Dear Abby Readers Urged to Respect Doctors Privacy in Public
A doctor’s wife recounts constant interruptions after church as strangers ask medical questions about patients. Abby affirms physicians need family time and privacy and asks readers not to seek medical advice from doctors in public. She notes many professions face similar intrusions and invites solutions.
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Dear Abby Advice on Gift Strain with a Friend
A reader asks how to handle gifting limited by finances as a friend’s jealousy over unequal gifts strains the friendship. The columnist says stop gifts to avoid hurt feelings and suggests telling Tillie the gifts have stopped due to affordability.
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Procrastinators Club Foresees 1990 Oddities
The Procrastinators Club released its 1990 predictions a day before the year ends. President Les Waas says the list is always timely and historically accurate. Forecasts include a lip-synching group, an NEL team boosting off-field play, Millie the dog biography outselling a local author, and Liz Taylor turning a scent into profit.
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