European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sariri Landers wednesday. January. 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 11 letters dear Ann Landers 1 heard something today that made my hair stand on end. T Hope you will Deal with it in your _ column became it is a Lym Plom or a problem that warrants deep concern. Last october the teacher of a fourth Grade class tufted her Itu � i Deli Lorilea Short essay on what ,." they would like to do most to Eele / Fame halloween. Eighty percent of or j her 9-yearolds expressed the with f j to Ida somebody where do children get Midi idea i believe it n fair to Lay that they get them from Renovia and to. What Are we going to do about this love of violence among the Young frankly it scares me to death. I  concerned in California Dor Friend and i Tan been concerned in Cue go for tag time. H Don � Good to nun it the Morle Ottken and to producer. Apparently there b a my demand for Rotean and they Art go Iii to go the  of Bwy the  fall on tit Thadden of parents. They mat tit up hard Ltd Tail use now abort Tut their tag children can Witch. A Mhz Niue approach can Cut Down on about 70 percent or the garbage thit Cornea into our living rooms. Easy no. But ii is Battle thai parents Moil win. Dear Ann Landers Pleau when someone expresses a Point of View isl is vastly different from Yourdon t say you Hope that person Falls into the Black Hole of Calculli. It is not possible to fait into the Black Hole of Cal Cutta because it it not a Hole. It a very Small room in a fort where 146 British Soldier were trapped by East Indian troops in 1756. All but 23 suffocated. The death room became known As the Block Hole of Cal Cutta. Got it Annie cheers Hugo s., Chin a Burma India veterans  dear Lingo thanks for hulling me up Short on that Turkey of an answer. I think i Beard from half of the men who served in the China Burma indu the incr Lois of flying to Gera one thing is certain. When i goof it a beaut. Dear Ann Landers mom died six months ago. A few weeks after the funeral dad told us kids that he and mom did t have a very Good sex life and that they Hnin t made love More than four times in the past five years. They were married nearly 45 Yean  we did t think thai was  terrible. Three months ago dad Stai cd to take out some Nice women. We were Happy that he was Able to enjoy himself again. But after six or seven respectable dates. He Slart Dlo go with real Young chicle about the same age As his daughters. Now he is dating girls in their 20s. Dad is Sweet but very naive for a Man who is 70. We Are afraid these Young women arc working him for Money and gifts. He resents it when we Tell him thai he is being taken advantage of. If our Mother saw these women she would turn Over in her grave. Please Tell him Ann. Alabama dear Alabama your dad did t ask for any advice to i won t give him by. My comments Are for you. By Ihl time your father Luwis How you feel. You be made your Point  Cool it. H l dangerous la be Nelliie but girls in their i who would Date a to year old deserve to have their motives Natl once. I Hope cramps wakes up soon. 4un angst full Tirol syndic. Jorj Murm la new Mic onto or  vow in Walt la or n or. Of tit Burl ind strip to Apo 092 1, v of we i discovering True meaning of Christmas i think i be found the True meaning of Christmas. My husband and t had Only been in Germany a few months  we were on a Light budget and decided not to buy each other gifts for Christmas this year to save Money. A Day or  before Christmas we decided we could afford to buy each other one special gift. I knew he needed a watch  on wednesday before Christmas at 2 p., i Wen to the Leighton Barracks main Exchange. A Caravelle Gold watch caught my Eye. Since i was t in a Rush i decided to wait calmly for a sales woman to help me. They seemed to notice my pres ence and that i needed help. Of course with All the last minute shoppers they were very Busy. I still decided to Wail calmly right in front or the Walch coun Ter for a Saleswoman to help me. In the meantime another woman customer came up to the counter. She asked me if they were giving out numbers. I told her they weren t. I also told her that i had been Walling there a while. She said some thing to the effect thai it figured and they should be giving out number. We had a Brief conversation about the crowd and Christmas i had told her that my husband really needed a watch. Anyway this customer told me she was going on the other Side la see if she could gel help since i was wailing to be helped next. She came Back a few minutes later with a Saleswoman