European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 24, 1986 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers last week i read Ornul a icon Aei Hoy who was Tingry at his Girlfriend and Shin her in school. Just a few Davs ago Ihrck seniors went into Trie Marina and sunk two goals and damaged several others. We Al ways read Aboul he kids who get into rouble. Why Don t we hear Aboul the Good kids there Art a lot of Fine teens out there hut it s the troublemakers who gel All the publicity. Our 17-year-old daughter is pretty much the typical teen Ager. She makes the Honor Roll most of the time holds Down a pan time Job and is involved in extra activities Al school. When she says hat she is going id be at a certain place 1 can depend on her to be idling the truth. We arc very proud of our daughter and i m sure there Are Many parents out there who feel the same Way about their kids. I believe if More parcels old their icon Agurs thai hey were pleased with the Way they behave and thai icy love and Trust Ltd a they d be a lol More lovable and trustworthy. How shout it proud mom in Illinois dear Mam t agree. Teen apers have a Way of delivering the kind of behaviour that is expected of them. If you text them they re no Good that s the Way they la behave. Tell them you believe in them and you know they re depend Able and decent and they la break their necks to live up to your High opinion of them. Try it ii works. Dear Ann Landers if i misspell some words please forgive me. The letter criticizing mom because she never ordered a meal then proceeded to Eal off everybody s Plale made me so mad i can l see straight. I think my Daugh Ter in Law wrote  idler. Here s my Side of it. For years i always go stuck with the Check. I did t mind buying dinner for my son his wife und my three grandchildren but when icy began inviting two other couples and their kids and each kid brought a Friend i decided i was being taken Adval Aguot my Only Protection was to Eal Al Home and have Only Coffee in the restaurant. That Way they d have to pick up the Check. Jot the picture Ann sign me stuck. No More . I got the picture. Grandma. Looks like you got the Frame. Dear Ann Landers this letter is about bathroom facilities. I need to know what to do about allowing people to use Ihm. For exam pie the Man who did our re roofing Job a delivery per son male neat appearing and Aboul 40 years of age the woman who was soliciting for funds to clean up the environment the Man who was taking three children Oul Rick or Lrea ing. Lie said the kids need a Toi  i feel like an old manic when i say no but my husband insists thai in is just Plain crazy to Lei Strang ers in a Home these Days. My Bellcar judgment tells me hat a bathroom is a highly personal place and Here Are plenty of fast food restaurants Gas stations and Public buildings where people can go if they need to. What 10 you think Ann mrs. O.k., Dayton Ohio dear Dayton workers in your Home should be provided Ullh Bath room facilities. Strangers no. 1 Bare said this in the column repeatedly and i am laying ii again. The risks we limply too great. Up Moeri wishing in a Iii la Uwi Amarica Syndicate col Mikil Landtr a a dibs inn fell nil in to Al thu Sun and St Pei Apo Psi 1, u 3 Forcial Reader advised to request aids test on a recent Bedlion of is Shaus 1 listened Wilh in Tori it loan interview with a colonel who is the head of 7hi medical come. I am in a High risk category for aids having received an emergency blood transfusion because i was badly Cmor Hagine during a caesarean Section to de liver my baby in 1983, i have repeatedly requested the blood lest Locc if 1 carry aids but have been refused at All three military hospitals in the various places we be been stationed being told Don t worry Aboul in and it s Loo improbable or Well you Don l have any of the ill Nesses associated Wilh aids  Welt i Don t want to Wail until then those illnesses arc the final stages of aids i d like to know before Ihen so i was very interested to team of the testing to be conducted for miliary members and their spouses who arc a High risk category. However the colonel s judgment was clouded and his biased Altitude obvious when his words at the conclusion of the interview were no one is at risk for aids unless they put themselves at  is this the Altitude we can look Forward to enduring from medical professionals this it s your own fault prejudice i suppose in s the fault of the babies bom Wilh aids from a Haemophilia a Parent who received aids be cause of a transfusion after All they could have chosen not to be born right or How about the spouse of the ads info Cid Haemophilia a i suppose they should t have been affectional a to i hair spouse. And me in s obviously my fault if i contract aids i should pc said ocl me bleed to deals i won l have a  people in my position who Are in no Way the cause no