European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Knowledge is All matter of timing Kim Rowley guest columnist i have a crush on Jimmy Stewart All my favorite musical artists have retired or died of natural causes and people say May am to inc. Docs this mean in a getting old this question has been looming in my mind since my husband and 1 went on a bus trip which left us with backaches and neck aches to Austria. We sat in the front a subconscious decision that i now see As a sign that we re . The youngest people on the trip were two Beautiful slim girls who sat in the Back of the bus. They looked to be about la dressed in Long shorts College to shirts and Tennis shoes. Several hours into our journey the Girts their parents and a few others began a trivial Pursuit game. From my seat behind the sleeping Lour guide. 1 would hear someone asking questions. Intrigued i Crew cd Over my Duzi no h husband walked Down the aisle of the bus steady girl steady. And joined the game. A Surprise group member Wasny to Reading from cards but rather were making up questions i started feeling out of my league when one of the Young girls asked a How much does a whales Tongue. Weigh no one knew a and i can to remember the answer a but the girl politely informed us. A a How did you know that a i asked trying to sound curious and not stupid. The girl told me she was in the talented and gilted program at her school and she Learned it there. I was then told that this girl was in the fifth Grade and her Friend was in the seventh Grade. My immediate. Thought was �?o1 did no to look like that a in the fifth Grade i did no to even look like that in the 12th Grade.�?�. As the game continued the two girls astounded us with their knowledge of science physics literature and computers. My school from which i graduated in 1984, did t offer computers until the 10th Grade i was a bit envious of what these students were offered in today a schools a and for the first time in my life i Felt As if id become what a teen Ager refers to As an older person. Then one of the girls asked a what group includes these people a and she named a Bunch of Guys who i was told make up new kids on the a a Block. A a / Quot a. A thinking a Well ill show her Quot i asked a what group includes these people Donny Alan Jimmy Wayne .,.�?� they looked at me bewildered and confused. Then one of the girls mothers Yelick out Quot the Osmond Quot a yes Quot i said relieved that some. One remembered my teen age heartthrob. Now i was on a Roll. For my next question i asked what real life married couple also married on their television show gave birth to a son in real life and on their show it marking one of the most memorable Media events at that time. The girls gave each other Blank looks. The e n on e of t Hei r a re n t s Gay e the answer Quot Kinky and Lucy on i love a a v a Correct a i screamed gloating Over the fact that id stumped the two girls. A contentedly Quot walked Back id my scat dozed off and dreamed of. Jimmy Stewart in a a it a a wonderful a Vav Kim Rowley is a military family member living in Mai Bronn. Germany. A. A. To one Renate Perry guest columnist i was at the other Day. Blouse. It actually came in my size. A. The Shock came when j read the care instructions. Right there at the Bottom of the Label it was w Ritten with thick Black Ink Low was it for me. I will absolutely not buy anything that suggests having to use an Iron. My Mother used to Iron everything from underwear to handkerchiefs. My Friend from Down the Road even Irons her towels and Wijs rags. And look at the military. The soldiers spend hours pressing those Bdl is just to lie under a 5-ton in the motor Pool \ a a i have this phobia for has t yet invented , that causes me to shake and shiver and my skin to breakout with hives whenever see an Iron or ironing Board. I can handle whatever life brings a except a unfortunately we live in a pressed. And tidy world. Sure we have poll Ion the Ozone layer has a Hole our forests Are attacked by acid Radii and our beaches Are .contaminated,.hut our clothes Are ironed. If you want to be held in High esteem you Iron your clothes., Well fac tried. Honestly. I started out practising Witlof bedsheets a a perfectly Flat cloth free of irregularities of any kind. But i could not get the wrinkles out to tact 1 put. A Mote w tinkles than i removed. L Vas discouraged but went ahead to pressing a Blouse. Hat a disaster with great Confidence 1 started at the Collar. Next i tried to get Between the buttons which were about 3 inches apart Suhou Ghloe Iron was 5 Inch is wide. I Don t even want to talk about the pleats because the Iron started to spit water All Over the garment and 1 panicked. My last attempt was a pair of. A stacks. By the time i was done i had two creases up the front of each trouser leg 1 hat Quot did Iron and ironing Hoard to the army com Niu nity service and resorted to permanent press clothes. The a permanent press Quot is As inaccurate As i finally Learned that you have to eaten the co this while they re still circling in the dryer. Once they lie still wrinkles will appear i just can to w in. In be gone so far As to wet the clothes again put them Back Inlow the dryer and stay there. I would no leave my spot even when the phone rang the dog a Black Cloud of smoke intruded from the Kitchen. With the final a Click Quot of the clothes dryer i l ripped its door open Tore out the clothes and Mig them up. won. .�?T. A a but this ordeal was too exhausting both mentally and , to do a on a regular basis. Id rather endure snide remarks from my Friend and my Mother s sad head shakes. I now have a new Altitude. 1 doubt that Tui Lehi wore pressed Elm lies a Genius docs let have time for Petty stuff like Iron tolf. Neil her do i. In a w Illing to Quot save i lie w Hales do Nale blood and fix the Hole in tire Ozone layer. But i May not be allowed to do any of this because i Wear wrinkled clothes. Renal Perry i a military Lanny to Nambiar living at Sembach to. Germany is out a sports nut Jacquelyn Hood guest columnist it All started with the magazines i throw years sports illustrated Street amp Smiths basketball digest Etc. But i refused to recognize the signs. Then came the videotaping at 2 . Landslip Ping out of the room to Sec the first or final two minutes of anything. 1 laughed it off As a phase. Of course the newspapers were never in the proper order and the last pages were always missing. That was my first and Only warning. A my husband tried to break it to me gently leading me to believe he oily liked basketball. And football with a passion i might add. Then one night an aired a baseball game and he slipped. I asked on a simple question about where the teams we replaying and he proceeded to Tell me each Many a statistics. Page to and present injuries and current Eom Raets and also threw in As a. /. Bonus his personal opinion of them As professional baseball players. That a when it hit me. I a a married sports nut the other Day a Friend of ours came by to see yesterdays stars and stripes. Considering the cur rent world affairs i could understand How not receiving his paper would upset him. But a Hal i be Only wanted to see the sports Section i Kne the symptoms. A ooh no Quot i. Thought Quot find that paper w Quick before he goes into Shock a. Despite All this in a not worried. In a confident in the fact that my husband claims that the Whf world wrestling federation is silly and that he will not sit through an entire game of Golf. Intentionally. Yet. . Does to know Golf a a. Hook a military family a Temoer ii Iny Iii Schweirz Lurt i err any. A
