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ANSWER: Varicose veins are dilated veins. They are very common, especially as we get older, and they seem to run in families. They often come because of leaky valves inside

clots somewhat more likely. They do continue to function, returning blood. They should be treated conservatively, with leg elevation, exercise and compression, such as using pressure stockings. I seldom recommend more-aggressive therapy, but if they are symptomatic (pain, tightness, skin irritation) despite a good trial of conservative treatment, they can be treated with laser or radiofrequency ablation, by injecting medication into or around them, or by vein stripping. A vascular surgeon is the expert on these treatments.DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 63-year-old male who had a subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2008. The source of the bleed ould not be found, and fortunately I came out of it in good shape, with no adverse effects. My doctor prescribed diclofenac [an NSAID] for joint and muscle pain, and it does help. Do you see a problem with this, considering that it thins the blood? -- T.O.M.ANSWER: Since the aneurism wasn't repaired, I would not recommend taking the NSAID

wouldn't be brave enough to prescribe it without that OK, even though there is some evi-dence saying it may be safe.

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Psoriasis Can Precede Psoriatic Arthritis---DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old male. I had to stop playing golf about two years ago due to joint pain. I had psoriasis from age 15 until I was 40. I am retired from the Navy and had to be hospitalized twice during my time inservice due to my skin. Why it disappeared at age 40, I don't know. Is it possible that I could have psoriatic arthritis? One doctor I saw said that I had to have psoriasis in order to get it. I saw that you said that sometimes the arthritis showsup before the skin lesions. Can it show up after you have quit having the lesions? -- Anon.ANSWER: Indeed, psoriatic arthritis can show up years after psoriasis starts and when there are no skin lesions. Often, pits in the nails or other nail changes are seen in those with psoriatic arthritis. However, having psoriasis doesn't protect you from other types of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.Since psoriatic arthritis is so destructive, you should see an expert, perhaps a rheuma-tologist. The arthritis booklet discusses rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and lupus. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach -- No. 301W, 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient's printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.DEAR DR. ROACH: Do varicose veins in the leg still return blood? Does circulation

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For Advertising Visit VCTidbits.com Or Call: 805-285-0254• Thomas Crapper was a plumber in London in the mid-1800s. Contrary to myth, he did not invent the toilet, but he did improve it. He also im-proved the sewer systems of the city. The toilets he

manufactured and installed, as well as the man-hole covers he fabricated, were all stamped with his name: Crapper.

a simple board with a hole cut out, which were hung over the front part of a ship where the waves would wash everything away. The front of

• In medieval times, chamber pots would be emptied out the window into the street below. The story goes that in France, they would call

hurling the refuse into the street. In England,

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BY THE NUMBERS• Average number of times a typical human uses the bathroom every day: 7• Average number of years a typical human spends on the toilet in a lifetime: 3• Percent of Americans who use their phone on the toilet: 75%• Number of phones dropped in the toilet in an average year: 7 million• Percent of people who crumple their toilet paper rather than fold it: 60%• Percent of household water use that goes down the toilet: 38%

• Number of times a baby will need a diaper change before being potty trained: 10,000• Life expectancy of a toilet: 50 years

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international space station• Number of rolls of toilet paper the average American family use each year: 119

• Percent of people who put the toilet paper roll "over" instead of "under": 75%• Percent of women who will wash their hands in a public restroom if there is someone else present: 90• Percent of women who will wash their hands if they are alone: 16

IT'S A FACT• In the mid-1960s, the Indonesian rupiah was valued at 325 to the dollar. The cheap paper that was used to print one-sen notes (worth 1/100th of a rupiah) was perfect for being used as toilet paper, and was much less expensive than the commercially made tissue paper, since

FACTS & FASCINATION• The combination of Sani-Flush toilet bowl cleaner and Comet cleanser can explode. Comet is sodium hypochlorite and Sani-Flush is sodium bisulfate. Many people assume two cleansers are better than one and use them both at the same time.

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room in the stadium so they could get an inter-view of the tragedy of a man who went to the restroom at the wrong moment.

