European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Ian i Linden dear Ann Landers this letter is for anyone who is thinking about smoking dope. Mine is the voice of experience. 1 know All about Gellin stoned and How to Roll a great Doobie. I started to smoke Reefer when i was 13. In my freshman year of College i realized that i did t fit in with the popular ones the Rich ones or the pretty ones so 1 found my Niche with the freaks the Heads and Theta Ringoen. We called ourselves waste cases agonies burnouts Al was exciting and although i knew i was illegal it was Worth the risk. I experimented with a wide assortment of drugs but stayed with pot on a regular basis for 16 Yean. The Only time i went without is when 1 did t have the Money to buy it. Just tar the Heck of it i tallied up the Cost and it came to 150 a week. This Means i be blown at least $40,000. Real Cool huh so All you future grass freaks out there take no lice if the fact that it i illegal does t deter you or thai it would hurl your parents if Bey knew it Sureddin l Stop rethink about the Money. It adds up. When i called myself a waste Back then 1 never realised thai i was predicting my own future. Cool fool in Rockford ill. Or Rock you sound like former fool to me. Thanks for a letter my younger readers will relate to. After All i m a suture who his never smoked a cigarette let alone the funny Onti. What do i know dear Ann Landers i Hope you can include my letter in your column soon and that 1 tin to see it in print. You Sec i m60 and my husband is 6and according to our children we Are old and they expect us to die anyway now. Both Ted and i Are in Good health but the kid seem to think we arc on our lust legs. For example 1 mentioned that i d like to buy new carpeting an remodel the Kitchen and maybe add a Sun porch. It s been 40 years since we be done anything major in the Way of sprucing up the place. The kids say what for Why spend the Money of course my husband agrees with them because he does t care As much about his surroundings As 1 do and he s never been keen on expenditures that Aren t Essen tial., the kids say i m too old to Wear Bright colors and that i should act More dignified they also think dad and i should t dance the fast numbers because we look ridiculous and we have to be careful of heart attacks. Neither of us has had any heart Trou ble i get the feeling that our children Are thinking about their inheritance and without realizing it they son Offish we d shove off. Any advice Albuquerque Dearani my advice is to buy the carpeting remodel the Kitchen add the Sun porch Wear a lot of red and keep dancing the fast numbers they re Good for your heart " Penis who deny themselves pleasures so they can leave their hard earned Money to their children Are Foo Luh i say enjoy the fruits of your labors and live it at Folk. Van deserve in. Dear readers y. 1 have a tip thai will save a Ion of Money on cleaning Bills. If you spot a dress or a tie while eating something that has an Oil base Butier or salad dressing Fried Chicken fish French Fries Etc put a piece of tissue underneath Sprinkle the spot with Talcum powder rub it gently with a dry Wash cloth Over and Over. The spot will  Tofte stud Cornn to Lime Mumm Timur in a. Tou can Paga 11 letter bus monitors deserve parents support this letter is from All bus monitors to All parents. Being a bus Monitor is not As easy As most people would think. But when n child comes up and says i bus Monitor it s a very rewarding Job. We really put up with a lot from the. Children. We have to put up with unruly and sometimes really bad ones. We have to make sure they have their bus passes which is very important for identification and that they get on the right bus. We have to Stop fights keep them from swinging on the bars and hanging out the windows. We have to take away dangerous weapons such As knives and razor Blades. They climb Over the scats and tear them up we arc there to Sec that they Don t get Hurt. If the bus were to Slop suddenly these children would or could be seriously hurl. One thing we Don t need is an irate Parent coming to us and Yelling because their child s bus pass was pulled. Please be aware that we Only pull passes on things we witness and after the child has been told More than once about in. Or it could have been because in was a serious offence. We arc not out there to single out your child. There Are Rule and they must be followed by All. No exceptions. You parents must realize that you Are not suppose to come to the bus Stop Loye at the bus monitors and to follow them Home Yelling. There Are numbers for you to Call. Use them you should also know that we Are out there every Day because we care about these children. We Are not paid for this. We Are volunteers. Moms just like you with kids of our own. And instead of complaining gel out Iacre and Volunteer. We can always use Mare monitors. So remember if your child s bus pass is pulled there must Bave been a Good reason. Don t say of my child would not do such a thing if we saw it it happened. We Are Here to provide a service to the Community. Please work with us not against us. Don t see us a your children s enemy but rather As their Friend As someone who cares. / care Jod Sirgle Mannheim West Germany trick or treating for teens Cheek policy writer says thank you graft Wohr  you to All you selfish people who nol Only spoiled my Daugh Ter s halloween fun but the fun of other children her age As Well. How Many 1 Llo 16-year-Olds did you turn away As too old ".-. My daughter 13, and her 12-year-old Friend went trick or a scaling. They were excited and Happy at the Prospect of collecting a Little Candy and about the dress up fun. They came Home with five or six pieces of Candy reluctantly Given. Most people had just turned them away As too old to be out having fun. Is there an established age code for Irick or  17-Ycar-Olds and older have better things to do anyway but some of the younger ones still Ore More Chil Dren than adults and still Fike to have innocent fun. I guess customs and traditions arc dying out. Evidently adults have forgotten halloween Days when Many of themas teen agers still went trick or creating. You should be Happy that there Are still children who want to have innocent fun. You should help to keep them out of trouble instead of saying go away you Are too old to collect Candy maybe you also think that Santa Claus should Only come to Liny lots. It is possible that your attitudes arc responsible for the trouble with today youths Mary a. Kroner Craven Wihr West Germany. I would like to write in response to the letter on Auto insurance. I Hope not everyone feels that Way towards German insurance companies. I work for an insurance company and our policy dearly Stales that it will pay off a note. No All companies do but ours does. I be been with this company since 198 and in is very Good when it comes to claims. However the Cus Tomer must be sure his policy states this otherwise they Only have to pay the value. 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