European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 27, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers my husband and i happily married for 26 years Are now having heated arguments about a subject that Calls for a referee. Will you serve our 26-year-old, attractive and delightful son has an excellent Job and lives 150 Miles away. Last year his College sweetheart decided to marry someone else. That s when Bill a behaviour changed. Six weeks after his great disappointment Bill asked if he could bring a woman Home for the weekend. We said of  i prepared two bedrooms. We paid no attention to who was sleeping where but the following morning when i went to bring Bill his Coffee i was astonished to find the woman in bed next to him wearing nothing but a smile. He asked nonchalantly How about a second cup mom As he handed her the Coffee i had brought for him. My husband was in the Kitchen at the time so i asked him to carry up the second cup explaining 1 was too embarrassed to witness that scene again. My husband called me unrealistic and hypocritical and reminded me that we had slept together before we were married. True but we were engaged for two years three weeks later Bill phoned and asked if he could bring another woman Home for the weekend. Wishing to avoid a confrontation i said  again 1 prepared two bedrooms and Only one was used. I served no morning Coffee that time four weeks later he brought yet another woman for the weekend. They shared the same bed. At this writing Bill has slept with eight women under our roof. He has never brought the same one twice i am appalled at his promiscuity and feel he is violating our Home. My husband insists a 26-year-old need not be concerned about his Mother s approval on matters of this nature and that he has a right to do his own thing. Your opinion is wanted. Macomb ill. Dear Macomb i agree a 26-year-old should be permitted to do his own thing but he should t assume it is of to do it in the Home of his parents. If Bill wants to Shack up with eight different women in a single year that s his business but if you find his be Havior offensive you should Tell him that he and his companions Are Welcome for lunch and or dinner but they will have to sleep somewhere else. Dear Ann Landers i thought bigamy was against the Law but now that it has happened to me i find nobody cares. My husband left me when i was seven months pregnant. I had to make it on my own and it was t easy. I tried to take him to court for child support several times but he was too Slippery. I would have divorced him but i did t have the Money. I Learned that he moved to another state and married. The marriage took place in 1976. Since we were never divorced i could t figure out How he got away with it. I asked my Nephew a Law student and he said i can t take him to court unless he and his second wife move Back to Arizona. Is this True if so what kind of country is this anyway wronged in Yuma dear Yuma Don t blame the country. Your Nephew is flunking his course. If you can t pay a lawyer who has graduated and passed the bar go to Legal Aid Check the phone Book and throw the Book at the scoundrel. He is guilty of bigamy in every state in the Union. All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. We do not read unsigned letters but we will withhold your name on request and protect your privacy. A letters Are subject to editing. Letters prices on cafes diesel gasoline coupons explained i own two cars one uses diesel the other super gasoline. At the time of this writing if i were to Purchase one litre of each at a service Sta Tion on the Economy i would pay an aver age of 1.129 do diesel and 1.209 do super. Even a non mathematical Type could figure that the diesel would account for 48.3 percent of my total Purchase and the super would account for the remaining 51.7 percent. However when 100 liter coupons of each were purchased at an cafes service Sta Tion the diesel coupons Cost $34.10, while a Book of super was $32.80 i.e., diesel accounted for 51 percent and super 49 percent. Even with my calculator i can t come up with a reasonable explanation for this. Can you name withheld Ramstein a Germany editor s note master sgt. Bruce e. Zielsdorf customer relations specialist Public affairs office he cafes Europe replies cafes Europe Gas pricing in t As Sim ple As counting the number of liners pumped into your car s tank. Motor fuels gasoline As Well As diesel purchased at cafes Europe filling stations or at commercial stations on the Ger Man Economy with pol coupons Are tax free. Therein lies the confusion. Please let me explain. The German government taxes its fuels just like Uncle Sam does Back in the states. However they tax diesel fuels at a significantly lower rate than their leaded gasoline products 14 cents per gallon less. This tax break is not unlike a subsidy for German commercial truckers the she did it by her own Choice this letter is in response to the letter with the headline Soldier wants fair treatment " i have been employed by civil service for nine years. I am also married to a career Soldier. These Are both by Choice. Each time the army sends us orders to go wherever 1 pick up and go along. This Means whatever Job i May have had seniority High Grade supervisory or Chance for promotion just went Down the tubes. Again this is by Choice. Of course though this move does Noth ing to Hurt my husband s career. Unless he is a Deadbeat Soldier his promotions Are still forthcoming. This Chance for promo Tion has nothing