European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers my heart went out to that 19-year-old College Sophomore who said he was t on the make i believe him and that All he wants is a Nice big hug when the going gets rough and he feels a Little Down. I clipped this from a newsletter last year and can t re member which one. Please print it. It might lift the kid s spirits and who knows it May even encourage others to give More hugs. Hugging the perfect cure for whatever ails you no movable parts no batteries to Wear out no periodic checkups Low Energy consumption High Energy yield inflation proof no monthly payments no insurance requirements theft proof non taxable non polluting and of course fully returnable. Hugging is healthy it relieves tension combats depression reduces stress improves blood circulation it s invigorating it s rejuvenating it elevates self esteem it generates Good will it has no unpleasant Side effects it is nothing less than a Miracle drug Florida Teddy Bear dear Teddy Here it is with a hug from me dear Ann Landers sometimes i think there Are More crazy people in the world than sane ones. For example i read where More than 100,000 nearsighted people in this country have had their eyeballs Slit because they Don t like to be bothered wearing eyeglasses. The operation was developed in the late 70s. Now they Are finding that nearly 35 percent of the people who have undergone this surgery to Correct nearsightedness Are having trouble with their vision about a year later. It seems the Cornea heals very slowly and there is no Way to Tell in and Vance which patients Are going to have a problem. What do you think about this surgical procedure Ann dumb founded in Dayton dear Dayton my consultants Tell me the operation radial Kera Toomy is a simple one and relatively Safe if nothing goes  since something goes wrong about 30 percent of the time those Are terrible Odds no Way would i recommend it. One s sight is too precious to fool around with. Readers wishing to write to news America Syndicate columnist Landers May address their letters in care of the stars and stripes Apo 09211, . Forces pen pals i would like pen pals from All Over the world. My hobbles Are writing Reading and cooking. I m a filipina working in saudi Arabia. Marietta Diokno . Box 215 taif kingdom of saudi Arabia i would like pen pals abroad. I am 29 years old. Bin Lamlin a. Yangco 27 Colon ext. Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines i would like pen pals from All Over the world. I am 19 years old. Crisanta d. Patio Balugo Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines i would like pen pals from abroad. My hobbles Are playing Tennis chess dancing collecting Stamps and listening to jazz music. I am a jordanian student studying electrical engineering. Alan Ebarle Yarmuk University . Box 1723 Irbid Jordan i would like to correspond with others from different countries. I am 29 years old and a. Roman Catholic. My Hobby is cooking. Rosemarie t. Lim Poblacion Gul Huangan Negros Oriental Philippines 6525 writer says remember Good times Don t forget Bod i m writing this letter to parents of Chil Dren of All Ages. It s not about military Bud gets or any of that stuff it s about us our children drugs and alcohol. I was thinking about my 14-year-old son and How Good he is but How he wants to hit the bars with his friends. They Are 14, 15 and wow some Are even big grown 16 year Olds. I had my son at 16.1 guess you would say we grew up together. We both went through some heavy changes together. I also know How he has been around me and my friends listening to us talk about the Good old Days getting High tripping on acid mushrooms Etc. We talked about All the great things we used to do. One would say hey remember when we were tripping on that acid in your room and Joe was outside the window and we were talk ing and All of a sudden the stuffed Bear started talking to us. Wow Man was t that a trip. Or when we were sitting on the curb drunk with Ripple wine singing laughing  sure we talk about the Good times and trips but what about the bad trips when we get together with old friends we Don t talk about them. Like almost killing our selves on acid coming Down i mean real Down or speeding so much that we were so scared and our head Hurt cause we could hear our heart beat faster and fas Ter. Or so drunk that we almost killed ourselves and friends in a car or just a fight. We Don t realize that those Little ones who mean so much to us have big ears As my mom used to say. But they hear about those Good times and think wow i d like to have a Good time like mom and dad did with their friends when they were  or even big brother or sister. Please Don t get me wrong i m not say ing All parents did drugs or drank alcohol when they were Young but maybe if we Stop and think when we re with our friends talking about Good old times and mention the bad times while those Little big ears Are around the Corner listening to big  ple talk maybe they la think and remember those bad times they heard and think twice before they take a trip Toke or drink. Remember no matter How far in age you Are from your children it s never too late to relate communicate with them. Don t Ever be afraid to show your feelings to them. They Are a part of you the Best part. I love my son and i Don t Ever want to lose him to drugs or alcohol. A