to help her by this time i was a bit frustrated from wailing and i was going to speak to another Saleswoman to help me. Since this Saleswoman was going to help die other lady customer 1 asked her v help me also. The Saleswoman said she would. It turned out the watch i wanted to get my Hus band was the same one this other customer wanted to gel i told her that i wanted that one also. She told me that the Saleswoman probably had Mare. The sales woman showed her the watch and i looked at it also. I asked if they had another the Saleswoman said no. The other customer said to me sorry and she told inc Saleswoman to put it on tier credit card 1 can t explain the hurl and anger that built up inside of me. I wanted to cry and scream at the same Lime. Instead i think i was in Shock. So i turned and walked out Aflfe store. I realized the meaning of Christmas in t love and kindness to your fellow Man. It who gets then first that matters it who i quicker than the other per ton. Everyone is out to beat the other Pinon and everyone is for themselves. Everyone is fighting to be no. 1 the first in line one big Rush maybe i was Plain stupid and dumb that Day to  naive. 1 imagine this customer husband unwrapped a few other gifts besides the Walch while my husband had nothing to unwrap i guess i should t have expected this other Cus Tomer to be kind to another customer at Christmas and Tell the Saleswoman that 1 was there first i guest thai is Loo much to ask at Christmas time. It really sad that we All get caught up in the Husslo and Bustle of buying gifts for each other and beating the other person out and forget the True meaning of Christmas. You would think no Christmas Lime people would t be  selfish but i think we All become . I think i now know the True meaning of Christmas and it not who gels there first and beats oui the other person. It the person who lets you have that parking space the person who lets you get in line before them the simple smile and the merry Christmas someone might offer t Haven t found Loo Many people like that this Christmas season and i ask Why my husband and i won t Exchange gifts this year. Well Exchange something a lot More precious and Beautiful than a Gold watch. It will be love that is All we have to offer each other this year and that is what baby Jesus gave us when he was bom. Love that the meaning of Christmas. So let not forget it nest year when we re in line buying that special gift. You Don t always have to spend a Tot of Money and be the first in line to prove How much you love someone. Give of yourself and you la find the True meaning of Christmas j sure did this year. Laura Mockler Gie Belstadt Germany Reader feels Nuernberg Hospital slighted editor note this letter refers to the june 18 train ing Accident Al llah enols Germany which killed three men and injured 11 others the Accident at Hohenfels was a tragedy. Everyone who was on the scene did a Terri pc Job of stabilizing and transporting the injured. I feel they All deserve recognition. The blah general Hospital in Nuernberg also de serves recognition. The emergency room Slaff the operating room staff and inc intensive care unit All did fantastic jobs but no one has once mentioned their pail in the incident lands Uhl and Waller Reed were both mentioned. There was no warning that the victims were coming to us. We already had patients thai were critical. We had just taken care of men who had been involved in a mortar Accident and we had a critical patient who had been in a jeep Accident. For All intents and purposes inc ice was closed. We reopened it fast. We transferred patients who could be transferred and Medeva ced others. The surgeon on Call worked . Military items sought i i i olt twi pot Cimin looking la u 3, aim Fusare poll cell.  a att Ulm i Imi him la big Jan Polk Palcio. Capi ind 0.7910 my urn we own any Long hard hours. They All did. We be got Tome of inc Best doctors there Are. They re fantastic. The nursing staff was highly professional dedicated people who really care. I very proud to be associated with them. We worked Long and hard because that was what was needed. Well do it again if needed but Hope fully it won t be necessary. Young lives were snuffed oui and some were drastically and tragically changed. I just want to say sch general you did a great Job. Thank you. I proud to be one of you. Sharon f. Ridley . Nuernberg honest1 men thanked these three men should be recognized. They found my Wallet with Money and All my credit cards in the Exchange parking lot Here in Baum older. 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