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Ask Rusty: I’m Still Confused about Medicare Part A and Part B Enrollment
Dear Rusty: I’m 64 and still working full time, and plan to continue working at least until I’m 70 ~ it’s a good job, and I enjoy it. My job comes with health insurance, so I don’t really need additional coverage, but I understand I will be required to sign up for Medicare Part A…
Read MoreContinuing with the 60s; Plus Purdue Coach Who Came From, Went Back to H.S.
A member of the Buffalo Bills’ “Electric Company” is among a group of talented offensive linemen in this week’s countdown of the best Boilermakers by number. Crashing this list of offensive linemen is arguably the best defensive tackle in school history and a Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary team member. 61 Nick Hardwick Hardwick didn’t play…
Read MoreBranna’s Falling For the Season
The word fall has new meaning as I approach my 67th birthday. What used to signal back-to-school sales and the turning of leaves now represents the risk of breaking a hip. “Taking a trip” doesn’t necessarily mean heading to Brown County anymore. This is my ode to getting older, my friends. Yes, I see things through…
Read MoreNew at the Virtual Museum!
It’s been quite a while since the From Time to Thyme Virtual Museum has had any new exhibits. However, as luck would have it, I’ve run across some new artifacts to put on display . . . so to speak. (As you may recall, this is a “virtual” museum because all the objects in it…
Read MoreWhere Are Answers to School, Mass Shootings?
Here we are again – writing and reading about a school shooting. Another school shooting. Another. Damnable. School. Shooting. We know the details. A Minneapolis Catholic Church and school, Church of the Annunciation, was the site. An all-school mass took place during the first week of classes. An 8-year-old and a 10-year-old died while sitting…
Read MoreDick Wolfsie: The Moose is Loose
Warning: There was another case of food impropriety in the news. A popular frozen dinner option is being removed from ovens over in Scandinavia in another half-baked scandal. Families were waiting to feast on moose lasagna, but as the cheese was becoming bubbly and browned, food officials exposed that there was pork in some of…
Read MoreAsk Rusty – Can My Wife Get Her Full Spousal Benefit at 62, or Must She Wait?
Dear Rusty: I’m 64 and my wife is 62. If my wife starts her own benefit now, she will get about $700 on her own at 62. I will retire next year and claim Social Security when I am 65. SSA says my wife can draw $1,100 under spousal benefits, so if she claims now will…
Read MoreAs Crystal Balls Go, First Games Don’t Mean Much
As tempting as it may be for fans to predict future success or failure for a Purdue football head coach after his first game, history says your results may vary. Barry Odom makes his debut Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium against Ball State, and the Boilermakers are 18 and a half-point favorites. As Purdue fans discovered…
Read MoreWhere There’s a Will There’s a ‘Weigh’
Everyone has their demons and I certainly have mine: the Devil himself, diets and donuts. Don’t get me wrong. These things do plague me, but I have always preferred counting my blessings over calories. Nonetheless, the issue of food and weight has weighed heavily on me (no pun intended) my entire life. And as promised last week, this week…
Read MoreAs Usual, Media Not Reporting Whole Story
I’ve written a time or three about the national deficit, the absolute evilness that it has become. Pardon me for dragging my soapbox out again, but our politicians (and yes, whether we want to claim them or not, they are ours!) have shamelessly and recklessly spent more than they bring in year after year after…
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