European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 13,1993 engineers Are fix it kinds of people dear Ann Landers. Your recent column bashing engineers prompted me to write., it brought to mind the fact that two former presidents were engineers Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter Roth men proved to be Able engineers Hoover in getting food to famished Europe after world War 1, and Carter in founding his mud admired habitat for humanity inherent in the temperament of the Engineer is the tendency to say to a client Quot exactly what is the problem Tell me and i will try to fix in the Case of the presidency the client is the american Public which does no to have a clue As to what the problem is. If you print this Ann please done to use my name. I would never hear the end of it. Just sign me a. Burlington it. Dear Burlington thanks for your thoughts but you grossly underestimate the intelligence of the american Public. I assure you that when this column appears in print i will be inundated with letters from readers who have lots of a a dues As to what the problem is. Keep Reading for More fallout dear Ann Landers How dare your correspondent categorize All engineers As methodical analytical and rigid. I happen to be an Engineer and nothing makes us angrier than being portrayed by the Media As Herdy social misfits. Stereotyping is a grave injustice. Its the same As saying All fat people Are Lazy and All appalachians Are Bare Ann Landers foot and ignorant. I expected better from you. A a Alexandria a. From Albany i demand equal time. You guessed it 1 am married to an Engineer. My Engineer husband is a sensitive caring Man a wonderful husband and a devoted father in addition to being a terrific person he is nothing Short of Brilliant. The Mart has computerized our entire household which has made my Fife easier. I feel so Lucky to have married this talented Guy. Port Huron Mich i am in love with an Engineer. The qualities that make him a Star in his profession also make him a marvelous companion. My Engineer is keen to notice when parts of devices have a problem that prevent perfect Harmony or performance. He reads me like a piece of equipment and knows when special attention is needed. 1 anticipate a wonderful life with this Man. Fort Worth Texas you stated in your column recently that your readers gave you a real education about engineers. I did t get that impression at All. Id say you flunked the course. You seem to have bought into the notion hat engineers Are Boring nerdy nitpicking perfectionists who go around measuring everything. I was disappointed that you did no to come out Strong for these terrific professionals. Were you on vacation or what Des Moines i was especially interested in the comments from your Chicago correspondent who said his wife an Engineer was a was cold As ice and so sure of herself that she made him sick. He predicted that his next wife would probably be an empty headed bubbly Moron and it would be a Relief. The nerve of that fool putting All female engineers in the same boat with that iceberg Lettera to Ann Lanc tors should be addressed to her at . Box >1562, Chicago in. 606t 1-0562. C Creatore Syndicate connected them to love dear Abby some time ago you asked your readers to write to you if they Ever had one Telephone Call that changed their lives. Well i did and Here Story in january 1966,1 was a senior at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. One tuesday night i strolled into a sorority sister s room and she was on the phone talking to her franc do a Friend Dennis. Out of the Blue she just handed me the phone and introduced us. We a a clicked immediately and he asked if he could Call me again. I said a a sure Call me Well on Friday Dennis called at Midnight and we talked for six hours but by 3 a.m., i knew that he was the dear Abby Man i was and he accepted mind you Abby we had never even to marry. In fact i proposed to him quibble seen each other. He had no idea what i looked like nor i him. Dennis was a Highway patrolman and worked six nights a week so we arrange to meet until tuesday. After we met in person we both knew it was love at first sight. Most of our courtship was meeting at a local restaurant for dinner with friends joining us so i could get out of the dormitory. In the �?T60s, women leave the Campus at night unless they were accompanied by a male escort or two females we had Only three real dates when we eloped on March 11,1966. Connie and Dennis Parker. Columbia . Dear Connie and Dennis As you now know i phoned for permission to use your names and ask if there were any children. 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