Vol. 18: #41 • Notable Old Folks

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by Kathy Wolfe

Hey! - Who you calling old? Not these remarkable people, that’s for sure! In recognition of the International Day of the Elderly in October, Tidbits pays our respects to the notable accomplishments of those dubbed “elderly” by younger denizens of society. Read on for a few examples...

• Poland-born virtuoso pianist Artur Rubenstein’s accomplishments began at a young age and continued for over 90 years. At age two, he demonstrated perfect pitch, and by age four, he was considered a child prodigy. His concert debut was at age seven, performing Mozart, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. At 13, he was performing with the Berlin Philharmonic, and had his first performance at Carnegie Hall at 19. An Oscar-winning documentary “The Love of Life” chronicled his life and career. In 1976, he gave his final concert at 89, after eight decades of performances. Rubenstein was fluent in eight languages.

• In her 20s, New York nurse Barbara Hillary

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After reading these facts, the next time you're watching clouds in the sky you should have a little better understanding of what you're looking at!

• Studies indicate that 67% of Earth is covered by clouds at any given time.

• It might look like a giant marshmallow, but a cloud is really a mass of water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. They form when water vapor condenses in the air. There are three necessary items for clouds to form –moisture, condensation, and temperature.

• Clouds are classified according to their shape and their height in the atmosphere. Cumulus clouds have a flat base and are often described as puffy or cotton-like. The word translates from the Latin word for “heap” or “pile.” They are low-level clouds, usually less than 6,600 feet in altitude. They can form in long lines called cloud streets that extend over 300 miles. Cumulus clouds usually form during highpressure weather systems, such as following a cold front.

• Stratus clouds are also low-level clouds, but are flat and hazy, varying from dark gray to white. The Latin word for “layer” gives them their name. They might bring a light drizzle or a dusting of snow. Another low-level cloud, the stratocumulus, consists of large, dark, rounded masses in lines or waves. While they don’t usually generate precipitation, you’ll see them at the beginning or end of a storm, in the form of a thunderhead.

• Mid-level clouds include altocumulus and altostratus. You’ll see altocumulus clouds in groups, about 0.62 miles (l km) thick. If you spot these grayish-white clouds on a warm, humid morning, there’s a good chance for a thunderstorm by late afternoon. The gray or blue-gray altostratus clouds indicate a continuous rain or snow storm might be on its way.

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• Nimbus clouds are precipitation bearers, whether it be rain, hail, snow, or sleet. Because they are dense with water, these low-altitude clouds have a darker appearance, grayish-black in color and spread across the sky uniformly.

• A cumulus cloud might look like a cottony puff, but a typical one, 0.62 miles across, weighs an astounding 1.1 million pounds, about the weight of 100 elephants! Cumulonimbus clouds contain about six times as much weight as the average cumulus cloud and can rise to altitudes as high as 60,000 feet. They grow due to rising air currents called updrafts, with their tops flattening out into an anvil shape. Cumulonimbus are a sure sign of severe weather, with heavy rain and possibly hail. A ferocious thunderstorm might contain billions and billions of pounds of water. How can a cloud that heavy just float in the air? Because the air below it is even heavier and denser!

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• As you watch clouds drift lazily across the sky, you can figure they are traveling at speeds ranging from 30 to 80 miles per hour. Cirrus clouds high enough to enter the air currents known as the jet stream might be traveling at speeds greater than 100 mph.

• When a cloudburst occurs, dropping a huge amount of precipitation in a short period of time, flooding is frequently the result. In 2005, more than 57 inches of rain poured in Mumbai, India, in just 10 hours, making it history’s largest recorded cloudburst! □

• The highest clouds in the sky are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. They’ll be found at heights between 16,000 and 49,000 feet. Cirrus clouds are composed of ice crystals that form when water vapor deposits onto tiny particles of dust or smoke. They have a wispy appearance, sometimes resembling hair tufts, generally occurring during fair weather. Cirrocumulus are small rounded puffy clouds, resembling the scales of a fish when in a group. Widespread in winter, they’re a sign of fair, but cold weather. Cirrostratus are high, thin sheets of clouds that often cover the entire sky. Watch

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survived breast cancer. In her 60s, she conquered lung cancer. And at age 75, she conquered the North Pole, setting foot on the Pole in 2007. At 79, Barbara stood on the South Pole. In 2004, 89-year-old Dorothy Davenhill traveled aboard a Russian nuclear icebreaker to the North Pole, the oldest person ever to make that visit.

• Fore! Apparently age has nothing to do with the ability to score a hole-in-one. In 1985, 99-yearold Swiss golfer Otto Bucher did it at a Spanish golf course on the 130-yard 12th hole. His feat was topped in 2014 when 103-year-old Gus Andreone achieved his eighth lifetime hole-inone at Sarasota, Florida’s Lakes Course on a 113-yard hole. Andreone had his first hole-inone in 1939 and was a member of the PGA for more than 75 years. His advice: “You should get up and enjoy the day, take a little time to look around, enjoy the scenery and the golf course and the people you’re playing with.”

• The list of Hulda Crooks’ achievements is a long one. This American mountaineer climbed California’s Mt. Whitney 23 times between the ages of 65 and 91. Mt. Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m) is the tallest mountain in the Lower 48. In addition to Mt. Whitney, she scaled 97 other peaks during the same time period. At 91, she became the oldest woman to complete the ascent of Japan’s 12,388-ft (3,776 m) Mt. Fuji. Hulda hiked the entire 212-mile John Muir Trail in the high Sierras as well as hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. At 95, she was still walking two miles every day.

