Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 15, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba DIVERSIONS B3 2001 CROSSWORD By THOMAS JOSEPH ACROSS 46 Army 1 Dwindle 5 Gigi star 10 Highest capital in the world 12 Without help 13 Faze 14 Doles out 15 Chest briefly 16 Rough 18 Jacket part 20 Casual top 21 Feedbag fill repast DOWN 1 Todos 2 Record company 3 Swiftly 4 Balloon fill 5 Arrived 6 Trebek of Jeop ardy 7 Turns 8 Penny tion 9 Like some boxes 11 Pasternak hero Yesterdays answer 23 Terminate 17 Surf ing 24 Crystal tapping sound 26 column heading 29 Vaccine type 31 Sort 32 Fake 36 Implied meaning 39 Social page word 40 Spiral 41 Incites 43 Battery part 44 House coat 45 For sake spot 19 Long time 22 New business 24 Antiknock additive 25 Rorschach creation 27 Golfs Ernie 28 Accident 30 Writer Stout 33 Rolling Stones song 34 SAT takers 35 Lemon rind strips 37 Sea motion 38 Alimony payers 42 PC capacity 215 One letter stands for In this A is used for the three X for the two Single the length and formation of the words are all Each day the code letters are 215 XG OL GHAR XG OG OL OC LHF Yesterdays A WOMANS HEAD IS ALWAYS INFLUENCED BY HER BUT A MANS HEART IS ALWAYS INFLUENCED BY HIS COUNTESS BLESSINGTON KING FEATURES SYNDICATE Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch BOTH South NORTH 1094 0 WEST EAST J 10 9 4 3 K 8 7 876 OK SOUTH 0 A 10 6 2 K 4 The bidding SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Pass Pass Pass Pass Opening lead Jack of Those little extra chances can sometimes be hard to Study todays diagram and decide on Souths best line to fulfil the no trump The auction is strictly from Bidding Souths opening bid showed a balanced 2022 points and North had just enough to raise to West led a spade assuming the club suit would produce four Youre getting older when your teeth and you sleep apart declarer could count eight A 33 diamond break would produce an extra but that was a chance declarer could not afford to test there was too great a possibility that the oppo nents could then collect two dia monds and three spade A better line is to play for East to hold at least one of the missing heart honours a on But there is another though which can be tested at no Did you find it If either defender has a single ton diamond an extra trick can be set up in that suit by force without the defenders being able to harm As the cards when declarer cashes the ace of diamonds after winning the open ing lead as cheaply as the king Now declarer sim ply continues with a diamond to force out the remaining high hon our and set up the fulfilling If a diamond honour does not declarer cashes the king and queen of then overtakes the 10 of clubs with the ace to run the 10 of If that dummys six of clubs is an entry to repeat the heart finesse for the As the cards that line is Tribune Media By Marlene TORONTO Brush the grey hair put of your pull up your rock ing chair and get ready for some humour thatll make you laugh till your dentures No disrespect Its just that looking at aging in a playful light can boost health and And while you cant beat telling jokes and funny stories face to you can move your arthritic fingers over the computer keyboard to generate a smile or get a belly full of Check out a California Internet and its feature Oh My Aging Funny where older site visitors are asked if theyve heard a good one Under humorous jokes on theres this anonymous offering Now that Im heres what Ive I started out with I still have most of My wild oats have turned to prunes and All If God want ed me to touch my he would have put them on my Then there are these random thoughts on body changes and exercise based on wisdom from Hugh Cowan I am in Rounds a and You have to stay in My grand mother started walking five miles a day when she was She is 97 today and we dont know where she Whats the relationship between humour and health Laughter can be an antidote to which can cause physical problems like raised blood pres muscle tension and shallow breath notes an article by David Jacobson on Research released last November suggests that laughter may also be good for keeping the old ticker in The old saying that laughter is the best medicine definitely appears to be true when it comes to protecting your Michael Miller of the University of Maryland Medical Center said about a study of 300 people that found those with heart disease laughed In an Walter a sociologist who researches fun behav said humour is a cultural phenom enon which can also have social The older you the more humour seems to act as a tool to connect with added a lecturer at the University of Those simple fun stories and gentle probings of each other are seen as life enhancing and not as cutting as they seemed at early life when youre more competitive and poking fun can be seen as a form of he Added From a health ben the more socially connected people are in the more they tend to be says relying on computers or TV for laughs can be so he encourages connecting personally with others to exchange humorous