European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 stars and stripes monday april 23 2007 distracted Drivers Are a danger deaf Abby you asked read ers to share their pet peeves with you mine is careless Drivers i am a single Mother who supports her children i cant afford to be killed or maimed on the Road this afternoon i was behind a woman who was driving erratically she rolled through Stop signs sped up and slowed Down for no apparent reason and switched from Lane to Lane when i was finally Able to safely pass her i saw that she want drank As i had suspected but was driving her Van Down the crowded freeway with her elbows on the wheel because she was using both hands to hold the hamburger she was eat ing Abby the woman was doing 70 Miles an hour All she needed to do was sneeze once to lose control of her vehicle i am angry with people who drive while talking on a cell phone eating applying makeup Reading searching through purses or briefcases or playing with pets on their laps people who Are dear Abby behind the wheel have the Power to end not Only their own lives and the lives of their passengers but also the lives of every Driver passenger and pedestrian they encounter in the bunk of an Eye please America clean up your act if you dont have both hands on the wheel and your full attention on the Road then you Are not driving responsibly maybe your family Doest need you alive and healthy but my kids need me Cindy in Minneapolis dear Cindy some thing As simple As paying attention and observing the traffic Laws would prevent Many injuries and death to do anything less is to invite a tragedy every evening there Are news reports about perfectly healthy people in the prime of life who lost their lives because of the carelessness of another Driver when commuters Are behind the wheel it is vital that they keep both hands on the wheel their eyes on the Road and their minds 100 percent on the task at hand dear Abby i recently bought a couple of items in the Dollar store Here in town i had s2 in change to pay for them the owner of the store refused to accept the dimes and told me to go Back to the Bank and get paper Money i was under the impression that dimes Are Legal tender and should have been acceptable it was a humiliating experience am i wrong j in Whiting n j dear miss j youre not wrong coins Are Legal tender and the store owner should have accepted them by not doing so the store owner was telling you that your business was not Wel come i  blame you if you never set foot in that Stab ashment again letters for this column with your name and phone number should be addressed to dear Abby to Box 69440 los Angeles Ca 90069 readers can write to Abby on the internet at Universal press Syndicate pint i ask Voo not to that so vat to Teh my room about she said if hears i Date Shes shipping me off to prep Tutor school before Pinner Trie he much i have this horrible in a Normal education is overeat lessons Why Arent Al those kids in school they hurry there late for competitive and really inconvenient e age your do for the new  Cru after 3 e that scrambled word game by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion unscramble these four jumbles one letter to each Square to form four Ordinary words re zip w Tribune Media services inc ail rights reserved s v v s yikes that twice the estimate what tric1an the customer when he rni5hep the now arrange the circled letters to form the Surprise answer As suggested by the above cartoon answer saturdays answers tomorrow 1 jumbles Groin piano Thrush bunion answer a play on words can be this punishing Speed bump Johnny wart