European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers i am a my wife left she said she  take it my family thinks i am am i gambling is now my full time i play poker four nights a go to the track when its and Fly to vegas every i make Good Money gambling and i love the i have always hated working for someone a 9to5 Job would drive me Why cant my wife understand that dont Tell me to go to gamblers anon i am not i just love to and one Day in going to hit it real please help me get my wife in dear lonely exactly what was it that your wife  take anymore if she left you there must have been a reason such As living from hand to Mouth or never know ing when youll borrow against the the car and her an excellent poker player can make Money if the game is but the horses will clean you out in vegas is of for but i dont know of anyone who Ever made a living in the except the Guys who own dear Ann Landers in a 28yearold Well Edu have a Fine executive am unloving but no play laughing on the outside and crying on the Why because i pick Lousy Ive known for years i should As you say so often seek professional finally i stopped making excuses and went to a the sessions Are 50 min utes Ive been with him for five months and i dont think its he says i expect too much too i dont like he is cold and gives me no emotional support or he rarely Speaks during a session and often i have the feeling he int the Only change Ive noticed is in my Bank id like some or deadened in Baltimore dear bait hang it up and find another if after five months you feel that he is cold and it int work dont become some people try four or five therapists until they find the right its Well Worth the Persever Good dear Ann Landers keep reminding your readers to make a will to ensure that their Money and per Sonal possessions go to the individuals they want to have i wish my father had read one of your dad died last almost immedi my Mother gave his Fine Coin collection to her daughter by her first i was Hurt and and told mom it should have gone to my a pre would have cherished something from Gramps who taught him How to my Mother the truth your father liked Mildred better than he liked in sure you must have sensed i dont believe it and Haven spoken to my Mother since that my Stepsister recently sold dads Coin collection for which proves there was very Little sentiment attached to the if dad had made a none of this would have keep repeating the fid vice in dear i thanks for the different viewpoint on emergency room treatment i have been in the army five years now and the following comments Are in reply to an emergency room nurses based on my observations of the eras a patient As Well As observations i have made in prior to my As a who Are you to determine that a problem that has been going on for two or three Days is not an emergency that is for a doctor to there Are Many ailments in exis tence that can and do become severe prob lems after two or three even so severe As to cause about the Active duty people who come in 30 minutes to an hour after sick Call for a complaint they have had for Days or weeks because they were too Busy to come Dur ing sick Call Many Good soldiers will put up with a lot of pain and discomfort to accomplish their Mission before taking care of people dont go to the Hospital with an appointment Many times because they Are tired of having to wait an hour or so past the appointed time and their Job Mission Doest allow that extra time so they go to the or after their duty when they have time to wait a couple of hours or women who have female problems for weeks or months before showing up at the or Are hoping that the problem will go so when the pain is too much and they decide to do something about they Call Obyn and find that Obyn is booked solid for 30 they then go to the or and Only have to wait about an hour or so to be they also know that Many if they make the appointment when they first note the after two or three weeks have gone when the appointment Date a the problem is gone and the doctor asks them Why they Are bothering you must always remember that you Are dealing with people who become frightened when they or a loved one gets Hurt or be comes they look to the professionals for help and some so when they feel that something is not being done quickly they become angry to hide their fear of the they Pace the Halls out of fear and they stare through the doors out of curiosity and wonder at the magic the doctors i Grant you that there Are those who abuse the you should accept it As a fact of wherever you that there will Job announcements a readers recent headlined wife asks about Job have triggered this the Reader most Job descriptions from co state that education May be substituted for what the Reader really meant was that most Job announcements say Job descriptions have a different role to play in the Field of personnel and position if i id like to expand on a position is an abstract entity it is a set of duties or the work consisting of duties and responsibilities assignable to an positions Are officially and legally established by documenting these various sets of duties and responsibilities on a forms 374 and legally classifying As signing positions to the proper series or occupational titling and grading them in accordance with office of person Nel and management pm position classification standards which Are based on the definitions of title 5 each such official documentation of duties and the authentic classification of positions evolves into a Job description cd or a position description the Job description provides a permanent record of a decision by a that someone is to perform certain and is the basis for performance reduction in Force and other personnel the most important and primary use of a Job description is for classification and compensation management be 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to fill the such information always appears on Job announcements published by the recruitment and placement personnel of the co in their efforts to recruit for employees to fill these announcements give an outline of the major duties and responsibilities extracted from Job descriptions in Addi give specific details of the qualifications required by candidates not Only to do the Job but also to be eligible for the based on pm qualification Stan the statements such As education May be substituted for experience would there fore appear Only in a Job a Job on the other applies strictly to the position Only and would not refer to the personal qualifications of the employee occupying it or in numbering it for a Given period of Jahn Germany pen pals i am a 20yearold algerian girl who would like pen i am a student at a University of i like playing music and talking with a Desselman Rue Ali Serif Cordiel Kiffman Algeria i am interested in having american pen pals stationed i am 17 years old and 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abuse Mili tary or Patrick soul Germany we have used the or and will continue to use when we feel it is As the letter Many times there Are not enough appointments available to gis or we would put Down any time if we feel the need is the waiting has never bothered us if we feel the need to most of us feel like a Herd of cattle the or and primary care arc no More overworked then the other gis in these overseas half the trouble is we Are lied to Back in the states on the availability of medical this is not free medical do we have a Choice on our salaries a lot of us left Good jobs and medical especially in dental its a Little hard for us to work plus Sec doctors who speak lobby for our Money for medical care and believe me you would see a lot fewer most of the time we cant see the same doctor or physicians assistant to be fair to most of it is a shame they dont know us and we dont know it would be Good Medicine both physically and mentally for All we Are some of us As As you Call others 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