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had been climbing Fuji every year since he was 89, and became the first centenarian to complete the ascent. Igarashi’s daily routine was to rise at 6 AM, eat his regular bowl of rice with raw eggs, soy bean soup, and vegetables, and take a one-hour nap after lunch. He completed a twohour walk each afternoon and went to bed at 8 PM each day.

• In 1976, Greek runner Dimitrion Yordanidis completed the 26-mile (41.8-km) marathon from Marathon, Greece to Athens in 7 hours, 33 minutes. Not bad for a 98-year-old! In 2011, the Toronto Marathon was completed by 100-yearold Fauja Singh in 8 hours, 11 minutes. Singh renewed his passion for running in his 80s following the deaths of his wife and his son.

Webster, completed his “American Dictionary of the English Language” in 1828, at age 70. After a simpler effort in 1806, Webster spent the next 22 years expanding his work. Unfortunately, the dictionary only sold 2,500 copies, and Webster had to mortgage his home to continue his work. For the remainder of his life, he struggled with debt, and Webster died without having received proper recognition for his important work.

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• The Hawaii Ironman event has been mastered by two astounding gentlemen, both in their 80s. In 2011, 81-year-old New York physicist Lew Hollander completed the 2.4-mile swim, 112mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile marathon run. Hollander wasn’t finished after his Hawaiian achievement he finished the Panama City, Florida Ironman in 2014 at 84. In 2018, 85-yearold Hiromu Inada completed the Hawaii event, breaking Hollander’s record.

1. What modern ballet dancer choreographed a complete ballet at age 96?

2. Who rocketed into space at age 41, and then again at 77?

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• In 1987, nine days after Hulda Crooks’ Mt. Fuji accomplishment, Teiichi Igarashi, a former lumberjack and forest ranger in Japan, did the same thing … only he was 100! This gentleman

• German historian and scholar Theodor Mommsen was hailed as “the greatest living master of the art of historical writing” after his massive work “A History of Rome,” a multivolume history of ancient Rome. He received the Nobel Prize for his work in 1902, when he was 85 years old.

• Peter Roget’s achievement at age 73 was remarkable, extraordinary, amazing, outstanding, noteworthy, and significant. Why all these descriptive synonyms? Roget was a British physician who collected synonyms and antonyms for his entire life and organized them into the “Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition” first published in 1852, continuing for 28 printings during Roget’s life. It’s believed he made word lists as a means of coping with depression.

• Another senior citizen wordsmith, Noah

Famed orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski was confident in his aging process -- he signed a six-year recording contract when he was 94. He led several renowned orchestras, including Philadelphia, the Houston Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic, and was the conductor who appeared in the Disney movie "Fantasia." For ten years, he was the husband of Gloria Vanderbilt. However confident he seemed to be, he passed away a year after signing the contract.

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* In 1962, former MLB catcher Harry Chiti was traded from the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for “a player to be named lat er.” After a poor showing, Chiti became that very player, making him the first ever to be traded for himself.

* The average person will grow 590 miles of hair (including nose hair) in their lifetime.

* Speaking of hair, prior to L’Oreal’s launch of the first mass market hairspray in 1960, women had to choose between slicking their hair down with a greasy brilliantine or using a mechanical sprayer to coat it with shellac dissolved in a solution of water and alcohol. Thank you, L’Oreal.

* When it comes to landing an effective punch, boxers have nothing on the mantis shrimp, the strike of which has been clocked at about 50 mph and described by Science as accelerating faster than a .22-caliber bullet. Take that, Mike Tyson!

* Forks were once considered a sacrile gious tool by the church.

* In 1898, nearly 75% of Alabama’s en tire annual state revenue came from convict leasing to private railways, mines and large plantations.

* Brazilian doctor Heron Werner uses 3D printing to help blind parents feel their baby’s ultrasound results.

* David Wayne Oliver, “the Santa Claus Bank Robber,” walked into a Colorado Springs bank claiming to be armed, stole an undisclosed amount of money, and took the bag out to the street, tossing cash into the air while shouting “Merry Christmas.” He then proceeded to a Starbucks to watch the result ing commotion while waiting for his arrest.

* In an effort to limit the Dalai Lama’s power, China has banned Tibetan Buddhist monks from reincarnating without government per mission.

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Thought for the Day: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

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carpet with the bar and then my fingertips. The paint came out perfectly. Even better, there was no stain ring after I rinsed the area with water!

(Make sure to check the carpet’s color fastness in an inconspicuous place before using.)

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In the cupboard right above my washing machine, there’s a bar of Fels-Naptha laundry soap standing in a coffee mug. I’m sure it’s five years old, and it appears that it will be good for at least another five. When I come across a stain, I grab the soap, dip the end into water and use it to scrub the stain -- almost as if it were a big eraser -- before dropping the item into the wash. Fels-Naptha is good for many other stains as well. But acrylic paint spills on carpet? Read on for what one reader discovered.

Measure each window’s length and height and record the information on an index card. Keep a copy in your wallet and one at home. When you find a sale on window treat ments, you’ll know which size blinds or draperies will fit. -- Amy O.

