European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 23, 1936 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers let Tete dear Ann Landers Yob were Dud wrong when you said gambling is not a viable Way to mate a to no. R a Friend of mine uses a system based on Calculi and consistently wins on the Bones. Another Friend uses a pocket com Puter when he plays Roulette. By figuring Cul in Advance the Section in which the Ball will fall and know ing the rate or decreasing velocity he hat a Good Edge and will win conium Nuy. My game is Blackjack. For eight Yean 1 have averaged 1.2 chips per hour profit not a bad living with s25 chips. I know two others who make their living playing Black Jack obviously we Don t want our names or face known to the casinos or the irs so pm not signing this letter of you Wilt Check with yer experts you will find out Why i am smiling All the Way to the ban dear smiling in a Effort to find the bet possible answer to your letter 1 spoke with people who frequent racetracks gambling casinos and Dio who run them. Here s Ibe straight goods not a single person told me that Utleg can be made by Belling Ibe horns a computer is virtually no More help in pick ing a Winner than Ernie Mclerie in Nee knowledgeable and experienced bettors have been known to do Well for several Days but if they keep at it they will lose Lial they have won and then some. The Only people who beat the ponies Are those who go to the track once in a Blue Moon get Lucky and never go Back. Slot machines forget it. They Don t Call them one armed bandits for Nuiji ing. Folks have a tendency to Tell Yon about that Jackpot they hit in Reno but they never Lell you How much it costs to gel it or what they bite put in since trying for 0 repeal performance. Roulette and crap shooting Are designed to Benefit the establishment. The House does t have to Load the Dice or tamper with the wheels. The Odds Are with them against the customer once upon n time ii was possible for a mathematical Whiz with a Putno Konal memory to beat the Blackjack dealer by using the counting these people could win consistently by remembering Oil the cards that were played especially when there were five or six people in the a me. But the casinos put an end to that by using multiple decks. So Ray friends Blackjack is now a House earn. He Rou Lette and the Slot machine. Somebody has to pay the salaries. Of All those dealers. And who do you think pays for that Lush carpeting i to Beautiful chandeliers Vou do chump. One game at which a Gambler can make living is poker if the cards Gren i Buttri and Bux a Tarp Del bite cbfflhiv.1 or ring that can serve As error. In � poker game Luck counts but do skill and judgment. Shrewdness and per Chorlog also can be useful. It helps to co the personality and temperament of letter position to decide w my when to fold pm. Pm writer agrees with criticism of bedroom allowances i would Tike la comment on the recent idler about the housing policy concerning bedroom allowances for dependents. We also have two children of the same gender and just shy of two years apart in age. We Are authorized Only a two bedroom set of quarters and As 1 understand it this ii the Way it will be until they arc much older. We have Miliny acquaintances who either because of previous marriages College age children or whatever reason do not Hutc their dependent children permanently with them. But due to the fact that these Chil Dren Are their dependents they arc authorized bedrooms for them. In one Casi a family Haj a four bedroom set of Zuur Lars even though they have Only one 2-year-old daughter. He has two Chil Dren in the Stales but they have never been Here and they will never come the fact that he has joint custody makes these Chil Dren dependents i m not sure exactly who determined this and therefore eligible far iuartcr5 space. Yes i understand the reasoning that the editor s note had to offer in return. It might Well be True that these children might come Here someday. However i agree with the writer and can fully sympathize. Our children always awake in twos also. When one is sick the other must spend a Long night Nwaki. Dad dreams bathroom trips and Calls out to mom in the night always Wake up the other child. We have made a bed for one child on the sofa and sometimes even in our bed when illness promises to keep them awake. But my reasoning is Why do we have to do tills to make it convenient for those army s rotation policy spurs question Why can t those of us who want to stay in country gel an Extension of duty assign ment1. We want to be Here and cannot under stand Why the army will Send people who do not want to came and who will not do their Job properly a Chaute they or their family members Are not Happy in Ger Many. 1 know the army says the move is for the Good of the army but How can it be for the goad of the army if they Are not satisfied and their Job performance suf fers in the no a sin months there will be at least four or five new personnel sent to my husband s mos and at least half will not want of come and will not Tike it Here. In View of the department of defense budget cuts vie do not understand How the army is supposed to save Money by moving two families one of whom would rather be stateside when both would be happier where they arc. Judy a. Rew Echo Cringen Germany editor s note chief warrant officer John a Taylor chief manage men actions Branch 1st personnel come he 1.1sareur, replies i m glad to be offered an Opportunity to answer a question of such importance to soldiers and their families As Well As to commanders . Army Europe. Commanders throughout Usa eur have instituted programs designed to encourage eligible soldiers to extend their hours. The retention of eligible soldiers meets the soldiers desires while commanders retain a Usa eur oriented Soldier. Additionally the army save permanent change of station pcs Cosu As Ibe writer quite accurately state. Over the past several months usar eur soldiers have attn extending their tour at an unprecedented Rte. Specifically during the August november 1985 period there has been a 40 percent increase pen pal i Ould Tiu 10ounlrlh. I my u it idled Mutu column Lei. Cooking. U Mph Salod Woltti my Oltaria in dam in the number of Usa eur soldiers who have elected to extend their Lour in Usa eur when compared to the same period in 1984. This is indicative if the excellent Cli mate of command through units in the theater and recent Quality of life improvements so important to our soldiers and Ribeir families. Wilh regard to approvals of Exten Sions there arc certain eligibility Crite Ria which must be fulfilled before Ibe appropriate authority can make a final decision. The three Basic criteria Are As follows 1. The request must be submitted within the Aqda prescribed submission Lead times. 2. The request must be supported by the Chain of command. 3. The Soldier s skill must he projected to be at lest than 100 percent strength in his her scheduled month of return to the United Stales. These rules allow Hrdalo maintain Usa eur within the mandated strength ceiling while ensuring the proper inventory of Soldier skills to achieve unit Mission. Concurrently Aqda must be Able to maintain other army commands at prescribed Levels. This provides for a balance of Soldier skills throughout the army thereby ensuring total army readiness. Approval of extensions to the Point of creating overages in some skills at the expense of shortage skills causes imbalances which detract from unit Readi Ness. We realize that there Are soldiers us families who would rather be in Europe and those who would rather be in the United states. Consistent Vilh the a Mitio factors mentioned above the army does and will continue to strive to acco Auno Dale the desires of soldiers and their families. I Trust the answers presented provide the writer with a belter understanding of her Coco Colark Fang lip fld Donc Jna. A him it new memo ind Taus had to t i a reminder e/0 so Maori rail Dent t-3w Cal Potol area Dume wat City i i am b Fli plan a i timid. I would ilk Pun nah from nil of the world my two i ire cooking Mil Law and War or Tonij Evka Huu of. 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I am sure you will Ugric when your Chil Dren arc of College 1 think him ill til ii Point i will look Back and know How hard it a for my children and for my husband and i to live Tike this. And 1 Hope that 1 will Hutc enough respect in my Al us to Noi Hoard Whyl Don t Gibso Lucily have to have. 1 applaud the fact thai the up Vrlin cry of defense is proposing separate bedrooms be authorized for All children. However i think that if the other children arc still authorized a room this will in effect Only put us Ait an the same list for larger quasi cars meaning More of a shortage and u longer Wail for adequate quarters. I think the department of defense is on the right track but it also needs to Luke into consideration the usage of the room. I cucs.1 it just bothers me to Sec the four bedroom set of quarters mentioned above. With two bedrooms actually being used and the other two used fur a playroom and for a stereo room. And nil this while 1 Sec my children sharing a very Small room. 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