European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 1986 the stars and stripes Page 1.1 � a he off Minnei Bikini of Bei fam been Tuhet Many stereo accessories unneeded writer says Arm ladders to z of Oasis on audio vto1 hat Butfoy und the a " from Cne ssast1 Ith to magazines tend to in different accessory ppT11" image i Miller and pander Vious y must with any and to Hook it All up to your audio sys a Jos or bal a 1fg � wram route selector unit As Well. Sounds Lite the ultimate sound system right i Don t know whether to laugh or cry let me ask you Why do you spend Small Fortune on your audio system for those answering of get the most knobs switches and Light emitting diodes i can skip to the next letter. For those who an swered so that i can listen to a realistic reproduction of my favorite music please read on. Have you Ever participated in the game i be got a secret if you have you la know that As the secret passes from one person to the next it. Becomes distorted. Depending on the number of people an their abilities to correctly retell the secret it will be More or less unrecognizable when the last person presents his version to the audience. Believe me this holds True not Only with i be got a secret but also with the reproduction of sound. The More components and wires read filters an audio signal passes through the More the signal will be altered. Why is it that the us. Military audio the Jig Helpes 3 Numon mm/41,m i Ghana set Man Metal Numa a Market overseas is so heavily dominated by components loaded with electronic gadgetry a Jungle of flashing lights Needles features and a Button for every dime con fuses the uninitiated audio customer including the author at his first encounter with this Market. Comparing the . Continental and . Military versions of audio magazines you la easily see that advertisements which Are added in the , military issues Are in Many cases of the electronic gadgetry kind. The reason for this is simple these products Are specially made for this Market. They just won t sell in most other audio markets. Given a Strong Dollar and Low profits . Military Market offers service members their dream audio video system at very favourable prices it s just too sad to see that Many of these dream a a systems Are electronic monsters More capable of impressing thy neighbor than producing life like sound. Most components offering everything in features do not offer the sound Quality of More simplistically designed similarly priced components. If these have everything components receive favourable comments they Are prob ably from a Magazine that also rates Cam eras and Tours & travel or from a House hold electronics representative. The Way logo first omit All the accessory components mentioned above. Next spend the Money you be saved by buying much better speakers than planned a More simplistic higher Quality amplifier and a Slack of discs for your compact disc or record player. You la hear the difference actually the easiest approach to achieve True High Fidelity sound in your Home is this i compact disc player 1 Power amplifier with volume Knob if the cd has t one 1 set of speakers then just add sensible components a you like preamplifier and tuner cassette deck and record player but please no sound processors. Representatives for household stereo manufacturers Aren Likely to agree arguing for example that you need an equalizer to compensate for different room acoustics. If you omit the equalizer you can afford much better speakers right so Don t furn ish your listening room by placing these speakers where there s leftover space. Place them where they sound Best then furnish accordingly. Result you won t have to compensate for anything at All which is How it should Hope is that More people will join the ranks of those who prefer lifelike music re production instead of an impressive but tiring sound blending. Stellar Almeid trondheim Norway postal complaint gets response i would like to ask All the individuals in the Usa eur postal services to treat each package As their own. I realize it recently was a hectic and Busy time for you but i d rather my packages go out later intact than sooner and roughly handled. Recently i received a Christmas package from the states. My father had a Ceramic figurine that we All treasured and asked for when he passed away. My sister received it and not having the Money to buy Christmas gifts this year gave it to my Mother to give to was packed in tissue paper and styrofoam and placed in a Box. The Box was sur rounded by three Teddy bears and a doll in a Box. Underneath was a packaged to say it was Weh packed and it was the Only thing broken in the whole smashed Box. I could claim it but it s Over 20 Yean old and will never receive its sentimental value. If i did claim it after depreciation it would t be Worth my time if i could find the original Price tag. This time it was my package next time it could be one1 of your own. Name and location withheld editor s note Sec. Bradley Mutzel mail services Branch postal operations directorate 1st per com he Usa eur replies thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We regret the disappointment this incident has caused and assure you that we win continue our efforts to eliminate the causes of mall damage. Postal