to do with my Job status. I am the one who has to hopefully take leave without pay to ensure my career status in civil service and obtain a Job at his next duty station. With the relocation i take the Chance of a probable Down Grade great loss of salary morale dump and a career nosedive. I have also worked for some military who did t give a Damn about their civil ians. Your ears and oers have to be done by a certain time. So do the civilian appraisals. Some of my former military supervisors when the time came for the appraisals to be completed were either too Busy or could t care less. I have even been asked to write my own appraisal. Granted there Are some civilians with no tact. The referral of use soldiers they work 24 hours a Day is a Little ridiculous. But again you have to consider the source. You mention in your last paragraph that you have worked 24 hours a Day but that s the Choice you made when you signed  you knew the possibility existed. The civilian also knows what the hours will be for his Job so there can be no comparison in this regard. However the Bottom line to this letter is you chose the army. The civilians chose civil service As their career. Watch out one Day you May be a civilian a proud civil servant Ansbach Germany correcting information on age your cooperation would be appreciated in remedying incomplete and incorrect information about the american federation of government employees Al Cio age provided in a recent answer by the he usar eur civilian personnel division. Age has maintained its local 2348 in Frankfurt Germany for the past 23 years. All appropriated fund and non appropriated fund employees of the depart ment of defense in Europe who Are Ameri can citizens Are eligible for membership in age local 2348, regardless of Grade or position occupied. This entitlement is anchored in Public Law 95-454 the civil service Reform act of 1978. Age local 2348 has its office located at Par Strasse 20, 6000 Frankfurt Germany its phone number is Frankfurt civilian 069-599890. It is accessible by phone 24 hours a Day. It should also be noted that he usar eur has provided an obsolete address for the National office of age in Washington . The current address is american federation of government employees Al cio80 f Street new Washington . 20001. Any of your readers desiring More information about age membership and its positive programs for Progress Justice and fraternity in the Federal service Are Wel come to Contact the undersigned at Hansa Allee 22, 6000 Frankfurt Germany or Telephone 069-552305. Murray Sentner president age local 2348 Frankfurt writer suggests keep on going7 having been on the verge of defeat Dur ing my life due to Many hardships i Man aged to pick myself up and keep on going. I Hope this letter will help someone who has problems to not give up. Our Domestic problems May cause discouragement and distress but they do not justify despair and resignation. Our difficulties at Home and abroad will not be cured by those who throw up their hands and go into mourning they will Only be overcome by those who in rougher times spit on their hands and go to work. There Are ways out of our troubles they will be found by people who do not give Way to hysteria fall into sorrow or swoon into surrender because life refuses to bring them dreams of Bliss. Developing a defeatist Atti tude will not help. The world ahead looks like a hard world but it always has been a hard world for anyone unwilling to face the problems they encounter. At present the air is filled with difficult forecasts. Let us dream of a cheerful one. Prosperity is not without Many fears and distaste and adversity is not without its comforts and Hopes. And the chief Comfort and the most solid Hope of America in these trying times must be in the character patriotism and the courage of its people steady enough to go Forward despite All the problems. It should still have such people. In order for our  ple to remain intact a sense of highest Unity must be Bur objective. God bless America and All its people Paul j. Parent Heidelberg majority of whom use diesel fuel products. Therefore when the taxes Are removed from commercial prices the relative Price advantage of diesel fuel Over gasoline products is negated. Other factors influencing diesel pricing in Europe cafes Europe sales of diesel fuels is less than two percent of our total fuel sales so the Cost advantages we receive on bulk purchases of gasoline Aren t Avail Able to us for diesel fuel purchases. The demand placed on diesel fuel distilleries during the German Winter heat ing Oil season diesel and heating fuels Are very similar products creating a sea Sonal demand that results in higher diesel and heating fuel costs. Additives that must be added to die Sel fuel to keep it fluid in cold weather also increases the base Cost of the product. Although pricing parity Between diesel fuel and gasoline during the Winter months in t uncommon in Germany a Check of commercial pump prices will reveal diesel is now Selling for More than gasoline. Add the less than desirable weakening Dollar against the German Mark and Price advantages for purchases on the Economy Are further negated. I personally feel the most important Factor is the almost 75 cents per gallon savings cafes customers enjoy compared to purchasing diesel fuel on the Economy. Gasoline costs savings to customers using cafes filing stations or pol coupons averaged 87 cents per gallon for the month of december. 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