European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ann Landers Friday september 23, 198b the stars and stripes Page to letters dear Ann Landers i was interested in the letter from the 15-year-old Girt who was embarrassed by her father s nudity. I am a 17-year-old girl who is disgusted by the Way my Mother rum around inc House naked. 1 have two Brothers 15 and 12. Mom behaves in a very flirty Way with them. The older one is embarrassed. The younger one is awfully curious and gets excited if you know what i mean. My father does t approve of mom s burlesque act and has told her so. Whenever he says Katherine put on a Bath Robe for heaven s Sake she yells you have such a mid victorian hang up about nudity. 1 Don want our kids to grow up with those crazy  when dad is not at Home she is sneaky about it. Shell wrap a Little Towel around her Middle and let it slip accidentally when she sees the boys Down he Hall. Some of my brother s friends have seen her do this and they told their parents about it. They Aren t Al Lowed to come Over anymore. I would t think of hav ing my friends come inside the House. Ann what can be done about this no one i know has this problem. Sign me beet face in Boise dear beet facet your Mother 1$ an exhibitionist. Since she is unwilling to admit it she s not Likely to seek help the Tarn should try net id react when she appears in the a Tiff. They should simply move out of her Way. Mom Geti her jollies from i shocked response. When none oct nazi she May give of. And p.s., your father needs id take stronger stand. Dear Ann Landers 1 am 20 and my Boyfriend is 21,1 am madly in love with him even though he is in love with someone else. He broke up with her and we moved in together. Recently i had a baby girl. Three weeks later he took up with her again and had the nerve to move her into our Home. Why did t i take my baby and leave i had no place to go and no Money. I pleaded and begged him to gel her out of our lives. He said he knew he should but he did t have the strength to do it that broke my heart. When he saw How miserable i was he finally did end the relationship i was thrilled. He swore in god s name that he would never see her again i believed him. I was heartsick when i discovered hat he had taken up with her again two months later. He sneaked her into our Home when i was t there. When he s been out with her All night he sleeps Alt Day and i have to make excuses for him or hell lose his Job. Threats Don t work. He says he loves us both. We lost our apartment because lie spent two of my welfare checks on her. Our Little girl did not Sec him on Christmas because of her i have to sleep on my pocketbook under my Pillow so he won t steal what Little Money 1 have. I know now that i m fighting a losing Battle. I believe he will be in love with her the rest of his life. Her name is cocaine . New York dear new York your Only Chance for a decent life is to gel by front Bat Man. Maybe if you and he baby leave hell get the help that is available to him. You and your child deserve something belter. Get a. Loa an vim Slmaa synd Canad Coho Metal Landara Leo thai your tour. You Tan write to Tor in in do the Stan and str Law. Apo 09311, . Commissary cafes pricing explained it would be most appreciated if you could help us Clear up the following pricing policy matter with the proper authorities 1. The it Orth commissary and others sell German buns Semmel Brit Cheri 10 per package for 71 cents. Identical ones in German stores Cost Between 59 and 80 pfennig with extra Large ones costing 83 pfennig for 10. 2. Cafes Sells German Nivea hand Creme for $5.80. The same item in a German store Cost s.58 Marks. The question is Why this sort of overcharge these two examples arc but some selected ones for your in formation. Thanks so much for any help you May give to help us understand these Price differentials. Our personal questioning of local managements elicited Only indifferent shoulder shrugs a Cloud it truth West Germany editor s note we received two replies to this letter. The first is from it col. Charlie White Public affairs officer to. Cafes Europe Nahrea create s often used As a loss Leader in Many German stores and Yon did get a very Good Price. A local Survey was nude to determine pricing of this hem and the Range was found to be 6.79 Marks id 8.99 Marks. Apparently there is no consistency in pricing. Cafes is reviewing its Purchase Price with the German distributor and re evaluating the sell Price on this item the second reply is from col. Paul 11phillips commander troop support Agency Kuropcak commissary Region we appreciate the Opportunity to respond to your letter As it provides an Opportunity to clarify