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houses in the area. They counted a hundred la-trines— so there must be 4,000 soldiers. They were correct to within 40 men.• A guide dog in Kent, England was told by his male master to lead him to the restrooms in the railway station. Unfortunately, the dog was un-able to read "men" and "women" on the doors,

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restaurant. Called “The Outhouse,” toilet bowls were placed here and there in the decorating scheme, and menus featured a toilet bowl logo. Health inspectors suspended their license when it was found that their restroom facilities were inadequate.

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TISSUE• When brothers Irvin and Clarence moved to Philadelphia and started a paper business in the 1870s, they sold butcher paper, paper bags, and stationery from a push-cart. When they moved into a storefront, sales dropped. They needed a product that

would be constantly in demand. • Just at that time, indoor plumbing was becoming popular. In private homes, people used catalogs in the bathroom. But hotels and restaurants, after going through the trouble of installing indoor plumbing, couldn’t bring themselves to put catalogs in bathrooms. • So Irvin and Clarence started experimenting with toilet tissue, an idea that had been around a while but had never caught on. First they manu-

neat. So they tried wrapping it around a cardboard tube. It worked. • They set up a factory, named the business after themselves, and started selling toilet paper directly to merchants since the issue was too delicate to bring up in polite society. • Gradually, they introduced their product to the public through advertise-ments aimed at snob appeal: “They have a pretty house, Mother, but their bathroom paper hurts.” • In 1907 an uncut roll of defective toilet paper material was delivered to their factory. It was heavy, wrinkled, and unsuitable for toilet paper. It was about to be returned when someone suggested marketing it as dispos-able ‘paper towels.’ Hotels, restaurants, and railroad stations bought them because they were more sanitary than cloth towels. • Irvin and Clarence’s business became the largest paper goods maker in the world, and was bought out by Kimberly-Clark in 1995. What’s the name of their company? Answer: Scott, as in Scott Tissue and Scott Towels.

QUICK QUIZ: MORE TISSUE• During World War I, cot-ton was used for surgical

in gas masks. As the war progressed, demand outstripped supply and it

substitute material. • The Kimberly-Clark company, a paper manu-

Wisconsin, came up with a substitute called Cellucot-

not only for gas masks but also for bandages. • When the war ended, Kimberly-Clark had huge surpluses of Cellucotton on hand. Searching for a peace-time use for their product, in 1924 they came up with a tissue designed to remove cold cream make-up used by actors. It was a far better alternative than using towels and handkerchiefs

a new name.• Ads using movie stars convinced ladies that the tissues were the best way to remove makeup at the same time that Hollywood movie stars were convincing the American public that wearing makeup was acceptable. • In 1928 the pop-up tissue dispenser was invented and the tissues began to be used as a disposable handkerchief, an idea proposed by a re-

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of using the product. Today the product is used worldwide and the name has become a nearly generic term for tis-sue. What’s it called? KLEENEX

FACTa sneeze, press the area between the up-per lip and the nose.

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: My cat "Chester" has always been a big shedder with his long hair. I've pretty much kept up with it by brushing his coat every evening. But lately I've noticed a lot more hair deposited on the furniture and carpet, and when I comb him I have to clean out the brush several times. What could be causing this increased shedding? --Cherie K. in Dubuque, IowaDEAR CHERIE: To start, make an appointment with Chester's vet for a complete physical exam. Excess shedding doesn't always have a concrete explanation, but it can signal a change in his health, especially if it wasn't a problem before. Excess shedding can have a cause as benign as changes in the season -- shedding in spring and fall, for example. Or it could be trig-gered by allergies to dust, pollen and molds, which can irritate his skin and make him scratch more. Skin diseases such as ringworm can be another

-tion or other irritants. Excess shedding also can signal much more serious conditions, such as diabetes or hyperthyroidism, something that a vet can diagnose. Ahead of the appointment, watch Chester's behavior: Is he drink-ing excessively? Does he seem agitated? Is he eating as much as he used to? Write down anything that seems unusual and shared it with the vet. If Chester has developed a health condition, the vet can prescribe the right medications and advise you on the best diet to feed him. If allergies or some unknown irritant is at work, the exam will rule out other possible causes so

