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by Roger Bollen

32 1994 Trinune Company Byndicate, Inc,

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“TMERE'S A THIN MAN STRUGGLING
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“WE BEEN AWAKE ALL NIGHT

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Dear Ann Landers: |
must share “what I feel
with someone who wan't
tell

nut. 1 have 4 feeling you
will be nonjudgmental,
and that's what I need.

’ The reason I'm writing is

because what worked jor,
me might work for
others." . -- a
Only twice in my life
have I turned to prayer

; e tam a Jesus -
- freak ‘or. some kind of a

for help. I didn't know .

how the Lard shoul

what ‘was in my heart:
“Please, God. help me

mess.” Both times the
solution came to me out
of the blue. ,

1 am not nor have I

ever beena religious per-
son. [ am mystified over
why and how my tangled:
life suddenly, seemed to
straighten out. Some peo-
ple might say it was just

d be
approached, so 1 just said _

this *

a coincidence — or fate, -

or luck. But [ don't-think.
. su. I honest!

believe
sumearie up there heard
my prayers, moved
things around, provided
an exit and allowed me
to walk out of a tangled
maze Into the bright sun-
light of reason.

Thanks for listening,
Ann. I had {a tell some-

body. — Bellever In Van- °

" gouver | -
Dear Vancouver: Peo-

- ple who can pray have a

special relationship with
God. While the ¢ynics

say there Ls no proof that
He exists, no ie has
prov: le con
Prayer has worked for
me, I believe in it and
recommend It for those
who have tried every-
thing else, Maybe now Is
the time to try God.
‘ Dear Ann Landers: I
hope you, will print this
letter for “Unfulfilled In

~DC" Along ‘with heing

“Unfulfilled” she is also
“unsympathetic and
uncaring. ©” -

There was'no mention
of how many “live bat-
teries” D.C. had encoun-
tered in two years —
only that she has run inte
three dead ones. Couid it
be that her charger is out
of whack?

How. cruel tu say, “Il
these males know they
are unable to perform.
why -do they

put a
woman through the

embarrassment. anil
frustration?" Maybe

that reads, iicvouseai tl

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ANE, SPEAKING OF MONEY...

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LAST TIME I SAW HERS

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BBR TAKE IN THESE | | HAVENT BEEN IN A TD. ne
7 oon LIBRARY SINCE | WAS % STUDY 2

IN UNNERSITY!

TIE THIS EXERCISE PORE To
“Our waler AND THE BeDroSr

, allve,

with me, Buster.”

My advice te DC. Is
this: H you want a “ful-
filling relationship,” be
patient, caring and help-
ful. You may be sur-
prised at haw responsive
‘a “dead battery" can be.
i vuess you put D.C. in

her place. 1 hope she lis- -

tens. The results could be
rewarding. — A Live
One ;

‘Dear One: Here's
another letter on the
same subject, :

Coming on strong

Dear Ann Landers:
Forgive me, but ] laugh-

ed when EF read the com-'

ments ly “Unfulfilled In
pc

So she encountered
three dead batteries in
two years and her puor
cousin spent a weekend
in Bermuda with ong! Pl
bet huth those dames had
plenty to say to the fail-
ures. They probably Jeft
them without a shred of
dignity. . ;

Sinee wonten’s lib be-
came the “in” thing ['m
sure the Dead Battery

‘Syndrame has been a
lively topic af vonversa-
tion al many a lien party.
I will alsu bet that not
one of them has we
slightest clue regarding

‘the part she played in her

"partner's inability ‘to

function.

