European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday it Mmry 16, 1993 woman irritated by thieving Chi a l Arann Landers Mary has been my Friend for 20 years. I had t seen her for a very Long time and thought it would be Mcc if we got together. I invited her Over and she brought her 13-year-old son who played nicely with my older children. We had dinner together and then they went Home. After they left i discovered one of my son s hand held elec tronic game systems was miss ing. I knew Mary s son had played with it while he was Here so i called and asked where he might have left it. He told his Mother he put it Back in my sons bedroom. We checked and it was t there. I called Mary Back and mentioned that one of the cartridges from the game system was missing also. Her son admitted that he took the Cartridge but insisted that he did not take the game. Four weeks later Mary sent me a new game system and returned the missing Cartridge i phoned and suggested that her son should apologize to me for taking the game in the first place. Mary said he does t want to talk to you. Please respect his  Ann i am so incensed that i am no longer speaking to Mary. I think she handled the situation  Only should her son have produced the stolen items in Ann Landers mediately but she should have made him apologize. What do you think disgusted in Jersey dear disgusted it sounds As if Mary has her hands full with that kid. Of course he should have apologized hut it just might be that the boy is As stubborn As a mule and his Mother cannot Budge him. Too bad you arc no longer speaking to Mary. I Hope in time the rift heals and that you will Imite her to visit again and bring this son. He needs another Chance to show that he can be trusted. Dear Ann Landers if i spend $100,000 during the year wining and dining Long list of tramps and i write it off As a business cd a Cusp i am entirely free to do so. But if i give my Dar no innocent daughter a gift of More than 510,000, the internal Revenue service socks it to me in to Uncertain terms. Is this a cockeyed system of what b.p., Hollywood Fla. Dear Hollywood i can give you better examples of the lunacy in our government but april is is not far off. Let us not anger the irs. Gem of the Day if you think education is expensive try ignorance. Loners to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago. Iii. 606t 1-0562. C creators Syndicate men need to Check for breast cancer dear Abby i never thought i d be writing that i am a Man in my late 60s, average in most respects with one exception i am recovering from a Radical Mastectomy As a result of breast cancer. It started with a Lump in my right breast which proved to be malignant. My oncologist said that approximately 5 percent of All breast cancers occur in males. They Are often fatal for two reasons 1 very few men Are aware that males Are subject to breast cancer and therefore do not Check themselves for lumps As women do. 2 the Lump is usually ignored until it spreads beyond control. If you print this warning it could save Many lives. You May use my name. Paul b. Hood Lantana Fla. Dear or. Hood How Good of you to write thank you for planting that idea in the minds of Many who otherwise would not have Given it a second thought. Good Luck to you. Dear Abby i am a single Mother with two Small children to sup port so i took a second Job As a waitress in a very pop ular High class restaurant. We were exceptionally Busy one evening and i had dear Abby two tables both with three people at the table. One party of three ordered very expensive dinners which included the Best wine in the House and they ran up a really big Bill. The other party of three had an average sized Bill. Well the party that had the really expensive dinners had to get to the theater so they asked me to give them their Bill in a hurry. By mistake because i was so rushed i gave them the Bill for the table of three who had ordered the cheaper dinners. Abby they paid the Bill and walked out knowing full Well that the Check they were paying was not theirs to make a Long Story Short because i did t want my Boss to know i had made such a dumb mistake i paid the difference out of my own pocket. Since i was so new on the Job i was afraid i might have been fired if i could t even keep the checks straight. I Hope you publish this so those people will see it. I want them to know that they ate their dinner at the expense of my children. Lost out in Long Island dear lost out the chances Are Small that the people for whom this is intended will see it but it May remind All hurried servers to make sure they present the Check to the proper table. 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