A windfall showed up in Joanne Martin’s mail the other day. It came in an official-looking envelope, sent from a fancy Philadelphia accounting firm. Inside was Martin’s settlement from a big class-action lawsuit. Funny. The 71-year-old Medical Lake woman didn’t even know she had been part of a big class-action lawsuit. Martin tore open the envelope. She pulled out a serious-looking check and, quite frankly, couldn’t believe her eyes. “$***0.10.” Ten cents? “Zero And 10/100 Dollars,” the check confirmed on another spot. “My gawd, what idiots!” thought Martin, whose inner computer quickly figured the obvious. It cost way more than a dime to print and mail and process such a ludicrous check. Not so fast, Joanne. There was a time in this grand land when a dime was nothing to snort at/Doug Clark, SR. More here. (SR photo: Joanne Martin, of Medical Lake, recently received her portion of a legal settlement from a lawsuit against Sprint. The check was for 10 cents)