Way to blame for contracting aids have enough pain to Bear without added pain of uncalled for cruel remarks by those in the medical profession. Just re member it could have just As easily been you in our position. All in takes is a bad car Accident and one transfusion. Think Aboul it. Name and location withheld editor s note col. Michael Dennson chief preventive Medicine 7th me com replies i appreciate the dunce to support the statement that were made by the writer of the above Teller. She b absolutely Correct persons who have received blood transfusions Are at risk of getting infected Wilh a Tiv ii virus hat May Lead to aids. Fortunately since july 1985 All donated blood has been screened for antibody to the virus and units that Are positive re discarded. It is possible although very very rare that a person will donate blood at a time when they have the infection virus but have nol yet developed the antibody. That unit would be potentially infectious that is Abie to past on the disease and it would not be identified by the screening process. Therefore it is advisable for anyone who has received a blood transfusion since 1977 to request screening for the a Tiv ill antibody at their Boi Pill or local Cunic. Negative screening result would eliminate the it rets of worrying unnecessarily. Again i would like la repeat that the risk of being infected in this manner is very Small. Haemophilia a Are Al risk for two reasons. The lint because they frequently need  the second became the clotting Factor that they require it prepared from Large pools of donated blood. Forr Wally heat treating in clotting Factor has essentially eliminated the Chance of be disease being transmitted that Way. The purpose of the to broadcast was to inform peo ple that the disease cannot be transmitted by casual Contact it was also designed to provide information on what no re people can take to prevent in Mauthes from becoming infected. This was not to imply Bow people get the ill Dpi nil to Tell them Bow not to get it new tests arc being Derclo cd 0 select the rims itself in the blood and that will nuke the blood Supply even safer. At the present tint Minal trauma non Bolh  and Bomar expat and the exc Houe of blood by in drug Ahorn a cml for the vast majority of cases. The writer is also Correct in that the diagnosis of aids is not a diagnosis of a lifestyle. The screening of donated blood in july 1985 did Noth Inota Stop trans Mission that occurred before that time. The median incubation period for the disease 1 More than fire years the time from infection until the symptoms develop so we will continue to see eases of a Tiv ill disease from transfusions before 1985 for the next five or six years there will also be a number of a that will be related to sexual relations a Ltd individuals who Are by Tes Aab or have other risk Factor that the sexual part Ner is unaware of. At the present Lime the Only preventive measure we hate for the disease is education. I appreciate the writer giving me the Opportunity to clarify these Point. Writer scrutinizes Burger King sectioning a lol has been said Aboul the Power of observation and most of it is True. Sherlock Holmes was a True master of the Art. He could deduce the race color Creed and financial Slatus of a suspect by the Way he curled the brim of his Hal 1 certainly do not think of myself As Sherlock Holmes but i have been using his scientific skills of observation for some deductions of my own. Oddly enough these observations All took place at the Patrick Henry Village Burger  they Are All related to the seating arrangement therein which establishes smok ing and non smoking dining areas. After several weeks of study Here Are my conclusions and a Brief explanation of How they were arrived at 1. Smokers Don t like to eat in Large groups. There Are no Booths in the smoking Section 2. When smokers do cat with a Friend they like to gel cozy. You should see How Small the table arc 3. Smoke have better blood circulation this is to Cope Wilh the Kwe Gree temperature differential be tween the two areas 4. Smokers have belter eyesight. Evidenced by the lighting in this area if i tsim is not up 5. Smokers have belter hearing acuity three of the Walls arc Glass making this area a Superb Echo Cham Ber while listening to the news on the piped in radio 6. Smokers Are True Cir ovum. They la ask for a Light from a perfect stranger 7. Smokers Are tidier diners. There is Only one Nap Kin dispenser for the entire area 8. Smokers arc not up on current events. It s impossible to read the stars and stripes while dining at those Illy bitty tables which is also Why non smokers Wilt be the Only Rebullar writers to this letter keep in mind that this set of observations Are Nei ther pro nor con on the smoking Issue itself and no offence is intended against either the . 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