. How, one wonders, is a member of the security staff supposed to protect the VA secretary, and possibly be in a position to quickly pull out a gun to protect him, if he’s carrying furniture?

Second, it’s additionally stupid because maybe that highly trained member of the staff doesn’t want the respect due his position to be insulted in that way.

In a short statement before a meeting of a Congressional subcommittee on the VA budget, Shulkin said he deeply regrets all the distraction.

He said he’s made it clear to his staff that he has no tolerance for anything other than the business they have to do for VA. Oh, really? Apparently he forgot to mention the run to Home Depot or using his security staff to haul and deliver his personal household furniture. * * *

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• There's a 12345 ZIP which belongs to General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. • The lowest ZIP Code is 00501 in Holtsville, New York exclusively denoting the U.S. Internal Revenue Service center there.

• The highest is 99950 in Ketchikan, AK. • The postal service was hard-pressed to keep the mail delivered on time during World War II. Many postal workers left to join the war effort just when the volume of mail was increasing greatly. Whereas mail had customarily been carried on trains which gave workers time to sort it out, it was now increasingly being carried by planes, which greatly reduced the time in transit.

• In 1944 a postal inspector named Robert Moon developed an idea for a postal code that would help sort mail more quickly. He proposed a set of three digits that would denote the state, city, and area. Although his idea took twenty years to catch on, he is still considered to be the father of the ZIP Code.

• 10001 is the Empire State Building in New York City. 55555 is Young America, MN. 22222 is Arlington, VA. Newton Falls, Ohio, has the ZIP Code 44444. During the 1970s, signs at the city limits proclaimed, “Newton Falls has zip!”

• Black Rock City, NV, a city formed entirely by the presence of the Burning Man Festival for about two weeks each summer, has been issued its own ZIP Code: 89412 • ZIP 10048 was assigned to the World Trade Center complex in New York City, until its destruction on September 11, 2001.

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Dear Leery: The government will soon be sending out brand new Medicare cards to 59 million Medicare beneficiaries. Here’s what you should know about your new card along with some tips to help you guard against potential scams.

• The code 77230 was assigned in 2005 for mail delivery to victims of Hurricane Katrina being housed at the Houston Astrodome.

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World War II, the mark “Made in Occupied Japan” was used until 1952. Beware: There are reproductions/fakes, many of which are made in China.

Your teacup and saucer were made around 1942 and would probably fetch $20 to $25 in an antiques shop. ***

This mark is on the bottom of a 1-quart glass casserole dish with matching clear glass lid that I received at my wedding shower in 1964. It is yellow, and the lid is decorated with a stylized image of the sun.

The center has orange and bright-yellow rays.

It is in perfect condition, and I still use it.

I am just curious whether it is “antique or junque.”

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This is a photo of a child’s porcelain teacup with a matching saucer. Both are in ver y good condition. They are decorated with gardens, temples and Asian women in kimonos. They appear to be handpainted, and the e d g e s of the cup and saucer are redorange in color.

The set was given to me by Geisha Girl porcelain was made in Japan. my nanny when I was a young child, sometime in the early 1940s.

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Paper-thin porcelain with hand-painted women in kimonos was first made in Japan in the late 1800s.

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* On April 15, 1783, the Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies a preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain. Five months later, the Treaty of Paris was signed, bringing an end to the Revolutionary War. * On April 9, 1859, a 23-year-old Missouri youth named Samuel Clemens receives his steamboat pilot’s license. Clemens is better known by the pseudonym “Mark Twain,” a boatman’s call noting that the river depth was two fathoms (12 feet) and safe for travel.

Corning Glass Works made Pyrex.

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Corning Glass Works, located in Corning, New York, made your Pyrex casserole dish. It was part of a set that included two larger dishes. The “Pyrex” mark was first used in 1915.

Your casserole was part of the “Cinderella” line of glass dishes. It was introduced in the late 1950s, and the pattern is known by the name “Sunburst” or “Daisy.”

Your casserole is less than an antique but more than junque. It might be worth $25 to $35.

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