Dear Ann Landers Tackles Tipping Etiquette
Readers debate tipping norms. A family miscalculation at a restaurant sparks complaints about service wages, with letters from Iowa, California, Wisconsin, Illinois, and other states urging fair wages and tipping reforms including service charges. The exchange covers living wages, job skill value, and possible ways to signal poor service without burning bridges.
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Photo filing tip vows to label film contents on receipts
A Texarkana reader shares a lesson from a lost set of prints. She suggests writing on the back of the photo receipt stub what the film contains to enable tracing if vouchers or envelopes are missing. The note includes a real experience with a tracer form and a call to readers to adopt the practice.
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Shingles Pain Persists Years After Rash Ends
A reader asks about ongoing shingles pain after a year without the rash. The doctor explains shingles is the reactivated chickenpox virus causing peripheral neuropathy and pain that can last months or years. Possible relief options include lidocaine patches and TENS devices to blunt nerve signals.
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Crossword Puzzle Clue List
A dense set of across and down clues covering people places and phrases across and down with themed terms including literary figures and historical references. The grid includes entries like Fu Manchu and Casey at the Bat among others with various wordplay and definitions.
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