stories and But humour has Youre bound to grin at this cute con from Ounce of Prevention joke section A woman considering her expenses at her favourite beauty counter declared Every year it costs me more just to stay the same age I was the year The site societys with the down sides of It encourages focusing on the For older people are generally more relaxed take more responsibility for their health and know better what it takes to satisfy them the site their sense of humour is Which leads us to The Britains monthly magazine for people with a mature sense of The Web site encourages visi tors to exchange light and bright views and short stories with other silver Paddy Kitchen recalls her decision to get on a horse for the first time in 23 years after partaking in a discussion with her neighbour Sharon while down ing their second bottle of Sharon suggested we book a ride at the stables in the next Kitchen I agreed Im a very consent ing Next morning I remember Im three stone overweight and have dif climbing Kitchen com the ride with jelly legs after On another Web a Scottish woman known as Besom and a Englishman named geon invite visitors to to grow old Their site gives 28 signs that youre getting up there in Among them You and your teeth dont sleep together you try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you arent wearing any and getting lucky means youve found your car in the parking And oh heres one not on the list You start looking up humorous Web sites for the older Canadian Press Good sense should take precedence over protocol DEAR Ann Landers Its time to update the etiquette I didnt care for your response to Angry who did not want his brother to be his best You said he should ask him anyway for the sake of family When I was married several years I let my parents browbeat me into asking my sister to be my matron of She was of no help Before the cere when I was I asked her to zip up my She left it halfway open and attached only part of my bridal I was too nervous to and walked down the aisle with my dress half zip and my train cascading to one What really hurt was that she did it on purpose and thought it was hilari I had a beautiful wedding in spite of my but our relationship was never the The best man or maid of honour should be the person who loves you enough to want you to look your best on your wedding My sis ter was not that and I am sorry now that I let her do this to I say they ought to update the wedding man Disappointed Bride Dear Disappointed Bride My advice was not based on what the etiquette books Good in my should take precedence over protocol when protocol doesnt feel I do that family should come first whenever in your it was the wrong way to Dear Ann Landers I am engaged to a great and we are planning to be married in a few The problem is his My fiances brother is divorced and has custody of his eight yearold The girl has never been taught She breaks steals and listens to no My fiance often brings the child to my home and asks me to babysit for I realize the girl has but I dont have the experience to deal with How can I get my fiance to under stand that its an imposition to take care of this and it is not my place to correct her behavioural problems What To Dear What To I know its a big but please dont lose this opportunity to help this unfortunate You dont need experience to deal with All you need is a warm heart and some understanding of what she has been I urge you to accept the Your fiance will love you all the more for I guarantee Dear Ann Landers The letter from the lady containing DOs and DONTs for dealing with a person with arthritis was I recall some thing I learned from one of your columns years ago that helped me when I practised medicine and had several patients who suffered from The column said when someone wants to shake hands with a person with the arthritic person should grasp the other persons hand first and do the If the other person does the he or she could unknowingly cause severe pain to the arthritic I taught this to my patients and called it the Ann Lan ders A Dear A Doctor I have had several babies named after me one of theres a horse in Lexington that bears my and a cow in born on my July But an Ann Lan ders handshake Thats something I am honoured and I thank Creators Syndicate For February 16 Surprise phone call from old pal just Sagittarius ARIES March Friendship is the magic word youve been a and now its time to call In a few Your attention is It may be the right day to end the day early and go away for the Accept a Taurus April Concentrate on overdue and pur Your weekend pro look but have a solid Weekend work Is but youll be glad to have extra Save it dont Gemini May No worrying allowed today first of you are in Use your humour and charm to throw grouch es then grab the tage and run with Be ative or persuasive to get Youre a great date Cancer June Give in to the wishes of your favourite child or Gracefully yield the spotlight high its only Creative voting Is 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