European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Ann Landers dear Ann Landers with summer just around the Corner scams will be on the increase. Last year my wife and i were the victims of a con Man. A Man in a truck along with several pieces of equipment and a Crew of five or six men drives around looking for unpaved driveways. In the past two years he has stopped at our House several times to ask if we would be interested in having our driveway Black topped. We told him repeatedly that we could not afford the $2,000 Price he quoted. This past year thinking about the coming Muddy season we told the Man to go ahead and do the Job. Three months Down the Road when weeds started to grow through the Blacktop we realized that we had been ripped off. The Man promised to come Back at a later Date to a make it we never saw him again. We later Learned that other families in the neighbourhood had been swindled by this same character. One elderly Man was taken for $7,000. I am sure this Guy is a professional con artist. He came across As very sincere and won our Confidence. He even asked if he could Cash our Check right away or if we wanted him to hold it for a while. The contract he gave us was illegible and we saw it after the Job had been finished. I Hope you will find room in your column to print this letter Ann. I will feel less like a fool if i can save someone else from being taken. A horns toggled in Michigan dear a toggled the Best Protection against these Fly by night Crooks is to ask for references and Check them out by inspect wednesday May 27, 1992 the stars and Stripe today s crossword dear Abby dear Abby i am a fairly attractive 13-year-old girl. I have a problem that a been on my mind for a while and i can to Tell my Best Friend for fear of her disapproval. I done to think Many girls have faced this. Here goes i am afraid of dying and i do not want to die a Virgin. I have had a few invitations to have sex but i did not although i have gone kind of far with one Guy. I am a Good student and very responsible person. But just lately i have had the feeling that if something were to happen to me and i died i will have missed out on an experience i probably have a Chance to have in heaven. I am not saying i would run out and do it with just any Guy a he would have to mean something special to me. Just thinking these thoughts makes me feel like a slut. Do you think i am terrible for thinking these thoughts Minneapolis girl ing the work they have done for others. In a sure you saved some folks a lot of Money today. Thanks for being willing to share this humiliating experience. Dear Ann Landers this is in response to the Reader who was unemployed for nine months and take a Job at a fast food place for fear his friends might see him working there. This Guy had a College education and was sitting at Home depressed for fear some of his College pals might ask him what he a doing. I am in my late 20s with an mba and five years of work experience and i was unemployed for 15 months. I moved Back in with my parents and took a part time Job in a clothing store. Finally a Call came and i was offered a Fine position in my Field. So what a the message get involved in things other than your Job search. I became Active in a political Campaign Church activities and my alumni association. I met various groups of wonderful people who encouraged me to hang in there. If you stay visible chances Are that an old classmate will suddenly remember that one of his friends is hiring or a person at Church will need some help with a Small project that will Lead to a Job. Who knows my period of unemployment was demeaning depressing and filled with anxiety. But it was also an excellent lesson in determination. Keep your Chin up. Tell yourself it can happen and that you deserve a break and you la get it. The Little engine that could dear Little engine thanks for an upbeat can do letter with some excellent ideas. I too am a great believer in the Power of positive thinking. It has worked for me for a Good Many years. Welcome to the club. Gem of the Day Only the Young die Good. C creators Syndicate inc. Dear Minneapolis girl no you Are not a slut for having sexual thoughts and feelings a you Are Normal. But today a teens must realize that they increase their risk of dying or infertility if they have sex with partners infected with a sexually transmitted disease. That is Why i urge teen agers to consider the consequences of becoming sexually Active. Dear Abby i really got a kick out of the letters from women who said they would have been better off if they had been widowed instead of divorced. There a a flip Side to that. I would have been better off if i had become a widower instead of a divorced Man. 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