Dear Ann Landers Advice Columns Collide With Family Matters
A reader asks how to handle remarried couple pressures on another child while a mother worries about birth control. Ann advises staying out of the couple’s bedroom and medicine chest. Other letters discuss wheelchair dignity, humor as education, and a granddaughter’s affection, with Beatrice the wandering visitor and a bar sign pun as the day’s closer.
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Ann Landers
Mike
April
Ann
Rancho Cordova
Calif
Rancho
Nylon scrubber quiets dripping sink tips
Dear Heloise offers a quick fix for a noisy leak using a nylon body mesh scrubber placed over the drain to muffle water noises. The note notes faucet leaks can waste up to 6000 gallons yearly and urges prompt repair to save water and money. Also shares garage-sale display hack using ladders as a closet rod and invites reader hints to Heloise.
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Heloise
Jane Hubiak
Eric
Heloise PO
San Antonio TX
Roberta Hutchinson
Pittsford
San Antonio
Bladder training advised for urge incontinence care
A reader reports urge incontinence after a hysterectomy and bladder lift. An expert explains urge incontinence differs from stress incontinence, not helped by surgery, and suggests a bladder training program plus possible Urispas or Ditropan alternatives. Surgery suits stress incontinence.
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer 37 News Caster Charles 39 Actress Joanne 40 Zuider follower 41 Din
Crossword puzzle fill from Eugene Sheffer style with clues and answers across and down. Includes names such as Charles, Joanne, and Marie paths and themes. entries span theater, geography, science, and pop culture. grid references and solution time noted.
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Charles
Joanne
Zuider Follower
Din
Maja
Painter
African Cape
Anne Nichols
Just Sa
Life
Caesar
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