European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 29 1990 the stars and stripes Pace 11 in Iander St of -1 4v a a a Vav it a t a a a t. T 1-. A a a. T. Tetters dear Ann land i is this came to me through the mail and it made me smile All Day. I Dort to know who wrote it but i do Hope you will run it in your column. These Days we seniors need a Good laugh and this will surely do it. Love your column Honey. Alg. In Tennessee dear Al Here it is with my thanks for sending it along. I smiled All Day too. If anyone knows who wrote this please let me know so i can give credit. Life begins at 80 i have Good news for you. The first 80 years arc the hardest. The second 80 arc a succession of birthday parties. Once you reach so everyone wants to carry your baggage and help you up the Steps. If you forget your name or anybody else s name or an appointment or your own Telephone number or Promise to be three places at the same time or can to remember How Many grandchildren you have you need Only explain that you Are 80. Being 80 is a lot better than being 70. At 10 people Are mad at you for everything. At 80 you have a perfect excuse no matter what you do. If you act foolishly its your second childhood. Everybody is looking for symptoms of softening of the brain. Being 70 is no fun at All. At that age they expect you to retire to a House in Florida and complain about your arthritis they used to Call it Lumbago and you ask everybody to Stop mumbling because you can to understand them. Actually your hearing is about 50 percent gone if you survive until you Are 80, everybody is surprised that you Are still alive. They treat you with respect just for having lived so Long. Actually they seem surprised that you can walk and talk sensibly. So please folks try to make. It to 80. Its the Best time of life. People forgive you for anything. If you ask me life begins at 80. A a dear Ann Landers in be never written to you but i desperately need the advice of an intelligent and objective person. About every other week my husband gets a burst of Energy and stays up All night working in his shop or puttering around the House. He a very quiet and considerate of the rest of the family unfortunately i never sleep Well when he is not beside me i Wake up every hour or two look at the clock and twist and turn until he comes Back to bed. We have got into a Good Many fights about his periodic night wanderings. \ we have talked about this Many times and can to seem to reach an agreement. In be tried Tea and hot milk Reading a Book and relaxation exercises to help me sleep. Nothing works. My husband and fare in our mid-30s and have four children. We both have careers and work hard. I need eight hours of sleep. I can to stand these fights Over something so trivial. Please help. Just Plain tired in Colorado dear Colorado buy a body Pillow or make one by sewing three pillows together. This should serve As a a a comforter when your husband decides to do some night roaming. It seems unreasonable a if not selfish a to ask him not to indulge in this harmless pleasure just because you miss his presence. If you could read the mail i get from women whose husbands Are out All night boozing gambling and chasing women you a be grateful that yours Only putters around the House. A writer says Iraq underestimates . Dear president Saddam Hussein you think you know the american people. Unlike your government we the american people arc the Golem Seiil you choose to remember Only part of our history. You recall Korea China Cuba and Vietnam. You remember us walking softly around the russian Uear. You remember we lost the Pueblo and our problems with the Panama canal. You Don t know us and that s a mistake. President Saddam Bear the history of truth and remember we Are the nation that started from scratch and built the highest Standard of living in the world. Ofor poor live better than All of your Middle class. America remembers our bloody civil War brother against brother but we survived while your empires decayed. We be had our leaders slain and our National heart stood still but we picked up the Banner we picked up our dreams and marched on to survive. We will survive you president Saddam. Some of our children have marched in the Street and performed their antics for network television. We know you watch but you done to seem to car that these arc just kids they have not yet added to our nation. They Are not yet tested by responsibility. You forget that our country was founded on a principle that allows this Freedom even to our destruction. Our Media Many times present the wrong View of who we Are and of our heroes. And you choose to believe the worst about us. America has been spit on lied about and our Flag burned. We will survive this confrontation with Iraq As , watch As von Pei Forin Lor the world press. You curse our government and then Vou plead that you it Jet Bate american people. Yes we have Fuir differences. Our politician do1 attack each other As we lace the struggle that could it my changes to our country every four cars. Hut we ate a Young country with growing pains. We have been seduced with a lust to tear Down our institutions and prove our idols have feet of clan. White your leaders stand in their expensive garments a in turbans and shout what scum we Are secretly they beg for food to feed their starving people you Send your children to us for education up Protection and to be healed. Then Vou allow these same children when they return to you to Sling mud in our face. You blackmail and overcharge us w Ith your Oil w Hite with the very same dollars you try to buy a technology that Only we can produce. And you invest this Ransom in our land and business because yours Are like straws in the w ind. We Are americans and we Are tired of being the scapegoats for your foolishness and follies president Saddam Hussein listen Well to the Low g Row t h a t come s fro m America s h c a r 11 a n d. The a growl May soon become a thundering Roar rising up in a fury to smite you Down. We can become a vengeful giant and that Day May smut approach. A Anne Bradley Kirch Gims Germany Reader thanks mar strip Yard folks Well i got my orders to the . Of a. I will be sad to leave even at this rate of Exchange the wonderful kind of a Beer and brooch in a and All the friends German and american that i have made. There is one group of a Unsung heroes i would like in take this Opportunity to thank a the dedicated folks who operate and maintain the mar Auto Salvage and strip Yards throughout Germany. / without your hard work and unusual hours would not have had the Opportunity to drive Mercedes audis vol Wagens the Odd american car and even a Taurus for just pennies a Day. V of sure they charge some Money for the big pieces but when you get that a just As important Quot Little piece for 5h cents that would otherwise Cost you $50 new the savings add up quickly thanks to you. I have been Able to do 220 Kilometres on the autobahn haul All kinds of neat things Back from East Berlin when it was cheap and even take All the relatives around to see the sights in Comfort each with a different car. I done to really believe we will see 3,40 Marks to the Dollar any time soot so Lor those remaining in usar eur the Mission of these Quot Unsung heroes Quot is All flip More important thank you one and All a Joseph l. Sic bar. Mannheim Germany. Pen pals it you enjoy a Good laugh and like music please writs Tome. It a a sue Fullerd. 54 Wyche ave. Nan which chesire. A England cw55hsa i am �6 years did and a therapist Lor handicapped Young adults. My interests Are travel writ-., ing Reading going to movies creating artwork meeting people most kinds of music volleyball. Swimming and yoga. Mariana d. Rodinson. 53 Forest re. Paddock Wold a a a a a a. Tonbridge kent.tn12 6ju England. A. A i am 24 years old and enjoy travelling and exchanging postcards and Stamps. I can write in arabic French and English. A a Mer. Reach Alpune Abdallah impasse Moulay Abdelhafid. A imm 12 Maison 1  Morocco a. My hobbies Are Reading writing dancing and music Anicola Brown a a a a ,. A Rose mall. 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