an Issue Hal is of interest to Many of on customers. Unlike cafes All commissaries sell merchandise at Cost that is for the same Price Al which inc system purchased the merchandise. There is no markup on any merchandise sold in the commissary. There Are several reasons however Why you May " find some onshore acquired Osa items at a lower Price in a German store than you will in the commis sary. In the Case of the Bra Chen that you cite in your letter it is possible that the German store advertised and sold hem As a loss  loss leaders Are items Bat an deliberately advertised and sold below Cost in order to draw customers into the store. The theory ii that once in the store the customer will buy other items at regular or Len thai will More Ihan make up for the loss taken on the loss Leader. Since commissaries sell at Cost ire Are not Able to use loss leaders. Any time we offer merchandise at a lower Price to our customers. It is because the supplier has agreed to a voluntary Price reduction. Some items sold in the commissary arc not actually the same us those found in a German store. Merchan Dise sold in the commissary must meet us. Standards precise specifications required for merchandise sold in the commissary often require a manufacturer o alter his ingredients and or processing techniques in order to meet those standards. So to compare prices on items in a German store with those on items in commissaries May not always be appropriate even when the merchandise appears essentially the same. Osa items with longer shelf lives May be affected by inc fluctuation in the Exchange Rale. To convert the Price of Osa hems from a foreign currency to dollars a conversion Rale is established each month. Therefore if an item was bought when inc Hollar value was lower than in is at the time you Are compar ing prices it May appear Hal a higher Price is being charged in the commissar 1 than in a local store. Hut again since we Are required to sell at Cost and recoup the amount of Money thai has been expended on Mer Chandise it is necessary Hal we Price Osa Merchan Dise in this fashion. Examples of German american Friendship we do no often run thank Yau Solcs but this one was carried in to our office Ana seemed Worth printing. Many thanks to the three american soldiers who helped me  my car after a breakdown through that terrible traffic Jam near orcs him on sept. 14. Thousands of German Drivers my own countrymen passed by just watching my desperate Effort to get the car out of Liat mess the woman with the White scirocco Darmstadt West Germany Good news is hard to come by. We would like to share with your readers an experience we recently had in Bonn and express cur since Rusl thanks to a gentleman from the German government., on a return trip from Brussels by train we decided to gel off the intercity train in Bonn and tour the German government buildings. We had not reviewed a map of the City or planned ahead to Stop. We just thought it would be Nice to finally Sec this Coly we had passed on inc train so Many limes before. We approached the German bund sral building and asked a Security guard if we could go in to Sec where the German Congress held its proceedings. He did not speak English very Well but we understood that tourists must be with groups to get in la Sec this room. At that moment a group of gentlemen walked by and the guard asked them if they spoke English and could translate that message to us. One Man a Herr Wingartz stepped Forward and politely asked in English if he could help us. We told him we would be very interested in j ust Laking five min Ules of his Lime to Sec where the German Congress hold its meetings. For the next so minutes despite his Rush to pre pare for an arabian group that would visit soon he showed us the bundesrat Hall and gave us a thorough discussion of How the German government proceeds to conduct bus Ness. Imagine our Surprise and gratitude for this improvised tour on top of that Herr Wing Ariz presented us with a full color Book of the bundesrat and information about All of inc German states free. This gift of time and knowledge without prior no Tice and at the expense of his preparations for another group is deeply appreciated and shows the warmth and friendliness of the German government and its employees. Herr Wingartz Dank Schon after six delightful years of life in deutschland. This confirms to us the warmth and Friendship Felt Between the German and american people. Albert and Sandra Tielebein Wiesbaden Wesl Germany co4. Jeffrey m. Cook  Leolor n club it col Suza Wrt l. Phillips Usan Deputy comma mar editor in Cental Malle Komi Niou  Deane b. 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