European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Ann Landers dear Ann Landers this is no joke. I have heard about people who suffer from something called sad season Al affective disorder. They be come depressed in Winter and need lots of indoor Light to make up for the Sunshine that the miss. I am just the opposite. Rain and Gray skies make me energetic and cheerful. Sunshine makes me feel like a withered dying flower., i get dizzy Clammy and crabby in do temperatures Over 75 degrees. Even indoors i prefer the dim Light of a 25-Watt bulb. I keep my drapes closed during the Day and prefer dark Ness to Sunshine. The Bright fluorescent lights in my office make me nervous and jumpy. During the summer i become so depressed that i feel like committing suicide. Am i alone or Are there others who suffer from this please Check with your experts and come up with some answers. Happiest in the Shade 0 Seattle dear Seattle i contacted or. Herbert Pardes chairman of the department of psychiatry at Columbia University. He provided this response t certain forms of depressions do occur at specific times of the year. The Best known is seasonal affective disorder. These people become depressed Only in the Winter. They feel lethargic their appetite increases and they tend to oversleep. Light therapy has proven helpful. F some people on the other hand become depressed in the Spring fall or summer. Much less is known about these More unusual disorders. It could have something to do with a change in the hormones. It is also possible that the woman who wrote could Benefit from anti depressant medication. The fact that Bright fluorescent lights in her office make her feel nervous and jumpy is not unusual. Some patients who have anxiety disorder report similar symptoms. There Are programs that can help these people. Any one who is interested May Call the depression evaluation clinic at the new York state psychiatric Institute. The Telephone number is 212 960-5734. Although we Are based on the East coast we would be Happy to give guidance to anyone who wishes to Contact  dear Ann Landers the letter you printed from the drug addict who blew $40,000 was interesting but what about the Ordi nary smoker a Young acquaintance of mine age 15, just started to smoke. For the fun of it we did some calculating. The premise was As follows a and a Are twin Sisters. A smokes a pack of cigarettes every Day from age 15 to retirement at 65. Assuming the Price of cigarettes $1.50 a pack will never go higher in 50 years a will have nothing to show for this expenditure except a huge pile of ashes and Butts and a pair of very Lack lungs is she s still around that is. If a on the other hand places her $1.50 a Day in a relatively modest 8.75 percent tax deferred invest ment plan at age 65 she will have $435,462 in Cash and probably the Good health to enjoy it. R.., Bridgewater  r . Many people tune out completely when you talk about what cigarettes can do to their heart lungs and vascular system. But when you talk Money they become very interested. Thanks for writing. Maybe when the smokers get out their calculators and discover that twin a spent $27,375 on those coffin nails they May decide to quit. Dear readers remember the essay that pointed out How each of us is important even though we might not think so Well the author surfaced. He is Richard h. Looney of Colorado. He wrote it in 1958. Letters the san Llopes 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. 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I have been told that you can order items through another Exchange and have them shipped to your local Exchange. Recently someone i know tried to do this and was told that the merchandise could Only be sent to the larger Exchange in our area and that it would take about three weeks to have the merchandise ship Ped. My question is Why does it take so Long to have merchandise shipped from one place to another and Why is merchandise shipped to the larger exchanges in the Community those of us who Don t have cars Are Only looking for a Little help to make our stay in Small places a Little easier. Charlie w. Harris Budinger West Germany editor s note it. Col. Charlie White Public affairs officer he cafes Europe replies cafes has a customer convenience request  Gram which allows our smaller stores to order items that Are not normally stocked because of space limitations. Stores can order almost any item stocked in our Ware houses in Giessen West Germany Atlanta ga., and Newport news a. Your customer service personnel and store manager can provide assistance in placing an order. Regardless of which warehouse is used and the size of the store merchandise is always shipped to the store placing the order. The items Are delivered through our Normal distribution channels. Usual receipt times Range from 7-10 Days for items from Giessen to 30-45 Days for items from the . Warehouses. Our distribution system is designed to get Merchan Dise from a warehouse to a store quickly. Thus Transfer ring merchandise Between stores requires going Back through the warehouse. This process takes More time and Money than the direct order through the customer convenience request program. The customer convenience request program is an efficient Way to get those items to you As fast As Possi ble. Please see your store manager for assistance in placing an order or Contact Eugene Wheeler Hana Exchange manager at ets 322-8352. Bank addresses sure pay complaints or rt., of i cd _ 144 get out of line get sure pay yeah right. So explain to me Why i read in the Heidelberg Community newspaper that merchants Bank has decided to offer express service on military paydays but Only to those cashing . Treasury checks. I quote personal and business checks will note included in this  so after succumbing to the get sure pay Spiel i and All the other suckers get to get out of line the express line that is and get in line behind the 163 other direct depositors. Name withheld Schwet Zingen West Germany editor s note Yvonne Wise manager Public affairs merchants National Bank and Trust co., Community Bank replies you Are absolutely Correct. Express lines that serve non account holders do not make sense. The Bank Man Ager at the Heidelberg shopping Center chose not to implement it As you will see the next time you visit. You made the right decision to get sure pay. With sure pay a Green machine card and automatic Utility and rent payments you will Only need to go to the Bank to invest in a certificate of Deposit or take out a loan. Gung to approach to terrorism criticized i have never written to you before. But some of the articles in your newspaper have upset me a great Deal. In particular the response letters from your readers concerning the crash of flight 103. It is always presented As an american problem. I As a West German National feel just As deeply devastated about the victims and their families. The germans have been victims of terrorist attacks for years. We have not bombed any buildings or land in retaliation because we were aware of the thesis an Eye for an Eye a tooth for a tooth it s not working. Nobody has All the answers to Stop the killing of inno cent people in this world. But it seems to me that the Gung to politics of the . Government is backfiring. I believe with Diplo Macy and Money you sometimes can work wonders. 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