European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 14, 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers dear Ann Landers the letter from the woman who beat her Honey at Arm wrestling prompted me to write. Apparently the Guy has a Limp ego to go with his Limp Arm. My menage is for the females out there who Don t know How to play it. Don t beat him at Pool either. And Don t bowl better. If you Are the Superior Tennis or Golf player throw the game at least half the time. And Don t make by bets with him. If you win. Hell . Once in a Blue Moon you might be Lucky enough to run into a real Man who can tolerate being beat by a woman but Don t bold your breath waiting. Most of them Are Bozof psychos airheads wimps a curls and fruitcakes. Believe me i know because 1 have made the scene from . To fun City dear made the Settle thanks for writing. I received Many letter from females who said Tow Only thing o Man wants a woman to be better at is housework. Here s another Point of View. Dear Ann Landers i d like to comment on the letters from reluctant Champ and a Winner who  All my life i have watched women hide their physical strength and intellectual abilities because they feared that men would be threatened by their superiority and look elsewhere. So Many silly games Are played to stroke the fragile male ego it s ridiculous. Men who Are unable to accept women who can do something better than they can Are losers. Women who Are afraid to win keep these men losers by catering to their immature behaviour. We Are All diminished by such foolishness. My parents bless them taught my brother and me that every person is talented in tame Way and our Worth is measured not by whether we lose or win but How we use our talents. No one can win at everything. Ellen in Michigan dear Ellen Beautiful. Thanks for saying in so Well. Dear Ann Landers this letter will be hard to write but i need your help. I am having trouble with my second marriage. My first husband was killed in an Indus trial Accident. I was left with two Young children. The kids get a Benefit Check every month. When 1 married Joe we decided to put those checks in a special account for the children s education. A few months ago Joe said that since the children will inherit whatever we have we should use those Benefit checks to improve our Standard of living. Trip belter clothes car Etc my brother suggested that i have Joe put something in writing slating that if i sic before he docs the Money in the Spe Cial account will be used to finance the children s educations. I never thought of it before and it sounded like a Good Dea. The problem is that Joe says i Don t Trust him and his word should be Good enough. We fight about this a lot. 1 need to know what to do. _ trouble in Oklahoma dear of you need to see to wow to children education should be assured. Unless you fix ii no one can gel Jal those monthly checks there Schance thai there will be nothing left Lor Ike kids when the Lime comes. Page 11 letters Good or bad flu shots Are mandatory for military i m an enlisted Soldier us ironed at the . Army Hospital in  fall before the dismissal of a company formation which was held in inc Hospital Thea Ter the theater s three exit doors were closed and an officer was placed As a guard at each door. Personnel from the shot clinic took their place at the front of the theater and the enlisted soldiers were told that no one was Leav ing the theater until they had come up front and received their annual flu shot. I consider myself a professional Soldier and As always i did what i was instructed to do. After receiving my flu shot i was checked by an officer at an exit door who made sure that i had received my immunization. In a joking manner 1 asked him when he was going to take his flu shot. He replied that the Hospital s policy was that flu shots were optional for officers and that he was t going to take one. Because of my Job i have Access to the statistics on compliance with the flu shot program. As it turned out 88 percent of the 66 officers at this Hospital failed to take the flu shot in 1984. Once again the flu shot program is upon us. I decided to try to get an exemption this year since i have always become sick Wilh he flu Ihrcke or four times each Winter after having Aken the vaccine. But since i Don t have any allergies. I was told i had to Lake the vaccine. I asked my Chain of command what would happen if i refused. 1 was told hat the flu shot program is mandatory for All Simce members As per the army surgeon general and army regulation 40-562. Refusal could mean an article is. Once again we have a situation where the policy Between officer and enlisted is do what say and not what i  when 1 protest i am told that the flu shot is Good for me it protects my health. If that s True then Why last year at this Hospi Tal did Only three out of 27 doctors take the flu shot what do they know that the rest of us Don to and since the flu shot program is mandatory for All service members Why did t the officers have to comply like the rest of us name withheld Wuerzburg. Germany editor s note col. John s. Par Ker surgical consultant 7th medical come replies army regulation 40-562 outlines the underwhelmed by our letters i have been asked by a group of which i am a member to write our Chart cd. The group is made up of a Laroc percent age of very Boring people. To ensure that this charter is As Dull.  and Boring As possible i