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RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Readers: Several readers have written to say it was easier to get off cocaine than …Read more.
RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Ann Landers: Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with kidney disease. My mother told me …Read more.
RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Ann Landers: Too many parents have no idea what goes on all day in school, and yet, …Read more.
RELEASE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
Dear Ann Landers: I am the mother of a very confused 5-year-old boy. His father and I …Read more.
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RELEASE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2010Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999. Dear Ann Landers: Quit telling people how to live their lives. I'm speaking on behalf of all the smokers out there. The way smokers are treated today is outrageous! We are law-abiding citizens who make an honest living and pay our taxes, but in this country, if you smoke, you are made to feel like a criminal. What gives you the right to say, "Smokers stink"? In the building where I work, we are forced to smoke outdoors in freezing weather. Is pneumonia better than lung cancer? Your answer to all of this is, "Well, just quit." Well, I don't want to quit. I enjoy it. If I want to smoke, I'll smoke. I'm not breaking any laws. It's legal. And please don't read me the riot act about what it's doing to my health. That's my business, not yours. Our society has created more psychological damage to smokers than second-hand smoke could possibly do to your health. And you, Ann Landers, have been the cheerleader. You owe me and all the smokers of the world an apology. — Disgusted in Cleveland Dear Cleveland: OK. I apologize — for trying to save you smokers billions of dollars in medical bills, burned buildings and the agony of emphysema and lung cancer. I gladly accept the title of cheerleader against this killer addiction. I cannot think of a higher compliment. Dear Ann Landers: As a longtime wearer of hearing aids, I would like to say I have developed a rather keen sense of humor about my deficiency.
Three elderly men, all wearing hearing aids in both ears, were sitting on the back steps of a nursing home. They were quite silent, when suddenly, one gentleman, wanting to make small talk, said, "Boy, it sure is windy today." One of the other gentlemen replied, "No, I don't think it's Wednesday. I'm pretty sure it's Thursday." The third man started to get out of his chair and said, "Yes, I'm thirsty, too. Let's go get a drink." This is a good example of how we often hear, incorrectly, what is said to us. I hope you will share it with your readers. — Woodrow in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dear Woodrow: I have heard several funny stories about hearing-impaired folks and how they have misheard something or other. I especially like yours, however, because I didn't have to clean it up to print it. Thank you. Forget to save some of your favorite Ann Landers columns? "Nuggets and Doozies" is the answer. Send a self-addressed, long, business-sized envelope and a check or money order for $5.25 (this includes postage and handling) to: Nuggets, c/o Ann Landers, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Ann Landers and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. ANN LANDERS (R) COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM ANN LANDERS 1/1/99 Page 11
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