European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 7, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 19 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers several months ago i accidentally stole a ring from a jewelry store. Was trying it on to see How it would look on my hand and to my horror it got stuck. When the Salesman came Over and asked if he could help me with anything i got Panicky hid my hand behind my purse and said no. He then went to help someone else and i left the store with the ring on my Finger. As i write this letter i m still wearing the ring. 1 cannot get the darned thing off. It was not expensive. The Price was $50. I am old and live alone. I have not gone out much since my husband died five years ago but since i stole this ring i have not set foot past my front door. I get my groceries delivered and the Young lady who lives upstairs does errands for me. I am scared out of my wits when my Doorbell rings for fear it is the police. A few weeks ago i mailed $55 to the jeweler but i was too afraid to write a note. This ring incident has made me a prisoner in my own Home and i done to know what to do about it. Can you help Binghamton n y. Dear Bing ask your neighbor to go with you to the jewelry store and Tell them you Are the person who sent the $55. Show them the ring and ask them to get it off. They May have to Cut it today s crossword dear Abby dear Abby i work in the Central baggage service office for a National airline. I am astonished at the amount of baggage and a a lost articles salvaged every year by the airlines. Every week we receive cameras eyeglasses binoculars expensive pens and pencils car keys bibles wedding albums books and every other imaginable article. It really tears me up to throw away wedding baby and family reunion pictures after holding them for four weeks a a which is our limit f we can track Down the owners we return whatever they have left behind unfortunately most of the articles have no identification on them. In addition we receive hundreds of pieces of a a lost Luggage every year. About half of these we cannot return because the airline baggage tag has come off and there is no other Way to track Down the owner. If passengers would put several pieces of identification on the bag a As Well As on the inside of the bag a we could return it to the owner in a matter of hours. Abby the airline Industry has improved greatly in retrieving lost baggage in the last few years. However nothing would be lost if All the passengers would Label their baggage inside and outside a and this includes carry on Luggage and hanging bags which some travel the worst that can happen is that you will be charged for cutting the ring off but it would be Well Worth it to be free again. Let me know How it turns out. Dear Ann Landers you have heard of households where the Man is King and others where the woman wears the pants. Welt How about a family headed by a 15-year-old girl yes Caroline not her real name is an Only child adopted. I am tired of getting the same response whenever my husband and i invite her parents to dinner or ask them to go out with us. It s always Quot we will have to Cheek with if Caroline has plans that require a Driver or if she wants to have a Spaghetti supper for her friends her parents Are tied up for the night. It is Caroline who decides where and when the family goes on vacation. Caroline recently decided that she does t approve of alcoholic beverages of any kind so her parents no longer serve alcohol in their Home. The question 1 have for you Ann is what effect will this kind of deference have on the child s life if you say she will he All right i will hold my Tongue hut at the moment 1 feel like telling her parents they Are raising a spoiled brat who will want to run everything. Irked in Eureka Calif. Dear irked i suspect that you Are annoyed because these parents Are putting their daughters wishes ahead of their social life. They have a perfect right to do so and 1 see nothing to criticize. Ltd creators Syndicate ers have walked off the plane and left behind Chicago dear Chicago thanks for an important letter. I Hope this wakes up a few sleepy travellers. Dear Abby we have lived in this neighbourhood for 35 years and we know almost All of our neighbors very Well. As a retired Man i pass these Homes two or three times a week on my walks. At christmastime i drop off our Christmas cards at the Homes of our neighbors rather than go through the postal system. My wife does no to like that idea. One of our neighbors told another neighbor she thought we were cheap delivering our Christmas cards that Way. What we save in postage we give to the salvation army. I see nothing wrong with our Means of distribution. The wife says a write to Abby and ask so in masking. Cheap or not dear cheap do you ring the doorbells and hand the Christmas cards to the recipients or do you leave the cards in their mailboxes if you use the mailboxes unless you affix appropriate postage to each card you Are violating the Law. C Universal press Syndicate 3 across 1 glasses Colloq. 6 caravan carriers 12 unintelligent 13 is. 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