European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 19 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers my daughter is pregnant with my first grandchild. We have been pricing both cloth and disposable diapers and i am appalled at the difference. Its been 25 years since i bought diapers so i Haven to been keeping up but in a shocked and Quot Quot a that no one has bothered to make an Issue of this. Here Are the facts and figures cloth diapers Are $10 per dozen. Seven dozen will last through two babies for a one time Cost of $70. The cheapest disposable diapers we could find were 30 cents apiece. At an average of 10 diapers a Day More for newborns fewer for older babies it comes to $3 a Day or $90 a month a a whopping $1,080 a year. Since most children Are in diapers until age 2 to 2vi or More that a $2,160 to $2,700, and twice As much for two children As compared with $70 for cloth. Even with electricity detergent bleach and softener the difference is staggering. In order to match the Price of cloth disposables would have to Cost less than a Penny apiece. When the mothers in this country Wake up to How much cold hard Cash they Are throwing into landfills not to mention How this is fouling the environment they will surely do As their mothers did and that is use cloth diapers. Any comment from you Ann steamed in Oklahoma dear steamed the difference in the Cost of cloth diapers As com pared with disposables is indeed mind boggling but some mothers undoubtedly believe the convenience is Worth the Money. Also Many Day care facilities refuse dear Abby dear Abby sometimes i think that the . Postal service is its own worst enemy. They came out with a five digit zip code which the Public finally accepted after a lot of grumbling. But right on top of that they reduced the state abbreviations to Only two characters which makes them very very confusing. And now four More zip code digits have been added Abby ask people who done to come from these nine states the following questions is a a May Maine Maryland or Massachusetts is a a new Nevada or Nebraska is a a Al Alaska or Alabama is a a mss Mississippi or Missouri people tend to ignore decisions that they feel Are wrong and that they had no Choice in making. Maybe they Hope that the rules will be modified. Hopeful in Daytona Beach dear hopeful the postal service now uses computers to Speed up mail delivery. However the machines that scan and sort the envelopes cannot decipher them properly unless they Are coded with their new two letter abbreviations. Mail addressed using the old familiar Abbrev a quibble today s crossword to Deal with cloth diapers. We contacted Kimberly Clark and were told a current Treml in the Industry is to research ways to make disposable diapers comp stable. Also some companies Are reducing the size of the diapers so they will take up less room in landfills. You can be sure that the manufacturers of disposables will not go gently into the night they will figure out a Way to hang on to this extremely lucrative Market. Dear Ann Landers every year More than 6,000 people die and 130,000 Are injured in Home fires. Many of these casualties Are among the nations most precious resources our children. Even More troubling is the fact that Many of these deaths could have been prevented had the smoke detectors been operating. A 65-year-old St. Louis woman died recently in a Blaze that swept through her second Story apartment. Inside fire authorities found a smoke Detector sitting on a Cabinet with the batteries lying on top of it. A smoke Detector that works can double the chances of surviving a fire. Yet As Many As half of the smoke detectors in our nations Homes Are not functioning because of dead or missing batteries. Ann help us awaken americans to this critical fire safety Issue As we enter the Peak season for Home fires. Tell your readers to make an annual habit of changing the batteries in their smoke alarms when they change their clocks Back to Standard time. Chief James Halsey president International association of fire chiefs Washington d c. C creators Syndicate tons is automatically shunted aside to be handled by postal employees which slows the process. If you have forgotten the new abbreviations for each state a pamphlet listing them is available at your local Post office. Keep it Handy and you la be amazed at How quickly you will learn the new system. Dear Abby you ran a piece about the benefits of hugging. I believe it was in 1988. Will you please run it again b. Reaves Winterville . Dear . Here it is hugging hugging is healthy it helps our body a immune system it keeps you healthier it cures depression it reduces stress it induces sleep its invigorating its rejuvenating it has no unpleasant Side effects and hugging is nothing less than a Miracle drug. 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