From whal 1] have ob-
server, the females out
there are coming on su
strong they scare men tu
death, NM is difficull, if
not impossible, fur a
terrified male to rise tu
the occasion.
>. am an unmarried
waman in my 408 who
has all the normal drives
and desires. { am not gut
looking for sex, but if 1
find the man attractive
and the subject comes
up, you can bet your bot-
tom dollar HE is the one

who does the asking and

his battery is very much
As A Woman
"Dear Woman This is
not the time te debate
the pros and cons of
women's itberation, but I
can tell you the crusade
opened many doors thal
were reviously closed.
Su,

of the fuct that many
women were grossly
urderpald.

int Is my opinion that

e sexually-ageressive
female has been with us
alot fonger. than
women's liberatlon,
Women who come on so
strong (hat they allenute
people build walls, In-
stead of bridges, that
damage themselves and
the cause aswell, —

The following letter is
more to the point:

Dear Ann Landers; My
husband's battery went
dead ‘12 years ago when

_ he had ‘surgery for a
malignant prostate.

10
but
- much easier to care fora

While we no longer -have
sexual infercourse. our
‘love life is: ds-gucd -as
ever. Maybe betler.

. ‘There's a lot ol cuds
dling and kissing. and:
tenderness. I find it com-
pletely satisfying and

‘don’t miss the other one

ait. — Content In Colora-
Oo . a ;
Dear Content? What u
beautiful way ‘to end. the
controversy! Bless you!

It is often sald that
children owe it to their

parents to take care of: .

them in their later years
because the parents took
care of the child, I Have

ent with
Tan tell vate

child than for an elderly
parent, I have done both,
* Caring for the elder]
Is difficult even when
that persen is sweet-tem- |
and well-behaved,
y are not, In all falr-
ness, I understand it Is
hard to be agreeable
when physical problems
develop and formerly ac-
tive people can no longer
be involved in conumuni-
ty affairs. Nor is it easy
to see ones health and
en ec a owe
ine Tall well thle s_ will
never get better, In Taci,
the certainty is that
things will get worse.
Often food requires
special’ preparation.
Medication must he
given several times a
day. Bathing and dress: .
ing take time and ener-
, The offspring must
ve up his or her well-

' established lifestyle. The

roles are reversed. Now
it is the elderly parent
who does not want the
child to go out for an
evening or even take a
brief vacation. No substl-
tute caretaker Is accept:
able, a
My sister insinuated
that I was caring for my
rents because they
ve some money and in

“the end J will be well re-

. warded for my trouble.

» This made me furious. I

oP.G. should. carry. aesign ¢~ -

wep dtp

would not‘do this for
anyone but my. parents

for 10 times the amount .

of money I may inherit.

Thanks for letting’ me -
- share my feelings with

you, Ang. I'm sure there
are a large number of
readers who are walking
in my moccasins. They
will know exactly how I

‘for

‘ter that-4

; others
may fot, — Faithful Fan
Now that the elderly

are living. longer, caring

feel, ‘even

them. is a-prablem
more and more of us will
face, Thank you for a let-
real many
readers will |dentify
Poa
Humlloreub solution
have read several ket-,
ters: in your column over

ee Se

“with.

'tknow my father.
/ Agay ter I can
‘remember German

Shepherd next door. He
barked every night,
tarting at abou

t. No one had
the gumption to tell the
owner that his dog was

ne -
ers, much less go to

court over the matter.

One night my father
went out in the yard
with a tape recorder.
The next t when the
dog 8 to bark he
telephoned the neighbor
and played the tape. My
father repeated the per-
formance for five nights
running. The sixth t
the dog was quiet. We
never RT out
what that. nelghbor did
to put ay.end to the
bar. , hut it. surely
worked. — Peaceful -

Your father must have
been quite a guy. Thanks
for telling us ubout him.
I'll bet he hada -marvel-
ous sense of humor. (So

; did mine).

A definition

Best definition of the
week: “ ‘Philosophical’ is
the cheerful, optimistic
attitude-assumed by

’ those not directly involy-

ed in the trouble.”

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SIGNATURE HIS “AUTO-GRAPH"?
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letter used stands for another. If you think that K equals 0, it
will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words,

and words using an apostrophe can give you clues to locating .

vowels. Solution is accomplished by trial and error, ©