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* On Oct. 25, 1853, Paiute Indians attack U.S. Army Capt. John W. Gun-nison and his party of 37 soldiers and railroadsurveyors in Utah. Gunnison and seven other men were killed, but the survey party continued its work to find a route fora proposed transcontinental rail-road.* On Oct. 24, 1901, seeking fame, 63-year-old schoolteacher Annie Ed-son Taylor becomes the first person to plungeover Niagara Falls in a barrel. After a brief flurry of photo-ops and speak-ing engagements, Taylor's fame cooled, andshe was unable to make the fortune she had sought.* On Oct. 23, 1921, in France, an American officer selects the casket of an unidentified soldier to be hon-ored among the77,000 U.S. servicemen killed in World War I. The "Unknown Soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.* On Oct. 22, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beauti-fication Act, which attempts to limit billboardsand other forms of outdoor advertis-ing along America's interstates.* On Oct. 20, 1973, Solicitor General Robert Bork dismisses Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, whoseinvestigation of the Watergate break-in revealed that the burglary was one of many possible abuses of power by theNixon White House. Two days later, the House Judiciary Committee began to consider the possible im-peachment ofPresident Richard Nixon.* On Oct. 21, 1988, "Mystic Pizza," a romantic comedy starring unknown actress Julia Roberts, opens in the-aters.Roberts would skyrocket to inter-national fame when she appeared in the 1990 blockbuster "Pretty Woman."* On Oct. 19, 1991, a fire starts in the hills of Oakland, California, and within an hour, 800 buildings are ablaze. Thefirestorm would kill 25 people and destroy thousands of homes. Even though fires had ravaged the same area in 1970and 1980, people continued to build homes there.(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

* "Place an ice cube (or ice chips) in carpet divots left behind by furniture legs. This will help the fibers "plump up," andthe spot will disappear!" -- A.I in Utah* Felt circles are great for putting under small appliances on the kitchen coun-ter. They are easier to move around, andthey won't scratch the countertops. You can find them at the hardware store, or make your own by cutting out what youneed from a piece of felt and attaching it to the bottom of your appliance with double-stick tape ... or even a drop ofglue!* Running a washing machine that isn't full not only wastes energy and water, it also wastes money because you'repaying to run more washes. Always fill the machine -- but remember not to overload it! This applies to your dish-washer,too.* "To help repel the dust on baseboards between cleanings, wipe with a used dryer sheet. To make this even easier, youcan put the dryer sheet over a Swiffer-type floor cleaner. This way, you don't even have to bend down." -- M.E. inAlabama* "You can use plain alcohol on a pa-per towel to wipe down your house telephone. I do this a couple of times a weekduring cold season. Also, purchase a pack of electronics wipes, so everyone can keep his or her cellphone screen clean.Think about it: We constantly touch the screen with our fingers, then stick it right up to our face!" -- W.R. in New YorkSend your tips to Now Here's a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

Noteworthy Inventions...

THOMAS CRAPPER• Thomas Crapper, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1836, became an apprentice to his brother at the age of 14. His brother was a Master Plumber in London. • By 1861 Thomas had completed his training and set up his own plumbing shop. In that day and age, proper people didn’t speak about bathrooms or the things that happened in bathrooms. So Thomas Crapper caused quite a stir when he advertised his business by display-ing, right in his front window and in full view of everyone

faint when viewing the porcelain bowls in his showroom. • In order to overcome the prevailing attitude of prudery,

replicas of the toilets, sinks, and tubs he was selling. The customer was tasked with the chore of imagining how

• This was also a day and age when it was thought that going to the bathroom indoors was unhygienic, a myth Thomas Crapper worked hard to dispel. • His business got quite a boost when Edward Prince of Wales hired Thomas to install 30 bathrooms in his newly purchased estate, Sandringham House. When Edward became king, more plumbing jobs were handed to Thomas Crapper, followed by more work commissioned by King George V. Eventually Crapper installed

Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. The public thought that any plumber good enough for royalty was good enough for them, and Crapper’s business boomed. • Along the way, Crapper invented many plumbing improvements and was awarded nine patents. However,

Thomas Crapper came along.

underground drain pipes together which helped reduce disease by reducing leakage from sewer pipes. He also

• At one point he invented a spring-loaded toilet seat, which would automatically rise up when the seated person stood up. The lifting motion of the toilet seat

rubber gaskets began to age, they became sticky and would fail to lift until the pressure from springs became

upwards, often smacking the unfortunate user on the rear. It became known as “the bottom slapper” and died an ignominious death. • Because Crapper also owned his own foundry, he was

covers. Today, the Crapper manhole covers in front of Westminster Abbey, which are inscribed: 'T. Crapper & Co., Sanitary Engineers' are a favorite stop for tourists who enjoy taking rubbings from them in the same way people take rubbings from tombstones. • When soldiers during World War II saw the word “Crapper” stamped all over toilets throughout Europe, they began calling bathrooms by that name.• Thomas Crapper died in 1910 and the business contin-ued under the care of his nephew and his partner. In In

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Hitting those sky high, short distance drives can be infuriating to the majority of golfers. Most golfers assume they’ve just teed the ball too high, but there are some more critical issues to attend if you struggle with this crisis. The majority of “pop ups’ occur when the club is approaching on too descending of an angle of attack. The steepness of the approach causes the ball to hit the higher part of the club, thus creating the high, weak trajectory. Many golfers shift their upper bodies and heads toward the ball in the downswing creating a steeper angle of attack. In order to improve the swing’s process, picture the bottom of the swing’s arc a few inches behind the ball. Focus on that space of the ground while making swings, which should keep your head and eyes behind the ball by impact.

Practice clipping the head of a tee barely stuck into the ground so that you’ll better control the height of the clubhead through impact. There should be no ground contact with any driver swings.

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The Hierarchy of Needs

This guy named Maslow posited a pretty-well-accepted theory that every human being

food and water and a house to live in, and they need love. Things like that.In baseball, if there was a hierarchy, I'd say

pitching ace or a reliable stopperthat can eat innings. You need a great con-tact hitter, and let's face it, you need a slug-ger because nobody wants to watch

row of an upper deck all summer long. And you need a closer. Someone toturn the ball over to at the end of the night.But there is another theory about life, and it is called the seven stages of grief. There's

shock, denial, anger, bargaining,guilt, depression and, in baseball, Jonathan Papelbon. And nowadays that is almost always followed by regret, a blownsave and ejection.Athletes who play adrenaline sports are going to be a little more on edge than most other types of people in the world.Take a guy like Papelbon (which, we've already discerned, will lead to certain regret). He doesn't play an adrenalinesport, right? So as a closer, he has to sup-ply his own excitement. He walks out of a bullpen to Metallica's "For Whomthe Bell Tolls" and then is expected to strike out the side.But you really have to question this guy's sanity. The guy makes $13 million a year for throwing a piece of leathercoveredtwine, and he just can't keep it together. Sta-tistically, he's one of the greatest of all-time ... the all-time leader insaves for both the Red Sox and Phillies, set records for most saves by rookie and all sorts of other statistics. He's won aring (and his dog ate the game ball. Nice.)But don't kid yourself ... to say Papelbon is on the downside of his career isn't a hard statement to make. He's losing

velocity, but he's also clearly losing his

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plate in a timely manner, got in the face of Bryce Harper after Harper didn't run

face ... he tried to strangle the kid from the top step of the dugout.I can't say that I've ever seen anything like that before. Well, that's not true ... there was the whole John Rocker era inthe '90s. And there was Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson in the '70s, but at least they had the good sense not actually

saw something like that was that "Star Wars" reboot where Anakin Skywalker

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kin's loss advanced the storyline. Papel-bon's act -- grabbing himself in Philly,grabbing Harper in Washington -- is a tired one that nobody needs to see anymore.Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey.(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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