Wife with excuses in Guinness book of records
Dear Ann Landers replies to a reader proposing his wife as the world’s champion at inventing excuses to avoid sexual relations. He notes anniversaries and alleged illnesses while she cites frequent refusals as a problem to resolve through communication and therapy. The columnist discourages the record bid and suggests open talk and, if needed, professional guidance with medical group approval.
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Ann Larders
California
Ink removal tips for leather chairs and home hacks
Readers share practical hints from Dear Heloise columns. Use cuticle remover on genuine leather with saddle soap and leather dressing, test first. if plastic, try hairspray. Other tips include cleaning draperies with a soft broom, spray painting bathroom fixtures, and repurposing foam padding for camping.
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Heloise
Working From Home With President Carter Parodies Family Life
A humorous essay compares working from home to President Carter’s routine, detailing intrusions from pest control to family interruptions. The narrator, a humor writer, reflects on remote work challenges, wanting proper margins, clean paper, and quiet focus, while noting calls to prove daily productivity.
Exceptions to opening lead rules in three spades deal
A bridge analysis shows West leading the queen of spades against no trump and the play forces declarer to lose. It discusses an exception where the leader has three or four cards headed by an honor in partner's suit and why leading the lowest card is often best. The piece then contrasts with a common but sometimes flawed general rule to lead the highest card of partner's suit.
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Carter
West
East
Declarer
South
Pocket calculators under scrutiny in Columbus schools
About 300 Columbus public school students in grades four to six participate in an eight week pilot to determine the calculator's role in the classroom. The project ends June 2 and is funded by a $109,100 federal grant covering procurement of 300 calculators and related salaries and expenses.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
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