European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 27, 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters Idear Ann Landers the season to be Jolly is about to clutch us by the Throat once again. Please permit me to comment on those unbearable Christmas letters usually mimeographed from friends relatives and people you never hear from any other time of the year. They Are Boring As hell. It is now late november still Early enough to discourage some folks who Are considering inflicting the annual misery yet another time. I could get along very Well without de tails of Uncle Herman s Hemo Rhoid opera Tion and aunt Hilda s stroke. It is of if i Don t know that Cousin Jeff bought his wife Mildred an 8-foot powder Blue sofa and that Peggy and Mark gave each other his and hers corvettes. It seems inappropriate somehow to in form friends and family in a nationwide mailing that Carol is Back with alcoholics Anonymous and doing much better than last year when she Back Slid drove straight through the garage and smashed into the Guesthouse. I wonder How the people who Send those interminable brag sheets can be so insensitive they think nothing of reporting on the physical ailments of Kinfolk but they never mention their kids who Are flunking in school or Strung out on drugs. No word about the business that is failing or having to sell the second car. All we know is that they had a terrific time on the trip to the Orient and the Pope could t have been nicer during their audience last july. Please print this letter i be been writing it in my head every year for the last 10. This one is going to the Post office no mat Ter what. San Diego Der san Diego Many people share your views about Christmas letters. Others would you be Lieve love to receive them. I doubt that you will discourage any but few from sending the annual chronicle. Those who write them firmly believe 90 percent of the ones they receive Are a crashing bore but that theirs Are fascinating. Dear Ann Landers my wife and i have been married 20 years. We have two Sweet children and consider ourselves very fortunate. The problem is one we cannot discuss with our minister. It is very important that we have an answer and can think of no one Beller qualified than Ann Landers. My wife believes that sex anywhere but in the bedroom is sinful according to the Bible. I say a change of setting can add extra pleasure and so Long As there is com plete privacy it is perfectly moral. The place 1 have in mind is the car. We have a garage with a sturdy lock on the door. No one could possible get in. We Are Good christians and want to know what the Bible says about this. Can Vou Contact a religious scholar strictly confidential in Kentucky dear strictly Stock the Bim predates the utom Obyc by a to pm of to Sand Yean there is . If to will Settle for my opinion her it by lib perfectly All right for a married couple to bake he anywhere they rfcs a or artak it is private use and reasonably comfortable. Years service. He is a 62e heavy construction equipment operator. He would be a construction equipment supervisor if he was to be promoted to an e-6. But the Way it looks it would take a Heck of a lot longer than 10 More years service to gain the Points for promotion. When the new system went into effect he went from 814 Points to 539. The last time the army times posted the Cut off scores the Points were 909. In the most recent one out it went up to 989. The Only Way to get any More form bad news Good news the bad Newi u that we ran no regular Page Hoot Day last week the food new b that you missed no us . They just ran a Day Points is to go to school. That is All right but docs the army realize How Long it would take to get 450 More Points they say they arc Over strength in e-6 in that military occupational speciality mos. But it seems that have too Many people on special duty so in another Job. Instead of doing the one their mos Calls for. I Hope someone does t say he should change to a shortage mos because he really enjoys the one he is in. And the army is always saying on an be All you can be. You can t be in a Field you Don t care for. So will the Cut offs Ever drop to meet the new Points system name and location withheld editor s note Sec. Tony l. Coleman Coic officer enlisted  writer comments on Dod Survey having been stationed in Morocco Spain and Italy during my career i961-l%9 and having lived on the Economy May i add a few thoughts after Reading the recent article dealing with the Dod Survey. 1. During the period in question it was common to buy the items mentioned. Sometimes they were sold to the next tenant at a reduced Price. 2. First and last months rent and a Security Deposit arc also collected in the Stales. Upon inspection of the quarters the latter is usually refunded less costs to repair any damage. Nothing new there. 3. The Lack of available Economy housing May be due in part to landlords who Are reluctant to rent to the military due to previous bad experiences. 4. It s time people realized the government cannot afford enough on base or the equivalent housing for everyone. 5. Wonder if approximate housing and move in costs were fully explained to e-l/e-3s? information concerning costs were made known to me prior to moving overseas at All times. Then too my sponsor usually contacted me with More details. 6. After All these years it s time people Learned the rest of the world marches to a different beat . Siesta in Spain and store openings in other places. Learn to live with these things and one s tour will be a better one. 7. Up until my retirement in 1976, it was common knowledge that bad would not always cover the entire Cost of housing. We accepted that. 8. Would it be Safe to say the majority of the e-l/e-3s arc not command sponsored and therein lies part of the problem if one is warned in Advance of conditions and chooses to ignore the warning then complains whose fault is it no doubt this will bring an Avalanche of angry letters in rebuttal. Clyde Allen Jidida saudia Arabia America s family album data motions Branch 1st per com he Usa eur. Replies the new promotion Points worksheet became effective for e-6 promotions in june 1985. At that Lime All soldiers on the standing list for promotion to e-6 received a recon Pullion and were informed that their new Point total would become effective for september promotions. Department of the army establishes Cut off scores solely on the needs of the army by military occupational specially mos. In your husband s Case the army is presently Over or at required strength for his mos. Thus the Cut off scores remain High to ensure that no More than the required number of soldiers is promoted. Your husband has two alternatives he can continue in his present mos strive to acquire additional Points and Hope that Normal attrition reclassification ets or promotion of current e-6s in mos 62e will create vacancies and that the required Points will drop so that he can get promoted. Or a second alternative is to seek reclassification into an mos currently under strength and compete for promotion in the new mos for which the Points required will be lower. No matter which option your husband chooses there Are advantages and disadvantages. Only be will be Able to determine which is Best for him. However be can get Good advice and assistance from his Chain of command or personnel office. To improve his chances for promotion i recommend that your husband review is promotion Points worksheet and Start now to plan a program hat will enable him to effectively compete for advancement. You recently ran a photograph of presi Dent Rengan and his family. The caption under this photo stated that the picture was to be forwarded to the statue of Liberty to be placed in America s family album. Lam a member of the Sophomore class at Baum older american High school. We Are interested in developing a program in Baum older that would enable families to have their portraits taken for America s family  would you please Send me some information concerning this program or addresses to which i could write your help will be greatly appreciated. Debbie Shahid Baum older Germany editor s note our new York office found out the following this project is being sponsored by Kodak. There will be 10 video screens placed inside the statue each assigned a number. Visitors to the statue win be Able to punch up their picture or any other on one of the screens. They will be on display la the statue of Liberty for an at yet undetermined amount of time and May later be moved to a permanent display on Ellis Island. To get More information or to Send a photo to be included the Reader should Send to America s family album Post office Box 23195 Rochester n.y., 14692 questions on Story this is in regard to your Story tougher motorcycle Laws  1 have a few questions 1. When it says that $17,704 did not in clude physician fees emergency service physical therapy rehabilitation re admissions transfers to other institutions prop erty damage or Legal fees then what does that Money go for 2. It also says that 75 percent of cyclists did not have insurance. Some cyclist have a hard time finding insurance companies to insure them and when they do the prices Are an outrage. What can we do to lower prices of insurance premiums pie Brent a. 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