European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday august4. 1986 the stars and stripes Arm Landers dear Ann Landers Ore of the most interesting f facets or your column Over the j Yean � the frequency with which the question is raised where we ill the decent men being a decent Man myself 1 1 would like to provide an answer. We Are the Friend who linens to you describe the shabby treat 1 ment you received from or. we feel sad when we witness his Crummy behaviour " _ we feel Lousy when we a you go Hack for More. We re the Guy who asks you to dance Early in the evening but you Are not ready to Settle for i yet because you Are hoping thai a taller More handsome sharper Dresser will show up so we get the Brush off and go Home Early feeling rejected we re the Guy who is awkward and inarticulate be cause we have no Well rehearsed line. We Aren t very smooth because we Ducj t know Bow to do that num Ber. So you think of Well another Jerk and you write us off without giving us a Chance. We re he Guy you Call up at the last minute to escort you to a big Deal when your first Choice gets the flu or has to attend his grandmother s funeral. We re the Guy who does t come off As or. Macho because we were raised to respect women. Behind our backs you Call us wimps. We Are also the Guy you married when you figured those two hunks you were sleeping with were never going to come up with a ring. After we roamed you were dissatisfied because you thought you could have done belter. I got the message in dozens of ways. That s the reason i finally left or i Tel you leave so you could go looking for of court he never appeared and you joined the Long list of women who ask where Are All the decent men i m one in Salt Lake City dear one your name u Mcgloa. But that train no both ways. There Are millions of men who pus a worthy and wonder Fol women because they Ann t Glai Doroudi and loot make a terrific first impression. I Matt by la All Bounty 1 know More Classy Inual highly Prin pud women than men who All Home night alter night by a Telephone that does t ring. Dear Aon Landers our 6-year-old daughter has a playmate next door who ii her age. They gel along very Well. Whenever Debbie comes Over she brings her 2 year old brother. My daughter considers the boy a Nui Sance and has told Debbie to leave him at Home. She says my Mother won t let me come Over unless i can bring find this annoying because i m the one who winds up taking care of the child. If i wanted to watch a 2 year old i d have one of my own. The neighbors Are Nice people and i Don t want Trou ble with them How do 1 handle this problem Kansas dilemma Deark Utsu Tell Debbie s Mother that Yon cannot watch her Little boy tac it to too great . Stoat that the in bin tone learning toys to keep Hua occupied in it Playpen while his Lisler is visiting your Home. Or Mimi your daughter to their House. Dear Ann lenders this is for the woman whose Boyfriend Wanti her to eel a Tattoo on her breasts. You told her not to do it but you gave her the wrong reason. People who get tattooed because someone eke wants them to always regret it that woman should have told Page 11 letters Sailor fears decorations Are cheapened the feedback generated by the purple hearts recently awarded to soldiers injured in that bomb at tack of a Berlin disco was interesting. However a few noteworthy Points were overlooked. First of All we Are now involved in a declared War against third world terrorism. Second not All War related awards were earned from actual combat situations. Third last but nol least. Army and air Force personnel who complain about decorations being bestowed upon those nut worthy of such honors should take a Good look at their own respective Branch of the service. Over the past few years both the army and the air Force have performed an out standing Job of cheapening if not discrediting our military decorations. At Otie Lime the Reward for the successful completion of recruit Basic training was the prestige of wearing the dress uniform the exception was when leave was granted during the initial recruit train ing. Now the army and the air Force have their own ribbons that Are awarded upon completion of the Boot Camp phase. Maybe this is intended so that when you tee a movie or a television program depicting life in the military it would be easy to spot out the real soldiers from the ranks of the actors. The real soldiers would be wearing their Boot Camp ribbons. Both services have two separate overseas ribbons. One it for a Short Lour. The other is for a Long tour. My guess is that he Long Lour ribbon is awarded for enduring the hardship of either an accompanied or unaccompanied tour of duly outside the Continental . For Over 12 months. The Short tour is probably for a year or less outside of the Continental . Either Way the most considerable hardship of being overseas is coping with the miseries of homesick Ness. The air Force now has a weapon to wage War with its tailors who thrived on service members who completed four years of Active duly and were in danger of being caught without the appropriate number of service stripes has Marks on their dress uniforms it s the air Force longevity ribbon. I n a past Issue of Navy times there was a cartoon depicting an army sergeant chatting with a Young lady in a bar. Pointing at one of Many ribbons Sev eral Row the sergeant boasted gel Ting a particular decoration for processing a number of awards for a number of soldiers. In the background were a Navy Petty officer and a Marine no. Bolh were wearing a modest number of ribbons and expressions thai indicated that neither were impressed with the sol Dier s decorations. That probably Best illustrates the opinion of the sailors and marines. Cee Dunk Deco rations degrade All of our decorations. In these troubled limes i suggest that we scuttle the Boot Camp ribbons and replace them with a new style National defense medal for All personnel in All branches of the armed forces. For the outstanding recruit let s bring Back the old Bailey medal that has been obsolete since around the turn of the Century. Before anyone criticizes the Navy s sea service ribbon let s compare the differences Between the daily lives and routines of the sailors on Board i ship and the servicemen stationed ashore. It is obvious that the seagoing personnel deserve some Mark of distinction. Petty officer 2.c. Patrick Jan Mckenna so Goncu As Sicily 2 writers have messages for neighbors i of to you re right thanks for coming w better dear neighbor i be tried on several occasions to talk with you on this Mailer but you refuse to discuss it. Your children Are in my living space. Your oldest is 8 Yean the youngest is 2 Ana there Are two More in Between. They Are allowed to run wild. You Don t go out Side with them. They have vandalized the front doorbells and lights kicked in the mailboxes writ ten on the outside and stairwell Walls thrown their garbage out the upstairs windows talked to adults with language i a Putin l use thrown mud balls at All the downstairs windows until they can get them to stick taken everything removable off the washers in the laundry room and hidden them screamed and fought upstairs on your in carpeted floors until ii rattled my Light fixtures and urinated outside and in the stairwell. You wonder How i know All of this these Are Only the things that we be caught them doing. Your dog. Or should 1 say miniature horse has been urinating on the Balcony for quite a while be cause you won t take it out it kills my plants. Your children have been spitting on my Balcony but the Straw that broke the Camel s Back was when your Sweet Little ones spit on the head of our guest. My husband went up to talk to you because your husband is never Home. You started the crying again and said i m pregnant and they just won t listen to me. I can t control lady your children Are just that children. There Are classes and other free help through acs and your Chapel to help you Deal with these children. When you have four uncontrollable children you learn to control them before having More. What you do with your children is your own business Usu in they affect me and mine. We All Are forced to live together and because of that we must always think of the other Guy. Ask for help before it s too late. Your neighbors recently our stairwell had four new families move in. The new family above us seems to have a Load of Little dancing kids who run around he apart men All hours of the Day and it is very irritating. The new family below us plays loud music All Day. I am thankful it is not on at night. The music is loud enough for everyone in the stairwell to it s a wonder that i Don t enjoy it. Since they just moved in i did t want to make t bad impression. Maybe this letter will help. I realize thai most of us had our own private quarters in the slates. They probably did 1 have that much of a problem with the neighbourhood s noises and it was t much of a distraction. I Hope this letter will help those who have just moved in and others to realize thai everyone ii very close and noises Are heard easily. Please keep children from running around the apartment. Have them go to the playground if they want to run around. One person s fun is another s torment. 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