would like to enlist the services of the committee that chooses which tetters will he published in the stars and stripes. After Reading the letters to the editor for the past 18 months i am convinced that this committee is the end All when it comes to what is Boring. I am sure that the selections Are made by a committee no sin Gle person could pick All the letters without an interesting one slipping by. Please have a committee member Contact me at civilian br549. Randy Potts Span Dahlem a Germany by printing the above letter we neither confirm nor deny the existence of panel that selects Boring letters. De influenza vaccine program. This regulation applies equally to officers and enlisted personnel. The influenza vaccine is effective. It is intended to prevent illness in critical personnel which includes All soldiers and particularly medical staff and health care providers. If there is a Large flu outbreak medical personnel will be in Short Supply because of the increase in ease Load even if none Are stricken with the Sims. The military flu vaccine program is based on the concerns of readiness and the demonstrated potential of a urge Fhi out break and its relationship to other serious diseases. The seriousness of influenza is judged by the increase in deaths due to pneumonia and last february alone More than 7 percent of these deaths were re lated to the influenza epidemic. There is concern about How effective the vaccines will be because there must be some guessing about which strains of flu will be circulating in the Community each season. Based on Best guess the vaccine is specifically formulated for each year. This season the vaccine will be Iden tical to that used last year. Unfortunately getting people to protect themselves whether talking about seat belts smoking cessation or flu vaccine is not easy. But it should be noted that this vaccine will either prevent or at least de crease the severity of flu if n individual is exposed. Mandatory requirements aside that alone should be reason enough to get vaccinated against the disease. Fortunately most commanders stress the importance of the vaccine for All of their troops and indeed Are frequently the first in Luie to get the vaccine. He s a ukrainian not a russian this is in reference o a recent faces n places article. In an article about Vladimir Horowitz you first Call Horowitz a russian born virtuoso and in the last paragraph note that he was born in Kiev. Open your geography Book. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine which along with rus Sia Lithuania Latvia Estonia and arme Nia make up the Union of soviet socialist republics. I am tired of Reading about people who have done something negative and having their Birthplace prominent in the headlines for example ukrainian convicted of being nazi while on the other hand if there is a Chance to promote a positive image the ukrainian becomes a russian. It s Tine for some objective reporting of factual information. Ann Marie Hirniak Munich Tongue in Cheek kudos for an i often read letters from your readers that criticize an and its programming. Finally i must speak out and come to its defense. I was thrilled to learn that National pasta week was celebrated in Berlin. My Only complaint is that so Little air time was devoted to its coverage on an Berlin. My tint knowledge of it came Halfway through the week on the wednesday news cast. The tort clip showing the Celebration was simply not enough to inform the pop Ulace properly. Why were it not told of this significant event week in Advance so that we could prepare ourselves mentally for the Impact it a uld have on our lives Nen pal. I would map to me my we new world. I in u vaturi old. Leonor Alberto co Etc Ilama of undo Smyrl Hoitko do Muci Cut. Pm Pplk i i would Idt to Wilto Oman in Tor latin count roof. I a u Onri old. I Mitov raiding writing to Liri id Muiloc. Marlott Down i 7. Pow t View. Combrook ,.--. Barry s. Glam South we. I mud kingdom i am a filipino working in Sud Arabia. I would Ilka to Hava in Lundt an War Iho world. I am 37 Vetari of but Noven t. Satona 777 Nort Roo corporation . Box 1 Kluj Roll Mutt at saudi Arabia i must say that i was impressed with the professionalism shown by the an news team. The reporter did an excellent Job pre serving the occasion s solemnity with the rendition of deck the Halls Wilh  undoubtedly the lines will go Down in history. Of course the camera work and editing must be especially commended. 1 was enthralled with the close up of the cute Little girl s Spaghetti covered Tongue. I simply can t express with Mere words the emotions Felt during this award worthy news epic. Thank you an for the comprehensive local news coverage. Please keep up the tremendous Job and know that it is very much appreciated. Of and one thing if an should Ever need a movie critic please consider my application for the position. Name withheld Bertig editor s note my. Peter b. Sidle officer la charge an bar Len re plies we can t be sure this letter was t apron pm with mine pm tub but we would t put in pasta. The news team minion b to inform but they re not above  alone the Way. To Story on Puta week did both and in Good taste. No a intended we re glad in caught your attention. Unfortunately we bait no openings for motion picture critic at the Moniel but invite Yon to share your opinions on our television picture with us at any time. 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