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CARPET STAIN REMOVER

I broke a bottle of acrylic paint on the car pet. After trying commercial cleaners, I remem bered Mary said Fels-Naptha was superior to many other stain removers. I had picked up a bar in the supermarket laundry aisle. So I grabbed that Fels-Naptha bar and a bucket of hot water, got the soap and carpet wet and rubbed the

I had kitchen cabinet doors that didn’t stay tightly closed, so I cut some Velcro adhe sive-backed strips to size and applied them in the appropriate spots. Now, my cabinet doors stay closed without that annoying gap.

-- Krista E.

SLICING OLIVES

To cut up whole olives, try using an egg slicer. Throw in four or five olives at a time, close the slicer, and you have perfectly sliced olives.

-- Darla S.

GARLIC POWDER

I have found that if you sprinkle garlic or onion powder directly over a pot cooking on the stove, the steam will get in the bottle and harden the contents. A better way is to measure all spices in a bowl away from the hot pot to keep from contaminating the contents of the season ings. -- Karen G.

COFFEE THERMOS CLEANER

Denture tablets work great to clean cof fee stains out of thermos-type coffee mugs, as well as traditional glass coffee pots. Just fill the container with water, drop in a tablet and allow it to sit for a few hours or overnight. Empty and rinse it in the morning, and the container will be sparkling clean. -- Lori M.

CLIP IT CLOSED

I use clothespins instead of chip clips on cereal bags, Bisquick, bags of rice and, of course, chip bags. They are less expensive than chip clips and work better. -- Bonnie L.

ICE CREAM STORAGE

To prevent freezer burn on ice cream, place the container upside down in the freezer. It works! -- Carol G.

HANGING CURTAINS

My dad needed curtains in the living room of his beautiful new apartment, but the thought of drilling holes for brackets did not ap peal to him. So I took an adjustable shower cur tain rod and fit it in the space against the inside edges of the window frame. I hung the curtains on the rod, and it worked wonderfully. This would work for students in dorm rooms as well, be cause often they are not allowed to put nails or bracket screws in the walls. -- Laura M.

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Folk artist Grandma Moses embarked on a new career at age 76, and soon became world-famous. Here are some of the facts about this amazingly productive senior citizen.

• Anna Mary Robertson’s life started out simply on an upstate New York farm the year before the Civil War began. With ten children in the family, it became necessary for Anna, at age 12, to move in with a wealthy neighboring family as a live-in housekeeper. For the next 15 years,

she kept house, cooked, and sewed for various families. At 27, she met and married the hired man from the farm where she worked, Thomas Moses, and the pair continued working for others for nearly 20 years. The couple had ten children, five of whom survived infancy. When she was 46, they moved into their own house for the first time.

• Always a creative and artistic person, Anna enjoyed quilting, embroidering and other needlecrafts, creating masterpieces for friends and family. But around age 76, painful arthritis made it difficult for her to hold an embroidery needle. Her sister suggested painting might be easier, and Anna purchased some art materials. She began with depictions of simple rural life, which she called “old-timey” landscapes. No modern conveniences, such as cars, tractors or telephone poles were seen in her work.

• Anna began selling her paintings, charging $3.00 to $5.00 each, depending on its size. She sold them at the county fair, right alongside her home-canned pickles. But it was a display in the local drug store in 1938, when she was 78, that launched her career. Louis Caldor was an engineer, as well as an art collector, traveling through upstate New York, when he spied her work in the drug store window. He bought every painting, plus ten more she had on hand at home, paying no more than $5.00 apiece.

• The following year, three Grandma Moses paintings were included in an exhibit in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. By 1940, she had her first solo exhibition entitled “What a Farm Wife Painted,” at another New York City gallery. As her fame increased, the price of her works increased to between $8,000 and $10,000. Anna went on to hold more than 100 exhibitions over the next 20 years.

• Anna painted every day for 25 years, producing more than 1,500 canvasses. In 1950, when Grandma Moses was 92, filmmaker Jerome Hill directed a documentary of her life, a film that was nominated for an Academy Award. Two years later, she published her autobiography, “My Life’s History.” She had this to say about her life: “I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I feel satisfied with it. I made the best out of what life offered.” She died in 1961 at age 101.

• The paintings of Grandma Moses can be found in many major museums, include New York’s

Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Museum of Art. When they come on the market, they frequently sell for over $1 million. In 2006, her 1943 painting, “Sugaring Off,” sold at auction for $1.2 million.

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Q: Have they decided yet who will be performing in the Super Bowl halftime show next year? I hope it’s a classic rock band like The Rolling Stones. Have they ever played it before? -- N.N.

A: The Rolling Stones were the featured halftime performers for Super Bowl XL, which took place on Feb. 5, 2006, at the home stadium of the Detroit Lions. They performed several of their clas sic songs, including “Start Me Up” and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band finished out the decade.

The 2010s started off with The Who, fol lowed by pop stars like Madonna, Lady Gaga and Beyonce, among other big names. Last year’s show was a return to retro, with ‘80s rap stars like Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre delighting fans at the halftime show.

Rumor had it that Taylor Swift would be the next pop star to grace the stage, but within a day, it was officially announced that Ri hanna would be next year’s Super Bowl headliner in stead. Rihanna is no slouch, as she’s sold more than 60 million albums and topped the charts with 14 singles throughout her career. Her fans have been clamoring for a new album from her and a worldwide tour, but in the meantime, this will have to suffice. Super Bowl LVII will take place on Feb. 12, 2023, in

Glendale, Arizona.

Q: Will there be another season, or more, of the Netflix show “Dead to Me”? I love that show, but just realized it’s been a long time since the last season finale. I hope it didn’t get canceled. -- D.T.

