European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i am a 38-year-old woman who has read your column since Grade school. You have Given me Comfort and guidance and now i need help. I hate controversy and find myself bending Over backwards to avoid trouble. I have Learned it requires much less Energy in the Long run to keep quiet when Deal a getting with my parents. I am a gutless wonder. I am hoping you will print this letter and that they will read it. I am ashamed to admit i done to have the nerve to say this to their faces. My parents think nothing of asking How much Money my husband and i Are making How much rent we pay and How much our furniture Cost. They also keep asking personal questions about How we Are getting along although there has never been any indication that we Are having trouble. I see Here two Basic problems. No. 1, they be always wanted to control their children a lives. No. 2, they attach too much importance to Money and what it can buy. My parents Are no longer on speaking terms with my brother because they Stop pumping him for information about his finances and his personal life. Finally he told them a Good Bye and Good i should Tell you that aside from their cosiness they Are very kind and Loving people but i am realty fed up. Their daughter not their child dear daughter done to wait until the fourth of july to make your declaration of Independence. The very next time they ask a question that you consider inappropriate simply say if your parents Arentt readers of this column they May not know that mob Means mind your own business in which Case explain it to them. Consider the fact that perhaps they treat you like a child because you have permitted it when you Are secure enough to let them know in a no nonsense Way that you Are a grown woman and expect to be treated like one they will respect your wishes. Dear Ann Landers in masking for your advice about a problem that in a sure affects thousands of people. My Mother is 97. She is mentally Alert pays her Bills writes checks Etc. But i think she is soft in the head when it comes to her gullibility for mail order schemes that offer huge prizes. Every Day it seems she gets a seductive letter from some to personality saying a you May already have won $1,000,000.�?� she ignores the Small print and hidden a a if clauses. The dear woman orders a new Magazine a Bunch of bulbs or some piece of junk almost every Day. She Waits week after week for the Money she has been All she gets is More envelopes with More order forms and More empty promises. These merchandising schemes Are victimizing thousands of old folks. Ann what can we do to Stem this tide of Legal fakery boiling in Oregon dear Oregon it those Sleazy operators have cleverly avoided prosecution because they know exactly How far they can go and stay within the Law. Unless you can persuade your Mother not to Send for anything until she checks with you i see no solution. C creators Syndicate saturday october 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a financial questions that won t wait min Page 11 letters the suddenness of deployment makes personal financial readiness Paramount. Stories of being unprepared read like the comical situations right out of the Feresz is really Poltl it Ese m Quot pc dramas sufi can you answer these questions How am i going to get paid How Are my Bills going to get paid who knows my Complete financial picture where accounts Etc atet1�?T Persona desires goals Access to a do i have a current will Are Powers of attorney valid and current will my family be financially solvent during my absence do any of the following apply to you i got sure pay finance sends my Money to my savings account. In a sure there is a Green machine around the next Sand Dune or they will Send me try to Cash my Treasury Check or done to worry finance will be in the next tent i manage the Money in my House that is Why my accounts Are in my name. My spouse just does no to understand Money. In a single living on the Economy. Every month i Cash a Check at finance buy Marks and pay my rent. What is the problem i got married last month but i Haven to had time to update All my records or make provisions for my new family. A i get paid to fight the army will take care of once deployed is not the time for the following questions who is going to pay the rent car payment insurance Etc.? How do 1 get Money out of the Bank and to my family will i lose my car apartment furniture Etc.? personal financial readiness is a personal Issue a each plan must be tailored to meet individual requirements however a Good soldiers Are always Busy with the Mission and somehow never really have the time to take care of a personal done to think this is a big problem talk to any rear detachment commander acs Rcd Cross worker banker duty officer a Pac finance Soldier for a personal account of heartache and suffering by the unprepared Soldier and family. Solution command involvement leaders at All Levels ask key questions. Listen to the response. Do not accept generalities. Provide resources time training follow up and finally take the time to ensure your own finances Are up to Date. A a. P. Finan Worms Germany a questions about . Beef addressed editor s note a the following about hormones in . Beef was received after we used a recent letter and answers on the same subject. . Cattle Are Grain fed making the . Beef a More tender and flavorful product than the european. The . Beef being carried in european commissaries is Choice Grade the most popular Grade of beef in . Supermarkets. The stars and stripes article you referred to was in error when it labelled the . Beef that commissaries Are stocking As a a slightly better Grade by product. . Department of agriculture us a grades Are adjectival not alphabetic. The top four us a grades Are prime Choice Good and Utility a not a by or d. It is not necessary to defrost the . Beef when it reaches a european commissary. The beef is vacuum packed and shipped just above the freezing Point of pen pals beef. The absence of oxygen and the Low temperatures preserve its freshness enabling the beef to have a guaranteed shelf life of 35 Days. The beef is not unpacked until the meat cutters at the commissary Are ready to process it and put it out for Sale. The beef is monitored All along its route from the Plant to the commissary and is thoroughly inspected when it arrives at the commissary. The vans in which the beef is shipped Are equipped with monitors that provide a running record of the temperature of the beef. We Are not in a position to address your comments regarding the reasons that Congress chose to mandate Stockage of . Beef in european commissaries. A col. Bill g. Belcher acting commander troop support Agency european commissary Region i am 21 years old. My hobbles Are cooking cleaning Ana watching television. co Felicidad secretaria 33-Colon Extension Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines i am 21 years old. I enjoy ail types of music and writing and receiving letters. A Patricia Holz 23urfwinst. London se5 of England Lam 17years old. A Wilma aide co Avelino Villa Sitio so of ii Silay City 6116, Negros Occidental Philippines i am a 21-year-old Indian National. I hold a degree in physics. My hobbies Are Reading watching movies Ana listening to music. . Sanal Kumar Rajas Danam Neeles Waram . Neduve Ashoor Kottar Akara Quilon District Kerala state South India pin-691506 i am a registered nurse. I enjoy writing new people listening to music and travelling. A Joan r. Delaney 710 St. Andrews Lane Apt. A Cristal Lake Iii. 60014 i am 19 years old. My interests include Tennis swimming basketball table Tennis and jogging. I like Everling cheerful and Beautiful. Travelling corresponding and meeting new people from other countries has always seemed interesting to me. A Ahmet Turhan . Karsini Yaprak Sltes 8 Blok Kat 4 no 8 Antalo Turkey my interests Are travelling meeting people wine bars restaurants writing letters and listening to music except heavy Metal. I am 27 years old. A miss Gill Davies Flat 7,48 Holland re. London wi4 bbb England my hobbies Are sewing cooking writing letters and travelling. I am 23 years old and would like to write to people from 20-26 years old. A Yvette Ross Linstead . St. Catherine Jamaica West indies i am 20 years old and am interested in Bowling volleyball watching football and writing letters. A Debbie Fitzgerald 32 e. Sharp St. Hillsdale Mich. 49242 i am 30 years old. My hobbies Are cooking watching movies listening to Good music and Reading pocket books. A Erlinda Mell Omida co mrs. Martina Torres City treasurer office Dumaguet City 6200 Philippines if you re Between 13-16 years old and would like to write to me i m 13 then Start now my hobbies Are playing the Organ and guitar Reading painting drawing studying biology and listening to music especially new kids on the Block. I can write in English or German. A Claudia treves Volkel Strasse 3 8600 Bamberg Germany i am a 32-year-old filipino contract worker under the Royal saudi naval forces. I would like to correspond with people from All Over the world. My hobbies Are playing billiards photography music and Reading magazines. A or. Norberto p. 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