workers in the United slates As Well As overseas Are consistently reminded that they Are responsible for handling mail properly to prevent damage. When postal workers mistreat Saab their Soper Isora Are required to take immediate corrective action. We cannot overemphasize proper packaging of articles for mailing. The size of the Container Mast be adequate to contain the Ilens and provide enough extra space for Custal opling material. If the Container b too Large and the Load is not property blocked and cushioned the contents will shift in transit if it is Loo Small the cushioning will not be effective and Container failure is liable to occur. If you have any further questions concerning this or any other postal matter encourage you to Contact your local postal officer or Call Sec. Mitzel at 379 7643/ 6364. Style segments irritate viewer the to programs that we watch Over Here in Germany Are hard enough to take with All the old movies at the worst possible time slots is it necessary for the viewers to endure. Many of these style Seg ments. This stuff is not Only Boring but you probably could t find a handful of sol Diers or dependents who enjoy these Bing Iwlda to if you re in the military you could Tafford anything shown anyway. Why could t you try for something More important for these filler slots like for your information like they have inthe states or important medical information anything but style please Sec. Donald Walters Nuernberg Gemay editor s note Robert Harlan program director he an Europe re pm a in order to stabilize our to schedule so As to observe on the hour or half hour Start times for major shows an must fill with information segments such As style fitness break trate tog Etc. Our problem 1s More fill time than filler material. But we d continue to search for additional interesting information vignettes so that one single Type does t become overexposed. And that search pro Cess also include one for better tuned during 1986 As we re hopeful for an improvement in that area. Pen pals i in an american Haman Lary shool to comr working Ovan Aat in we Garmany. I would flu to Corr Tywond Ullh Lac in to Olar coun Lertol. I i Hank ii would m Isle Rellna and Tun to a Nangi ideas and it Fonfe Ullh Cus Tou a Box nil dear Ann Landers it All started when i was talking on the citizens band to some Guy. We were kid Ding around and an other Guy interrupted and asked me Roget on another Chan Nel so i did. He in formed me that guano. I was a Noto rious woman Chaser also married and to steer Clear of him. I said thanks i owe you the next night the second Guy and talked again. He said he d like to collect what 1 owed him. What was that i asked. A kiss he said. To make a Long Story Short we talked for about a week and decided to meet for a Quick lunch. When i saw him i almost nipped. He was drop dead Good looking and had a terrific smile. You can guess the rest. The Quick lunch ended in a Motel and we were there for five hours. When i got Home and started to fix sup per i Felt so ashamed i d like to have died. To make matters worse my husband came Home with a bouquet of red roses. The Guild s killing me but i m afraid if confess it will ruin our marriage. My husband is very straight and woul Nevev forgive me for fooling around. He d throw it up to me for the rest of my life. I need advice. Feeling Rotten ind. Dearmd4coofes to a Clergyman and Tow never Aga to do anything so reckless and fool ish. Your Story is evidence thar there b no such thing As a free lunch. Dear Ann i feel blessed because i can stayathome with my children. My husband and i barely make ends meet but we believe my being Home is very important. My professional background is medical so i volunteered to help in the school clinic. I cannot Tell you How Many very sic children lie in that clinic because they have working mothers who cannot or will not pick them up when called. The school policy states that if a child i running a temperature we must phone the child s guardian and ask him or her Totake the youngster Home. We have Only a four bed clinic and cannot use it As baby sitting service. I have been there when we jul tvs had six and seven sick kid whose parents would not come to get them. I called one Mother whose child was running a 102-degree temperature. He response was Well what can i do about it the children Are not Only getting sick at school they Are being sent to school sick. Fay question is this if you Don t want Tobe bothered Why on Earth did you have children 1 realize there arc situation where mothers must work to put bread on the table because there is no other source of income but i beg of you please make arrangements for your children when they Are an and in the paper for a retired lady or ask a neighbor if you can pay her to take care of your child if you can t stayathome. Have that persons name on the child s clinic card so she May pick up the child when he is ill. Don t yell at the clinic worker. We Are donating our time to take care of your child while you make Money at your Job. There is nothing sadder than a sick child. Please Don t make him or he stay at school it frustrated plenty earrus thanks for a letter that should aeon some bulls eyes arond the country. If any won Sui wooden if frustrated 1s talking to you she probably is. A a
