European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers i feel so i Pray you will print this letter and re Spond so i might know if there Are others in the same my husband has had cancer for seven when he was dozens of colleagues from people from clubs we belonged to and Church members called and visited time has his Hospital stays Are More hardly anyone comes the family has virtually the loneliness is watching someone you love deteriorate is very to feel abandoned adds to the people make they i cant handle in no Good at saying i have a hard time dealing with so what my husband does not talk cancer 24 hours a hed love to Converse with someone from the outside even a phone Call is a Welcome break in a Long dreary As for no one wants to discuss my people Cut me off its so spare me the ill Pray for if this letter makes one person Telephone or visit someone who is terminally it was Worth the Effort it took to write sign me in the Midwest dear disheartened i dont mean to sound but every one has his own life and his own from the time your husband was diag i wonder How Many others in your Circle have met a similar one out of every four people alive today will get can cer at some time during his or her it is unrealistic to expect family and friends to hang in there for seven your Best bet is to be imaginative about keeping your folks Over on the Days your husband is up to having dont wait for them to come on their Good Luck and god dear Ann Landers in a 30yearold College graduate with an unusual i become defensive when someone asks about my i am Ille Giti i feel that i have to make up some lie or change the topic when i am what does your father do for a living i am tired of being and i want to reply More please help me with an answer because i know ill be asked that question for the rest of my More excuses in Iowa dear Iowa you must first get Over the notion that you Are obligated to respond to every question put to some people ask questions that Are clearly none of their in this the question is neither rude nor you should i dont know what my father i never knew it is not essential that you explain to casual acquaintances that your parents never dear Ann Landers i am i married a woman who has a my son lives with my sex what is the relationship in titles be tween my son and my wife and Between my son and her daughter please it is very dear your son is your wife and she is his your wife daughter is your sons and he is her step c news America Syndicate reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we will with hold your name on request and protect your cafes answers complaint about Auto parts store Over the years i have been a satisfied cafes a recent experience has caused me to question the collective Wisdom of this i went to the local automotive repair facility to order two wheels for the rear end of my family the parts manager was very stating there want any Way he could help there Are Over 500 general motors pm wheels from which a Choice must be a parts clerk listening decided he would at least look up the part number on his and he Man aged to narrow the Choice of wheels from 500 to but he was still not encouraging about selecting the right Bottom line is the parts department would not help me order the wheels be cause they we rent sure they would get the right i understand the process for getting the Correct parts ordered required a Little but to categorically state that there int any Way to order the Correct part through the cafes organization set up to provide just that service is most i came to cafes for professional guidance in ordering the right wheels for the replacement rear end differential i installed after being told by cafes that they could install a new one for me Only if i was willing to wait 6 to 8 weeks and had by the i got the rear end i installed from the Tompkins strip Yard for but i still need two 15inch rear wheels that fit a heavy duty rear end from a 1976 Delta 88 be cause the wheels i have Are not Safe Rusty and according to the parts clerks i dealt with they have to order parts from a Cen trial warehouse but dont Stock wheels in there Are apparently three wheels that could but cafes employees Are not sure of How to order the Correct set because there is no Cross reference data for wheels to Axle or vice seems to me they could measure the stud stud wheel and diameter required and Send that along with the three wheel part numbers they have stated would fit to their parts warehouse or agent in the states and have them verify the wheel i really want to know Why this order has to be so difficult and Tim econ and at this impossible for Michael Jarvis Heidelberg editors note master Bruce customer relations Public affairs he replies placing your special order  have been that our apologies for the frustration and confusion you let me assure you proce readers write on hostage crisis the cowards have attacked innocent peo ple i of to the yellow curs who hijacked trans world airlines flight not satisfied with merely terrorizing helpless women and they had to prove their manhood by gang then murdering an unarmed Sailor who was going to visit his these spineless mobs Are a plague upon the peace Loving people of the and Are Likely to continue their Point less acts of mass cowardice until they either grow up As seems More die trying to prove themselves to be men in they Are less than less than their constant and de mands prove that they cannot stand up to real since the thieves will Only fight the helpless and harm Only the As they they Are soldiers fighting for a just Why will they never stand up to real equally armed the time has come for All free Peoples to unite against these godless the International airline pilots association has called for a Boycott of Athens and Beirut this is a step in the right but much stronger measures Are perhaps if every nation which harbours or cooperates with air pirates found itself to tally isolated from International the pirates would no longer be Able to find Safe under those they would be forced to either fight equal forces if they insist on proving How Macho they or learn to As civilized humans without resorting to and i Pray that Day will come Richard Tietjens Germany our country needs to take a Strong stand on when president Rea Gan took he swore that our people would never again be used like they were in Well now he has had his Chance to show us that he meant what he i put my Trust in him when he received my vote and Many of you did we need to take a Strong stand on world terrorism and enforce that stand no matter what the rest of the world says about its about time the sleeping giant woke 4 Doug Johnson Germany dures for following up on customer Spe Cia lorder requests will be receiving additional emphasis at All our Auto parts if i might clarify a few Points related to Safe Europe special orders for automotive Safe Europe Doest Stock Stan Dard wheels or we do Stock a Small selection of Chrome wire wheels 14 and differential bearings and Oil items not stocked in Europe must be special ordered through our Atlanta distribution to ensure the Correct part is a lot of pertinent information must be customer frustration Over receiving the third degree from a parts clerk is but such information As the vehicles identification specific transmission and differential code numbers Are vital to ensuring we order the Correct for on your wheel the housing identification code number and the Alpha letters stamped on the wheel Are vital if the proper wheels Are to be in sure you can appreciate the Chal Lenge we face in Safe Europe obtain ing the Correct parts for More than 400 makes and models of vehicles that aver age More than seven years that not meant As an it is a realistic definition of the Challenge we if you experience such 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