A: Yes, it’s been a long time -- two years, in fact -- since any new episodes of “Dead to Me” were available for streaming, but fortunately, there will be a third season. According to Deadline.com, the reason for the long hiatus was twofold: In addition to the pandemic halting production, it was also de layed after Christina Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Q: I was surprised to see Steve Carell in another show, and it’s not a comedy. What happened to “Space Force”? -- T.M.

A: “Space Force” had all the elements for another hit by producer Greg Daniels. He was

teaming up once again with Steve Carell, the for mer star of his cult hit comedy series “The Office,” and he had a super talented supporting cast that in cluded Lisa Kudrow (“Friends”) and Ben Schwartz (“Parks and Recreation”). Alas, it just didn’t click with viewers, and the series was canceled by Netf lix after just two seasons.

Carell has already moved on with a new series, a suspenseful drama on Hulu, in which he plays a therapist held captive by a serial killer. “The Patient” also stars Domhnall Gleeson (“Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker”) as the titular character. Carell is as adept at drama as he is at comedy. In 2015, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in “Foxcatcher,” which was the polar opposite of his character on “The Office,” Michael Scott. He has quite the range.

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By Matthew Margolis

Another Kind of Cruelty

When we talk about animal cruelty, it’s typically in the context of humans abusing animals physically or emotionally -- hitting an animal, starv ing an animal, neglecting an animal.

But there is another kind of cruelty, one in which humans allow or even encourage one animal to abuse another. The sport of dogfighting is a par ticularly sadistic version of this. Here’s a version that hits closer to home:

We have two female Shih Tzus, and we brought both of them home at 8 weeks old. Over the past few months, Sadie, who is now 4, has be come aggressive toward Precious. This started when our grandson was born, but over the past couple of months, it’s been getting worse. We nev er know when she will attack. Precious could be napping or just walking by, and Sadie attacks.

In Sadie’s defense, Precious does try to take her food, and we have to stand between them when giving them snacks. But outside of that, Sa die seems to snap for no reason.

Yesterday, we had to separate Sadie from Precious and the rest of the family because she would not stop growling and charging ferociously at Precious. We had to keep her in the laundry room all night. Sadie once bit Precious in the eye and caused some damage. Our vet was able to take care of her, but later, Sadie bit her again in the same eye, causing additional injury.

I just don’t know what to do. It’s getting out of control. We have tried throwing cold water on them, but it doesn’t work. She will not listen to us.

Female dogs follow a pattern similar to hu man sisters. They play well together when they’re little -- and they want to kill each other when they grow up. At least for a certain period of time.

The difference is that human impulses, for the most part, are mitigated by our capacity for em pathy and our understanding -- or fear -- of conse quences. Dogs aren’t bridled by such things. And this seems particularly true of female dogs in rela

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by Matilda Charles

Storing Food When There’s No Space

During the past two years when I stocked up on grocery staples as much as I could during the pandemic scare, I ended up with canned foods and dry goods stored in three different places around the house.

I’d have to check all three places to be sure I grabbed the green beans with the nearest expira tion date. Pasta was the same. Worse was when I discovered that I wasn’t having spaghetti for dinner after all because I’d used the last of the pasta and thought I was sure I had one more tucked away somewhere.

Enter the internet and the wide selection of kitchen storage products available.

I wish I’d known of this two years ago: a metal stacking unit that holds 36 cans. I put it on the buffet in the dining room, all cans in easy reach around the corner from the kitchen.

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by Joseph Publillones

Sun-Praising Mirrors

You must be living under a rock if you haven’t seen the avalanche of starburst and sun burst mirrors in home decor stores, antique shops and magazines. Why, you may ask? Well, they are considered classic and iconic in the design world and fit in with most styles of decor, from tra ditional to contemporary and in between.

Since the court of Lou is XIV in France, the sun and the stars have been a source of design inspiration. It can be said that Louis XIV is the fa ther of this style. Louis XIV was sometimes referred as the “Sun King.” These mirrors, whose design revolves around a round central mirror with spokes all around the perimeter, are called sunbursts when finished in gold, reminiscent of the sun, and starburst when finished in silver, but the names can essentially be used in terchangeably.

Many historians believe that these mir rors’ design is a result of repurposed crowns from icons and saintly statuary. Another telltale sign of their religious past, a cloud, a dove or an eye may appear over the rays on older starburst mirrors. These starbursts were symbolic of God. A dra matic example is that at the end of the nave at Saint Peter’s in the Vatican. At its center, the star burst has a stained-glass window that faces west. Every day at sunset, the light streams make the starburst almost seem three-dimensional. It’s an extremely dramatic focal point.

During the 1940s, sunburst mirrors made

coat closet into service, moving the hangar bar close to the ceiling and opening up the whole bot tom half of the space for four rows of wire shelving and baskets for dry goods and envelopes.

And when all seems lost, when you have no pantry and no basement, when your coat closet can’t be reconfigured, there are still handy places you can store food. A small bookcase will hold cans. Slide a few baskets under an end table. Ce real keepers are smaller than boxes. A row of clear canisters for envelopes will let you see what you have at a glance.

The immediate benefit of having alternate storage places is that it opens up space in your cupboards for frequently used items. The box of instant rice and the jar of peanut butter will all be right in front of you.

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For more ideas to organize your food, search online (especially Amazon and the big-box hardware store near you) for food storage for small spaces.

