European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 13, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 19 advice helped when pet s time came today s crossword Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i have read your column for years and used the advice you be Given others to get through some difficulties of my own. A while Back you printed a letter from a Reader whose problem was the same As mine. Your advice gave me the courage to do what i knew should be done. Daisy the family s cherished pet for 16 years was failing badly. She became quite ill and it was apparent that she was t going to get better on the out Side change that Daisy might have something that could be cured i took her to the vet for a rays. The verdict was As i expected. The yet said your old Friend Here is in a lot of pain and there is nothing we can do to help her. The decision i yours. You can let Het continue to suffer or put her to of course i chose the second option. The vet then suggested that i leave and not put my self through the agony of witnessing the procedure. I was just about to go when i remembered the letter that appeared in your column. I told the vet i m without saying a word he began the procedure while i held Daisy in my arms and Felt her life slip away. It happened quickly and was Over in a matter of seconds. I removed her Collar said goodbye to my faithful Friend and cried the rest of the evening with my family. Looking Back i know i did the right thing by staying with Daisy because i read that letter in your column. Thank you so much for helping me handle a traumatic it Sal greek dear Abby almost All pharmacies use re As an identifying Symbol so i have been asking pharmacists the origin of this Symbol. Thus far i have asked per haps two dozen in different parts of the country and not one of them was quite certain. Its probably latin say some / .,.i think it s a greek derivation say others. A few have said Why not ask dear Abby so i am. You May use my name. Al Bennett Ever Ett Wash. Dear Al Bennett to paraphrase my Webster s ninth new collegiate dictionary re is the Symbol used at the beginning of a prescription and Means the Henry Holt encyclopedia of word and phrase origins offers this slightly More elaborate definition quibble dear Abby experience in the very Best Way. L.h., Clinton township Mich. . One of the most rewarding aspects of this work is witnessing How my readers team to handle life s experiences not from me but from one another. Thanks for letting me know that you have joined the magic Circle. Dear Ann Landers please Settle so Nething once and for All. My husband and i have been arguing for three weeks. Jerry says that when a Man is asked by a male co worker or Friend can you and your wife come to our House for dinner saturday night he is supposed to ten the Friend i will ask my then Jerry s wife that s me is supposed to Telephone the Guy s wife and say either yes we can make it or sorry we can Jerry is really angry with me because we missed a swell party where he could have made some valuable social contacts. He assumed that i had called Marie the Guy s wife and accepted the invitation. Actually iwas expecting Marie to Call me. When no Call came i assumed that the party had been cancelled or that Marie had decided to invite another couple in our place. Who is in the wrong Here i would love to see this letter in your column because my Klutz of a Hus band needs to see the answer in print. Thank you. The Lummox s wife dear wife a verbal invitation Given at work is not adequate in my Book. Either the co worker or his wife should have made a phone Call to verify Date time and place. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago. Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate to pharmacists re. The latin re Cipcic take this provides the r in the Symbol re used by pharmacists for centuries while the slant across the r s leg is a sign of the roman god Jupiter Patron of Medicine. The Symbol looks like re and is pronounced that dear Abby i just want to thank you and everyone who participated in your operation dear Abby and wrote to those of us in the service who Are doing Tours throughout the world. Each and every one of our jobs is difficult and the rewards Are scarce. I used to wonder whether ple thought of us Back Home. But now i can Lay those thoughts to rest. I Hope that you print this so those who wrote will realize How important a simple 10-minute letter is to those of us thousands of Miles from Home. On behalf of the . Armed forces i thank you. Emma Michael e. Burke Butte ae-27 letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . 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