Dear Ann Landers advice column letters on work ethics and denture issues
A reader seeks guidance on firing a friend’s daughter who is a poor secretary. A second letter describes a father pressuring a son’s dentist over ill fitting dentures. Another asks about a 15 year old receiving a mink cape from her boyfriend and a father’s protest. The column offers blunt corrective counsel emphasizing responsibility, cost disputes, and parental boundaries.
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At Wit’s End and a Fractured Birthday Gag
A humor filled column contrasts a daughter’s gift of an electric can opener and sons’ jokes about a bicycle. The narrator recalls failed athleticism, awkward rides, and a running gag about aging. A closing note references a Ptolemy chord table from the Almagest and a mid second century A D dating.
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