European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Gis airmen leave Many cars at base by Wendy Bourlan staff writer Rhein main Al. Germany the area around tic bustling military Airlift come terminal has Long been a dumping ground for aulos abandoned by sol Diers and airmen Hying out of Europe on per Manint change of station orders. Base officials arc concerned about the problem now More than Ever. The reason an influx of military peo ple catching flights for moves delayed by Gramm Rud Man budget cams Means More abandoned vehicles. Twenty 1 Gnu t i said he spends two or three hours of research on each abandoned car. It s also expensive in manpower paper work the Cost could be High Landrum said. We re talking time we re talk ing Money and it adds  the government must absorb inc costs of an abandoned vehicle when the owner can t be found Smith said. Each step along the Way spa mar property disposal somebody s got to do  people can donate their cars to an Auto Hobby shop in their Community or to the Rhein main mar Auto Hobby shop before they leave. To donate a vehicle at Rhein main the owner should Lake it to the Auto Hobby shop along with tic registration and the License plates. If inc car can t be driven mar can Tow it for about s30 an hour. At the Auto Hobby shop the owner is Given the Nec Essary documentation to take to the pass and id office in building 347. The License plates also should be taken there. The pass and id office is open Normal duly hours. Monday through Friday. The Auto Hobby shop is open from 2 . To 10 . Tuesday 10 . To 10 . Wednesday through Friday and 10 . To 6 . Saturday and sunday la is closed monday. Tiddlywinks in t a piddling pastime for them Ocean City no. A Larry Kahn watched his opponent gel nerd cd almost immediately so he did t dare Fol his own Wink. Instead he shot so he could Squok and piddle later. The jargon boggled Holiday shoppers passing by the table a a department store where Kahn and two other members of the North american tiddlywinks association were exhibiting their skills saturday. Some shoppers intrigued by the flying plastic discs called winks slopped and squid cd or flipped a few themselves. My dad used to con us into playing All the time said Jeane Kaufmann who persuaded her husband to Stop watching a football game and reminisce a Kahn 33, of Silver Spring my. Is the National tiddlywinks Champion and a former world Champi on. With him at saturday s exhibit Ion were Jim mar Lin of Washington d.c., and Rick Tucker of Falls Church a. The three met More than 15 years ago while they were students at the Massachusetts Institute of technology where tiddlywinks is acknowledged As a sport. Since then they have remained Loyal to the Art of flipping the tiny multicoloured discs. To the surprise01 Many who watched them saturday however the object in the professional game is not necessarily to get the winks into the pot. You want to Squok your opponent  said which Means covering an opposing Wink with one of your own to trap the opponent. Or Kahn said an offensive tiddlywinks player can Boondocks an opponent by shooting the opposing winks to the Edge of the Felt mat As far from the pot As possible. Piddling a Wink is a delicate shot in which the discs can be gently nudged free. Hurdling Means flipping a Wink so close to inc pot that it lakes a skilled hand to move it away. Kahn and Marlin concentrated on an exhibition game while Tucker let the curious try his custom made squid cars the Large discs that Are used to flip the winks in tournament play scores Are determined by add ing he number of uncovered winks plus winks in the pot each player has after a set time period 20 minutes for singles play and 25 minutes for doubles