Remember to get a black marker to write expiration dates in big letters!

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their debut into the interior design world. Design ers such as Gilbert Poillerat in France and Doro thy Draper in the USA helped popularize the mir rors by incorporating them into their projects. In more recent history, starburst and sunburst mir rors were all the rage during the 1960s. Stream lined and futuristic, these mirrors were inspired by mid-century architecture, aeronautical ideas and visions of what the future would look like.

It’s no surprise that this design icon is timeless and beloved by interior designers and ar chitects.

These mirrors add radiance to a room, and their shape is so strong that when placed above a console, couch or bed, they become the focal point of any room. Origi nally, these mirrors were stra tegically placed to catch the light coming in from a window. Sometimes, the mirrors are flat, but some are convex to maxi mize the reflected light. A fine example of this can be seen in the 15th-century portrait of the Arnolfini family by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck.

Both sunburst and star burst mirrors are available in varied materials such as gilded wood, papier-mache, iron, bone, silver and brass. Finishes are generally shiny to reflect any light on them. Today’s sunburst mirrors have taken center stage in decoration. Many of these mirrors have been produced in an overscale size as to even re place works of art. In cases where the mirrors are not so large, a grouping of them can give a “wow” and unexpected statement to a room.

Joseph Pubillones is the owner of Joseph Pu billones Interiors, an award-winning interior design firm based in Palm Beach, Florida. His website is www. josephpubillones.com. To find out more about Joseph Pubillones and read features by other Creators Syndi cate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndi cate website at www.creators.com.

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tion to other female dogs.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: If you’re going to get two dogs, your best pairing is one male and one female; next best is two males; last resort is two females.

But whatever the pairing, if one dog is hurt ing the other, they must be separated -- permanent ly. It is cruel and unfair to subject the one to the ongoing torture and torment of the other. In allow ing injury after injury, dogfight after dogfight, we are as guilty of animal cruelty as if we personally bloodied a dog.

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In this case, the two lady Shih Tzus do not get along. They will not grow out of it. It will con tinue to get worse. And the fact that they are small is irrelevant. Size doesn’t matter with aggression. An eye is an eye.

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SOCIAL SECURITY

by Tom Margenau

100 Social Security Myths Busted

I’ve just released a new book. It’s called “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can get a hard copy of the book for less than 10 bucks at Amazon.com. You can get an electronic version of the book at barnesandnoble.com and other online booksellers.

Regular readers of this column may recall that I have written dozens of past columns debunk ing various myths about Social Security that are floating around on the internet and that get passed around, usually via emails, from one unsuspect ing (and sometimes gullible) recipient to another. In most of those columns, I usually only have the space to take on three or four such myths. And ev ery time I write such a column, I usually say some thing like this: “If I had the space, I could prob ably write a column debunking 100 Social Security myths.”

Well, I finally decided to make the space by putting all these myths -- and more importantly, all the corresponding facts -- into one easy-to-read book.

I think the best way to introduce you to the book is to reprint here the introduction that you’ll find at the very beginning of the new book. It goes like this:

“Social Security touches the lives of every American. We all have a Social Security number. Most of us work at jobs in which Social Security taxes are taken out of our paychecks, while oth ers have their own businesses and pay self-employ ment taxes into the Social Security system.

Sixty-five million people are receiving monthly Social Security checks. They are getting either retirement or disability benefits, or they are the spouse or child of someone getting such ben efits, or they are the widow, widower or child of a worker who has died.

The trillion-dollar funding of the Social Se curity program makes up about one-fourth of the entire federal budget of the United States.

So, a government program that is so huge and that affects every one of us is bound to be the focus of many rumors, misunderstandings, halftruths and outright lies.

I have spent the last half-century debunking all those myths. And now, for the first time, I have compiled a list of the top 100 myths about Social Se curity into one easy-to-read and easy-to-understand guidebook.

Those myths can be broadly divided into two categories. One I will call “Political and Policy Myths.” These myths frequently have to do with how the Social Security program is financed.

But I suspect most people reading this book will be more interested in the second broad catego ry, which I will call “Program and Practical Myths.” These are myths about the rules and regulations for each of the various kinds of Social Security ben efits -- essentially, who is eligible for which benefits, when they are eligible and how they go about get ting those benefits.”

Here is just a sampling of the politically ori ented myths that I take on in the first part of the book.

--Social Security is going broke. (Hint: the program has fiscal problems that are fixable, and those reforms will keep the system from going bel ly up.)

--Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

--The government has stolen Social Secu rity money and used it for other purposes.

--Illegal immigrants get Social Security ben efits.

The second half of the book deals with pro gram and policy myths and is further subdivided into sections clearing up myths about retirement benefits, spousal and widow’s benefits, benefits for children, disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments. There is also a small section on Medicare myths -- although, as I always point out to my readers, I am a Social Security ex pert but not much of a Medicare expert.

Here is a sampling of the myths covered in the program and policy part of the book.

--My retirement benefit is based on my high est three years of earnings (or last five, or highest

10 -- just pick your number).

--If I stop working, or work part time, before I start my Social Security, I will be messing up my future Social Security check.

--There are secret or hidden rules about So cial Security.

--I can take reduced benefits from my spouse and later switch to full benefits on my own record.

--All disability claims are denied the first time around.

--Children can only get benefits from a de ceased parent’s Social Security record.

