European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. August 21, 19b6 the stars and stripes Anh Landers dear Ann Landers thunderstorm time in Texas has prompted me to write thu letter. I do. Not use or answer my phone during a Thunder storm. My friends and even my husband Tell me that i am Misin formed and that there is no Dan Ger. Am 1 being silly about this i would like to know what your experts say. If 1 am Correct in my thinking then 1 want others to know of the i danger. There must be a Tot of people who would appreciate the truth. Caution in Austin Den at Tiiu i wet to the top for an answer. Thl it what Charon l Browa chair oui of the Board of at to had to Siy Telephone companies Tai tall a Between the Job us Una and the wires inside residence. This protector b intended to bleed of any lightning that strikes the oots de wire and and it harm eur into the Gromad. Although something Cru to wrong Kab the Grutgen inf it is a try Good protect re tech Csc. Bat anyone who think he am predict 100 percent of the Date what lightning will do is foolish. Caution is Best Nclean there is some real need to use the phone during thunderstorm. Dear Ann Landers i am replying to Judy in Carbondale who commented on accepting compliments graciously. Yean ago 1 read a funny Book written by Dan Reenberg entitled How 10 make yourself miser it is a satirical approach to How we live our daily lives. I cannot Tell you How much i Learned from thai Book. One chapter discusses How to create a reject me it gives instructions on How to negate what another person says until he or she becomes totally exhausted from trying to give a compliment. Example of this old rag i got it Al a second band store. There1 a rip in the seam Back after i read that Book 1 Learned 10 laugh at myself and vowed to keep it simple and say thank a Friend pointed out that when people say things like that they Are fishing for another compliment or in a very real Rise putting the comply memory Down by saying in effect you re not too Bright or you would have noticed that this is an old thing or for lord s Sake can t you Sec the rip which translates to you dumb so folks it s like Ann says when you get a compliment Don t get involved in game playing Psychoanal lying or sell depreciation. Jusi say thank you and let it go Al thai. Reader in Santa Cruz dear Santa thanks for the backup. You an right on the Money. Dear Ann Landers i m always surprised when i read about women who get into big arguments trying to wrest Lite car keys from a Drunken spouse. The solution is obvious. 1 had a duplicate set of keys 10 his car made and keep them with me always when he gels intoxicated Al a party i inform the Host that i m slipping out and Aik that he please see that someone Dave Elmer Home. It has been the Ideal solution and Elmer has never once complained. Share in Ploue Dea Toote Beautiful thanks for cutting it in. Hig to win Uttmi a my m fix in Tacoma Page 11 Etters stereotyping is an insult Reader says your recent daily Magazine articles on asian women married to american military personnel wire enlightening. It is refreshing to know that the plight of the asian american marriage has finally gone Public. There is just one important Point i d like to bring out these articles stereotype the asian woman. I am an american born asian. 1 was married to t White american military member in the late 60s and 70s. The prejudice i encountered in the course of our 14 Yean of marriage taught me to shy away from peo ple. I fully understand prejudice since it s been a Way of life with me but i found it All the More difficult to Cope with it in the military Community. People i met always seemed to cast me As a stereo Type asian woman having no inkling of the american culture. Often someone would speak of me in my presence As a second party she rather than direct the conversation to me As if i was incapable of under standing the English language i am fluent in no other language. Some White americans fell the need to Whis loud enough so i could hear what was being said about me or would talk As if i had no feelings at All. Still there were others who fell compelled to speak pidgin English to me and would insult my intelligence by explaining simple terminologies. Then there were other Small minded imbeciles who asked what nationality i belonged to and refused to accept the fact that Iam and always was an american National. Still others thought they would compliment me by saying my you speak better English than 1 do or where did you learn to speak such perfect English on the other hand some individuals found me downright threatening when they discovered that i m Well educated and a Good conversationalist. To these americans it seemed there were none other than Black and White americans period. Granted my experiences were due to people s Plain and simple ignorance and not everyone i met was that Way. But it was very disheartening to know that my australian bom neighbor Down the Street who had just become an american citizen was More readily accepted As a True american than 1 was. So you see asian women married to service numb cars weren t Alt immigrants but Vao have one thing in common prejudice. Norae withheld Semb Tab a Germany Mother says Day care in t just for kids i be never led my children i be heard that line from mothers More often than i care to count. For some strange reason so Many women i be met think they Are better mothers by never hiring a baby Siller or using Day care facilities. Perhaps it s True we know our child s needs Best but we seem to know our own needs least. We cannot be All things to our children. A responsible baby Sitter or a Well supervised child care Center can add a dimension to a child s world that we As Busy mothers do not be it a new song or a new Friend. And let s not kid ourselves thai other children teach bad habits. Children learn by copying but they will Experiment with All kinds of behaviour before they leave Home. There Are no bad children but i be Neverseen a perfect Angel either women seem to get so wrapped up in their Homes they neglect other important parts of their lives. A outside interest does i need to be a full time Job. We can grow As people through Volunteer work crafts quiet conversation with a Friend or a shopping trip. Too often i be seen wives wait for their husbands tory out a new restaurant see a tourist attraction or even buy a new dress. They expect their husbands to act As interpreter or read a map. It s As if they Don t want to take uie responsibility for themselves. Count How Many times m one week you say the word can in turn husbands who probably would rather do something else dread even a simple Outing. Ladies it s of to have fun without husbands or children. It i wonderful to find the fun part of yourself you lose with All the Bard work that goes into being a perfect housewife and Mother you la find yourself being More fun with your family too. Children earn by example and we have to remember what it is we want for our daughter. If you want your children to take advantage of All the opportunities this world has to offer you have to show them Olson manahem Germany overseas ribbon award comment on court ruling 1 am a �-4 stationed in Germany since february1984. Recently i extended for one year and when i was scheduled to have a permanent change of station pcs stateside i instead posed to another Community with in Germany. My question concerns the wearing of the overseas ribbon on my dress greens. I have asked my Chain of command twice and no one seems to know for sure. Can you please help clarify this for me name and location withheld editor s note in. John w. Kilns leadership Branch office of the Deputy chief of stall personnel to. Usarek replies thank Yon for Yow letter on the overseas service ribbon or. The or is awarded for successful completion of an of Ertem tour of duty Only upon Perma nent change of it Takra from that overseas area. It is no awarded a result of an Infra theater Transfer. Reminder All letter to the editor must contain the full printed dime and Idun a of the writer and must be signed. We do not read Eui Ned letters but we will withhold Yoor name on no Cit and protect y or privacy. 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