European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers letters dear Ann Landers i ran across a Little essay that seemed to say Send me to Ann Landers. She can give me the exposure i it was written by Ola Byrd and i Hope you will find room for it in your space. A Long time Reader in Stockton Calif. Dear . Reader that Little essay packs a big Wallop. We wrote to Ola Byrd she 8r lives in Oakland and asked for r permission to print her piece. She said with pleasure. Your letter made my the moral of this Story is be careful when you. Cross the Street mrs. A called mrs. B on the Telephone. Hello mrs. A said mrs. A. How Are you today mrs. B replied i m doing Fine How about you Well or. A and i Are thinking of going to Hawaii. We realize that we be been far too Busy with our careers and Haven t spent much time mrs. B said that sounds great. You l oth deserve a they chatted for a few minutes and mrs. B invited mrs. A to come across the Street for a cup of Coffee. When mrs. A returned Home mrs. B got on the phone and called mrs. C. The conversation went like this Don t breathe a word of this but or. And mrs. A Are having problems. Mrs. A has decided to leave or. mrs. C replied no kidding is she going Home to her Mother no said mrs. B. She told me that she is moving to me think for a minute it starts with an is it Holland asked mrs. C. Yes said mrs. B. She s moving to mrs. C called mrs. D and told her that or. And mrs. A were getting a divorce and mrs. A was moving to Hong Kong. Mrs. D told mrs. E that or. A had t paid enough attention to his business and things got bad so mrs. A was leaving him to live in Havana. Well this went on and on until the Story got to mrs. Q. She called up mrs. A and repeated her version. Mrs. A was More amused than angry. Her Only response was Well it appears that the women in this town have taken me around the world when All i did was Cross the Street dear Ann Landers three of my grandchildren Are getting married this year. Knowing what the statistics for divorce Are these Days i m keeping my fingers crossed and praying a . My first impulse was to give them a lecture on what to do and what not to do. After considerable thought i decided that nobody likes lectures even though i could have Given a pretty Good one so i boiled Down my years of experience to three simple rules. Here they Are 1. Be kind to one another. 2. Agree beforehand How the Money is to be handled. 3. When problems arise Don t hesitate to discuss All areas of disagreement frankly and without rancor. You must communicate if you want a marriage to work. A Chapel Hill Grandfather dear cramps Beautiful. I could t have done better myself. I Hope they listen but if they Don to Don t be surprised. Most people learn life s lessons the hard Way. Best line of the week the problem with waiting for the perfect Man to come along is that when he fun Tlly shows by he usually has his wife with him. Some viewers appreciate an s efforts Well i be just about had enough recently one More person just had to complain about an. Just a reminder to All of you complainers we Are Over Here to serve a purpose the defense of the United states and the Security of Europe. An provides us service members with important information and entertainment. I had no idea an or armed forces radio existed before i came to Germany and i must admit i was a Little surprised to see so much of Ameri Ca Over Here. But the fact that an even exists should have us All thanking arts for its tremendous Effort to make our stay Here a Little More comfortable. These people who constantly complain have no appreciation for what we All should be grateful for. Some service members in other countries Don t have the convenience of an we All should consider ourselves Lucky and not complain about insignificant trivial grievances. My recommendation for those people who Aren t satisfied with an is to buy a German to and Stop degrading arts. An has been a great service to me since i be been Here and i really appreciate the thought and hard work that goes into what we Sec on the screen. One last thing. Don t be discouraged by the complainers an because we grateful viewers outnumber the ungrateful viewers by a far margin i m sorry to say that i will be moving out onto the Economy soon and will be without your services but in any Case keep up the Good work senior airman Robert p. Tyndall Ruppert Weiler West Germany if you Don t like it turn it off i m sure that Paul Van Dyke the program director for an does All he can to make our to Day enjoyable with what he has to work with. When i came to Germany i knew i would give up a of luxuries that i had when i was Back in the states. When i found out that we even had one american to station i was Happy no matter what programs it had to offer. So if you Don t get the programs you want or have other complaints about an service Don t cry to Paul just go Home. We did t come Here to watch to anyway. We came Here to serve our country spec. Charlie Kotcher Stuttgart West Germany after Reading a number of letters from service and family members serving in the land of the big pm by we thought we d write a few words our selves. Greetings from the land of the have not or at least Haven t so we really can t wait to hear More about what the local 40.000 Square foot extravaganza Doe i t have. We Iva in enjoy n i Pyour numerous complaints which Tan Frino Good movies at the. Aalfs a Complex to not Enohe b i. --3 a i " or the Zaffis a Reno Siai a .-., \ ,-\--.\ octane Gas the right time. Soon Well Nike 1." n Kuiv a . Ii of Europe without h Nofu of prior. Noii, paragraph m7ao a cd l a. I to a 55-46 Esok .1 in us a \ i Viar duct of Iino i pc pm " i of ii. L of Foj 6. Date solder i ii Sun toy if Ipp doable. A de tour Satir is Htu of d. Dai c dependency i i Esia Usui a. E. Date permanent housing is Ocie in. From information Prividi a h appears sponsorship was approved a housing. Accordingly la is a hi-., your a Tiff to have to i of Mivi Uini to review to a res my in -. .-.-ii. A -. European edition col Jeffrey m. Cook Usa commander editor in chief it col Suzanne l. Phillips Usa Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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