My faithful readers will know that I have written another book about Social Security. It’s called “Social Security: Simple and Smart -- 10 Easyto-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” While there is bound to be some overlap in topics covered in any two books about Social Security, there are im portant differences between my two books.

I recommend you read the “Simple and Smart” book if you are looking for a practical guide to how Social Security works, with important infor mation about how and when to file for various kinds of Social Security benefits and tips for dealing with issues that crop up once your benefits start.

And you should read the “Myths/Facts” book if you are sick and tired of hearing and see ing all the Social Security mumbo-jumbo that’s out there, mostly polluting the online world, and if you’d just like to know the truth.

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If you have a Social Security question, Tom Mar genau has two books with all the answers. One is called “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” The other is called “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find either book Amazon.com or other book outlets. 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.

1. The book of Abimelech is in the a) Old Testament b) New Testament

Neither

2. Jesus says in John 15:5, "I am the vine, you are the ....." a) Roots b) Water

Fruit d) Branches

3. According to Paul, what kind of giver does God love? a) Considerate b) Gen erous c) Cheerful d) Loving

4. What wicked queen wanted to kill the prophet Elijah? a) Athaliah b) Jezebel

Herodias d) Maachah

5. From Exodus 13, who was Moses' per sonal servant? a) Joshua b) Aaron

Caleb d) Zilpah

6. Which of these describes Amos the prophet? a) King's winebearer b) Priest

Voice in the wilderness d) Common herdsman

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Cardiac Stent, While Helpful, Can Bring Risks

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-yearold woman diagnosed with coronary artery disease. My latest calcium score was 801. My right coronary artery was 80% blocked, and the left artery was 25%. My cardiologist asked me to decide if I want to do angioplasty or not. I don’t have any symptoms, only shortness of breath on exertion.

I can’t decide what to do. My cardiologist seemed against getting a stent, not that he said that exactly, but he stressed the risk of getting one. -- M.C.

ANSWER: A cardiac stent is a device placed into an artery of the heart after it is reopened, usually by a balloon in a procedure called an angioplasty. Stents help reduce the risk of the artery closing off after the procedure.

In people with stable coronary artery disease, opening up a blood vessel can reduce symptoms, but has not been shown, despite many studies, to reduce risk of heart attack or death.

You said you were asymptomatic, but shortness of breath is one of the major symp toms of blocked coronary arteries, which are the blood vessels that provide oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. It can be very difficult at times to judge whether a person’s shortness of breath is coming from blockages in the artery or not, and stress testing can help answer whether this is likely. People can have shortness of breath on exertion for many reasons, including lung problems, anemia, lack of exercise or persistent symptoms after a COVID infection.

According to a study during the pandem ic, of 42 people on Antabuse who routinely used hand sanitizers, 20% had a reaction to the ethylalcohol-based sanitizer, and 10% had a reaction to the isopropyl-based sanitizer. Seven percent of people had severe reactions, but the rest were mild and self-limited.

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VA to Tackle Care for Long Covid

The Department of Veterans Affairs has just published “Whole Health System Approach to Long Covid,” a holistic guidebook for the treatment of veterans suffering with long Covid. It’s estimat ed that 2% of the U.S. population will develop long Covid, which equates to 24,000 to 42,000 veterans. The VA was the first to realize that recovering from Covid didn’t mean it was gone, that a long version was emerging, bringing with it extended illnesses. They opened 20 long Covid programs and dug into research where they looked at those who still had vascular and heart disease a year after the original Covid.

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The program is a multipronged wholehealth approach, with an individual plan at the heart of each patient’s treatment wherein medical staff can assess and manage the symptoms and di rect treatment as the patient needs.

In the guidebook there are guides for each facet, from signs and symptoms to treatment rec ommendations (tinyurl.com/3r8xvthf). There is also an assessment with 31 questions.

To read more about the VA’s approach, check their Covid page at tinyurl.com/4kyrhv6y A factsheet can be found at tinyurl.com/bdfm 8ha2

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In addition, the government has the Nation al Research Action Plan on Long COVID (www. covid.gov/longcovid). Scroll through the 85-page document to see what the government is doing and click on the study links to see what researchers are doing and have discovered.

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While the decision is ultimately up to you -- it’s your body -- it’s best if the cardiologist gives you a definite recommendation and the reasoning behind it. You can’t make an informed decision without being informed. A stent might improve your shortness of breath, but there are risks of bleeding, infection and even heart dam age from a stent placement. It’s not to be under taken lightly.

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If your cardiologist doesn’t feel that your shortness of breath stems from the blockages, then a stent is not likely to be helpful. Revisit with your cardiologist to get a clear idea of the poten tial benefit and harm specific for your case, and bring a friend or family member to assist you. ***

DEAR DR. ROACH: I take Antabuse to help me quit drinking. Do I need to worry about the alcohol in hand sanitizers? -- L.W.

ANSWER: Antabuse is a medication that makes people feel very sick even if they drink small amounts of alcohol. It is not frequently used anymore, but it is still an effective and timetested option for medication treatment in people with problem drinking.

Hand sanitizers are made from either ethyl alcohol, which is the alcohol in alcoholic beverages, or from isopropyl or rubbing alcohol. There have been case reports of people devel oping a reaction to the alcohol from practicing hand hygiene, from aftershave, and even from

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Remember: It’s not over yet. Keep up the hand-washing.

M.D.