mom Frankfurt she charges misrepresentations in whale Story had the article on the Faeroe islands East of Denmark addressed no serious Issue i might have been amused by Gunilla a ringer s armchair journalism. However due to the gaping misrepresentations of the Slaughter of Pilot whales i write to do away with the sugar coating Faringer liberally applied lest your readers Swallow the stuff As easily As the editor. The article mentioned that the Pilot whales Are driven ashore and beheaded As though the Reader should imagine a whale size Guillotine. In reality death is not Swift. One Pilot whale is speared just behind the dorsal Fin and dragged in toward land. Because these whales will not desert a companion in Dis Tress the rest Are lured into shallow water. Incidentally there is no record of a Pilot whale Ever attacking its killers even though they often get in Waist deep water with the whales the live whales Are dragged onto the Beach by a Hook in the head. Once there the Rindak Nibur whale knife slashes through flesh and blubber into the whale s vertebrae. The whale in its pain kills itself by thrashing violently until it eventually Breaks its own spine. Children also partake in this brutal Festi Val. They learn the butchery by practising on the unborn Young removed from the wombs of their slaughtered mothers on the Beach. No Pilot whale trapped near Shore is allowance changes explained although the spokesman who answered the question concerning rent plus in a re cent Issue revealed some interesting facts i feel he she Side stepped an important part of the original question utilities. Unlike the rent portion of rent plus the Utility portion is not tied to the Exchange rate. I receive a Flat rate of $101 a month for utilities. Since last february the Exchange rate has dropped sharply and my utilities have gone up a corresponding amount. Why does t the per diem travel and transportation allowance committee pm tatar periodically change the Utility allowance tech. Sgt. Paul Ziegler Lindsey As Germany editor s note a spokesman from the office of the Deputy chief of staff resource management replies you Are Correct the Utility recurring maintenance allowance portion of overseas housing allowance formerly rent plus is not tied solely to the Exchange rate. In addition to adjustments for foreign currency fluctuations it is also based on actual Utility maintenance expenses re ported by service members on their annual housing Survey do form 376. These actual costs Are then averaged by locality and pay Grade. The per diem travel and transportation allowance committee periodically changes Utility allowances based on those surveys. In Germany Utility allowances were changed on oct. 16, 1985, and Jan. 1, 1986. As you can see the annual housing Survey is extremely critical. Again serv ice members can help themselves and each other by furnishing Complete accurate and timely surveys when asked to do so. I would like pen pals from All Over the world. I am 36 years old. My hobbles Are cooking outings travel ing and dancing. Catalina Torres san Jose Extension Dumaguet City Philippines i am a jordanian student in Yarmuk University which is in the Northern part of Jordan. I would like to correspond with others from different countries. I enjoy sports music chess and collecting coins. Mohammad Ai Khateeb Yarmuk University .Box 2265 Irbid Jordan i would like to correspond with people throughout the world. I am 40 years old. My hobbies Are cooking and sewing. Sally Barillo Gul Huangan Negros Oriental Philippines please list us in your pen pal column. Cynthia d. Villa run 22 Jocelyn Vergara 20 Perla g. Ulgasan 20 Colegio de Sta. Rita san Carlos City Negros Occidental Philippines 6033 i am a 52-year-old grandmother and would like to correspond with other English speaking Jehovah s witnesses around the world. I live in Turkey. Rita Elliott . Box 2943 Apo .,  09289 i would like pen pals. I am 25 years old and a roman Catholic. Signora r. Caballero Guadalupe san Carlos City Negros Occidental Philippines 6033. Please publish my name in your pen pal column. I am 22 years old and a roman Catholic. I like Reading magazines movies and outings. Ana Belinda b. Quinanola Laguna Dumaguet City 6501 Philippines i would like pen pals from All Over. I am 28 years old. Romy a. Yangco foundation University Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines i would like pen pals from All Over. I am 26 years old. My Hobby is Reading. Mila b. Candia 4 Juan de la Cruz Davao City Philllp Ines i am 32 years old and would love to have my name published in your pen pal Section. My interests Are swimming travelling Riding and Reading. Miss Clara Smith Van Damme co Box 21 by general wadis 10 1030 Brussels Belgium spared. Nowhere in the slanted fairy tale by a ringer was it stated that hundreds of pounds of meat and sometimes entire carcasses Are wasted. If the so called militant environmentalists Are those who not so much object to the killing As the cruelty sadism and waste i proudly stand among them. Joan r. Silsbee Kaiserslautern european edition capt Dale k. Patterson us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey s. Zakem us Deputy editor in chief . Blackwell m. Proctor . Mcdermott production manager managing de. Circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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