European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 a the stars and stripes tuesday november 12.1991 Ann Lander today s crossword dear Ann Landers my most recent phone Bill contained some unpleasant surprises a four Calls to 900 numbers. The charges were $4.99, $24, $25 and $36.1 am outraged and disgusted. Our 14-year-old son admitted to making two Calls to numbers intended for adults Only. He had the numbers written on a piece of paper with several other numbers. The $24 Call lasted just Long enough for him to hear that rates were $4 a minute. The $4.99 Call was a fraction of a minute. The $36 and $25 Calls were not related to my songs sexual curiosity. He had made one Call for information and the other for advice. When i shared my Story with other parents Heads were nodding. These lines prey on the curiosity and immaturity of youngsters. My son never would have called if he had known How much it was going to Cost. Ann please inform parents that if they want to do something about this problem they should Call the phone company and Block 900 numbers before their dear Abby dear Abby congratulations you be done it again you can put another in your a Success column for operation dear Abby. Last thanksgiving i wrote a letter to a any service person and sent it to the persian Gulf As a part of your letter writing Campaign. 1 never really expected a reply but i received one from a it. Patrick e. Fortune which i answered promptly. We soon Learned that we had a lot in common his name is Patrick my name is Patty he a Irish Catholic in a Irish Catholic he a one of seven kids in a one of seven kids he went to an All boys Catholic school i went to an All girls Catholic school we both have dreamed of biking through Ireland. We also share Many of the same beliefs about god family and values. When Pat returned to the states we started talking on the Telephone. We have had three hour and four hour conversations. Done task about our Telephone Bills i finally broke Down and told him that i was absolutely nuts about him he then confessed that he Felt the same Way about me. We finally met in Cincinnati Over the labor Day weekend and had a sensational time. We knew there was no doubt about it a we were right for each other. Pat sent me a plane ticket so i could visit him at fort Bragg and our Romance flourished. He will get out of the service in about six months after which he plans to move to Milwaukee and make spoiling me a full time Job. That a wonderful because he a the most important person in my life. So dear Abby that a the Saga of Pat and Patty. How can i Ever thank you Patty Treacy Greenfield wis. Dear Patty you just did. Kids get curious. If they have a 900 number problem that cannot be solved through the phone company they can file a complaint with the informal complaints amp Public inquiries Branch Federal communications commission 2025 m st., n.w., room 6202, Washington . 20554. Make it Clear that the acc does no to Block numbers. It Only handles complaints. Thanks for providing your own special Brand of mass communication outlet. You do an amazing Job. S.l., Lakewood Calif. Dear Lakewood your letter provides me with yet another Opportunity to remind parents to Call the Telephone company and Block 900 numbers before they get a Bill that knocks their socks off. Parents should make it Clear that these Calls Are extremely expensive and should not be placed from the Home phone and especially not when visiting relatives or friends. Period. Gem of the Day credit Wiff Ray Maple Ridge . Everyone has five senses a touch taste smell sight and hearing. Successful people have two More a horse and common. C Creaton Syndicate dear Abby my Best Friend and i have been friends for 6xh years. I am a single Man who has never been married and my Best Friend is a married woman with two children. Her husband s Job allows him to be Home Only three nights a week. I even stay at her Home about 50 percent of the time. Her husband has no objections to my staying in their Home. In fact we get along very Well. The problem is that everyone thinks it is abnormal for us to a hang out As much As we do. We do not have sex and never will we Are not attracted to each other sexually at All. We Are just Good friends and that Sall. So what do you think Abby is our relationship Normal or not i Hope you will print this so our friends will know that two people of the opposite sex can be Good friends a and that Sall. Bugged in Barstow dear bugged it is indeed unusual for a single Man and a married woman who Are not romantically involved to spend so much time together. It is also out of the Ordinary for the woman a husband to be As secure and generous about his wife a close Friendship with another Man. And yes people of the opposite sex can be friends a and that Sall. It is not necessarily a abnormal a but it is unusual. Dear Abby i recently remarried. My hew husband was also previously married. How should i introduce my former inlays i am very Friendly with my sex husbands nieces and nephews too. Second time around dear second there is no reason to Call attention to the fact that you were formerly related by marriage. Just introduce your exin Laws nieces and nephews As a a dear or a a old friends and save the explanatory details for subsequent meetings. 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