-- by Jim Miller

Auto Aids That Make Driving Easier and Safer

DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: My 85-yearold father drives a 12-year-old car and has arthritis in his neck, back and knees, which limits his mobility. This makes it hard for him to get in and out of the car and look over his shoulder to change lanes, back up, and so forth. Do you know of any automotive safety gadgets that I can get to help him with these kinds of problems?-- Watching out for dad

Dear Watching: To help keep older drivers safe and extend their driving years, there are a number of inexpensive products you can purchase that can easily be added to your dad's vehicle to help him with many different needs. Here are some popular auto aids to consider.

Entry and Exit Aids

For mobility challenged seniors who have a difficult time entering and exiting a vehicle –especially cars that are low to the ground or high vehicles such as SUV’s or pickup trucks – there are a variety of support handles and special seat cushions that can help.

Some examples include the Stander (stander.com) “HandyBar” ($40), which is a portable support grab bar that inserts into the U-shaped striker plate on the doorframe, and the “CarCaddie” ($20), a nylon support handle that buckles around the top of the door window frame. Stander also has an “Auto Swivel Seat Cushion” ($40), that rotates 360 degrees to help drivers and passengers pivot their body into and out of their vehicle.

Rear Vision Improvements

inches of length, making them easier to fasten. They also sell a “Seat Belt Grabber Handle” ($8), which is a rubber extension handle that attaches to the seat belt strap to make it easier to reach.

Gripping Devices

If you have hand arthritis that makes gripping difficult or painful, consider the “SEG Direct Steering Wheel Cover” ($17) that fits over the steering wheel to make it larger, softer and easier to grip. And for help twisting open tight gas caps, the “Gas Cap & Oil Cap Opener by Gascapoff” ($17) is a long-handled tool that works like a wrench to loosen and tighten gas caps.

Many of these products can be found in your local auto supply stores or online at the manufacturer’s website or at Amazon.com. Just type the product name in the search bar to find them.

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If you need more assistance, consider contacting a driver rehabilitation specialist who are trained to evaluate elderly drivers and pro vide safety and driving equipment suggestions.

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In addition to the types of aids mentioned in this column, there’s also a range of adaptive driving equipment that can be professionally in stalled on a vehicle – like swing-out swivel seats, pedal extenders, hand controls and more – to help people with various disabilities. To locate a driver rehabilitation specialist in your area, visit ADED.net or MyAOTA.aota.org/driver_search.

Medicare beneficiaries have the opportunity to re-shop their health care and drug coverage choices during the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period which runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7th for coverage that begins the follow ing Jan. 1.

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Each year, insurance companies can, and most do, make changes to their Medicare plans that can affect your out-of-pocket costs for monthly premi ums, deductibles, drug costs and health care provider networks and pharmacies.

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The stakes are higher than usual during this year’s Medicare Annual Enrollment Period because there are new deductibles and prices for prescrip tion drug plans; and new benefits avail able in all-inclusive Medicare Advantage plans.

To help those with neck and back range of motion problems, which makes looking over the shoulder to back-up or merge into traffic dif ficult, there are special mirrors you can add as well as back-up cameras.

To widen rear visibility and eliminate blind spots, Verivue Mirrors (verivuemirrors.com) offers the popular “Universal 12-Inch Panoramic Rearview Mirror” ($13) that clips on to existing rearview mirrors, along with a variety of “Blind Spot Mirrors” ($5 for two), which are small convex mirrors that stick to the corner of the sideview mirrors.

Another helpful device is the “Auto-vox CS-2 Wireless Backup Camera Kit” ($120), (auto-vox.com). This comes with a night vision camera that attaches to the rear license plate, and a small monitor that mounts to the dash or windshield. When the vehicle is in reverse, it sends live images wirelessly to the monitor so you can see what’s behind you.

Seat Belt Extenders

For plus-sized people or those with mobility problems, there are seat belt exten sion products that can make buckling up a little easier. For example, Seat Belt Extender Pros (seatbeltextenderpros.com) offers vehiclespecific “Seat Belt Extenders” ($13 to $26) that fit into the seat belt buckle receiver to add a few

During Medicare Annual Enrollment Period, clients can move from original Medicare to a Medicare Advan tage plan, switch from Medicare Ad vantage to original Medicare, swap one Medicare Advantage plan for another or choose a different Medicare prescription drug plan.

Many Medicare Advantage plans also provide additional benefits that original Medicare doesn’t cover.

Some Medicare Advantage plans may offer worldwide health cover ages. Medicare Supplements are still my choice for snowbirds or people who travel extensively.

If your health condition or pre scription medications have changed over the past year, a Medicare Plan checkup is in order. Please give us a call and remember our services are always FREE to you.

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Porcelain Dinnerware

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Q: This is a photo of one of the porce lain dishes that is part of a set of china that I have. I received the set from my grandmother over 30 years ago. Originally, she received the china from her mother. It is a complete ser vice for 10 and includes some unusual serv ing pieces. Marked on the back of each piece are the words “Limoges -- France -- A. Lan ternier.”

Could you please tell the history and value on my dishes?

A: Your dinnerware was made by A. Lan ternier and Co. The firm was founded by the Fred eric Lanternier family in 1855 in Limoges, France. Son, Alfred, joined the company in 1887. The initial “A” stands for Alfred Lanternier.

Your dinnerware set was made in the early 1900s. Similar sets can be seen selling between $500 and $800.

tern. Frederick and Frank Sebring founded their factory in Sebring, Ohio, in 1900. It was originally called Sterling China Co. and later changed to Li moges China Co.

China made in Limoges, France, was in high demand, and the American company hoped to capitalize on the popularity by calling their products “Limoges.” They made tea sets, dinnerware, choco late sets and desert sets, all inspired by porcelain exported from Limoges to the United States.

French porcelain factories were not at all pleased with this misleading marketing tactic and took legal steps forcing them to change the name to American Limoges China Co. in 1949. Sales began to slip, and in 1955, the factory closed.

Your dinnerware was made around 1920 and assuming your set is a service for eight, it would probably be worth $300 to $400.

* On Oct. 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, is taken to the guillotine and beheaded nine months after her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France. Marie Antoi nette and Louis, unpopular and accused of high treason due to France’s financial woes, had been caught trying to flee to Austria.

* On Oct. 10, 1845, the United States Naval Academy opens in Annapolis, Maryland. The curriculum for the 50 midshipmen students included French, English, gunnery and steam and chemistry. In 1850, the name was changed from the Naval School to the U.S. Naval Acad emy, and students were required to serve on ships during summers for four years.

U.S.A. Limoges China Co. was founded in Sebring, Ohio, in 1900.

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Antiques expert and columnist Anne McCollam has recently retired and no longer receives inquiries nor answers reader letters. Due to the popularity of her col umn, this publication will continue to reprint previous col umns of interest to our readers.

To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoon ists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators. com

* On Oct. 14, 1857, engineer and inventor Elwood Haynes is born in Portland, Indiana. Haynes designed one of the very first American automobiles using a gas engine he saw in use at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. The finished product weighed 820 pounds and moved on 28-inch bicycle wheels.

* On Oct. 12, 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for help ing Allied soldiers escape from German-occu pied Belgium during World War I. Cavell was honored with a statue in St. Martin’s Place, just off London’s Trafalgar Square.

* On Oct. 11, 1925, novelist Elmore Leonard is born in New Orleans. After publishing nu merous Western novels (including “Hombre”), Leonard turned to suspense and crime fiction. Best known of these are “Get Shorty” and “The Big Bounce.”

A. Lanternier and Co. was founded in Limoges, France, in 1855.

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Q: My grandmother passed away in 1969 and my sister received her dinnerware set. Each piece is marked “U.S.A. Limog es -- June Rose.” The dishes are decorated with red, pink and yellow flowers, with green leaves against a white background. The edges are gold.

Any information you can give us about this set will be greatly appreciated.

A: This mark was used by U.S.A. Limoges China Co. and “June Rose” is the name of the pat

* On Oct. 13, 1953, the 45-foot Artmobile, the world’s first art museum on wheels, arrives in Virginia carrying 16 paintings by 15th- and 16th-century masters. It attracted 5,000 visi tors in the first few weeks. Art objects were loaned for exhibit by famous museums across the country until the Artmobile was canceled in 1994 due to budget cuts.

* On Oct. 15, 1965, in one of several identi cal events across the country, Catholic priest David Miller burns his draft card in New York. For violating the recent law banning the burn ings, Miller was arrested and sentenced to two years in jail.

"I'm so glad I was able to convince him to give up one day at the golf course to spend time with me on our anniversary."

• It was back to the classroom for these “oldsters”! Nola Ochs finally received her bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays, Kansas at age 95, 77 years after she began her education. After dropping out in the 1930s, she raised four sons on the family farm. When she received her diploma in 2007, she graduated next to her 21-year-old granddaughter. Nola enjoyed her achievement for another ten years before passing away at 105.

• Oregonian Leo Plass dropped out of college in the midst of the Great Depression, just one semester before graduation. Times were tough, forcing Leo to take a job with a logging company for $150 a month. In 2011, at age 99, Leo stepped up to the podium to receive his diploma from Eastern Oregon University, 79 years after dropping out.

• Tao Porchon-Lynch fell and broke her hip at age 87 and required hip replacement surgery. Her doctor told her to slow down and take it easy. So much for doctor’s orders! Tao, who had been studying yoga since she was eight, was back to teaching classes a month later, and was still teaching 12 classes a week six years later. She also signed up for ballroom dancing lessons shortly after her hip surgery. At 93, she was still winning dancing competitions and at 96, competed on “America’s Got Talent” as the oldest competitive ballroom dancer. Tao passed away peacefully at 101 after a long, full and happy life.

Game Changers

by Jason Jenkins

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Today's three-year-olds can switch on laptops and open their favorite apps. When I was three, I ate mud.

People say that 60 is the new 40, but the cop who pulled me over didn't agree.

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Every once in a while all golfers go through a stretch of poor putting from inside four feet. These “knee knockers” sometimes become more of a mental hurdle than a challenge on mechanics or green reading.

up on the toe, and the upper body arching back slightly. The trick is that the hips are now “tucked under” the upper body or the stomach is pushed forward. Many beginners, or players

A good finish should have the left leg straight, the right thigh up close to the left leg, the right

Rather than trying to stick to a rigid set of principles on your form, try experimenting with an old school type of “pop” stroke to change things up.

Many golfers error with short backswings and long follow throughs on short putts, so try reversing the image with a shorter follow through. In fact, try hitting these short putts with roughly an eight inch backstroke (minimally) and then stop the follow through immediately upon impact.

There may be a tightening of the arms and hands to hold this follow through from going too far forward. You’ll be feeling like the stroke “pops” at the ball, rather than releasing through.

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One of the advantages of the pop stroke is that it reduces the putter face’s rotation through impact, which causes the majority of missed short putts.

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