A lesson in teaching your son to fish
A writer recalls teaching his son Robert to fish beginning in 1982 with a Complete Fishing Outfit for 12.97 at Kmart. They bond over worms, lures, and humorous misadventures, including an ironically dramatic bluegill, legal jokes, and a return to fishing years later with another rod. The piece ends with the boy likely asking to fish again.
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Robert
Kmart
Uncle Joe
Geraldo Rivera
Joe
Billy Bluegill
Robby
Billy the Bluegirl
Billy
New York
Phil
New Jersey
Zork
Animal Kingdom
Tom Parker
Rip
Tom
Ike
Beware the false success and its rotten roots
Dear Abby letters discuss a street encounter with a supposedly successful 27 year old drug dealer whose wealth masks crime. The reader weighs reporting him to police versus envy and moral duty, urging whistleblowing as public service.
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Abby
Dear Abby Advice On Love Trust And Public Etiquette
Abigail Van Buren presents letters about wedding bands handling disputes with suitors masculine appearance public drinking through a straw spousal fidelity and a long-experienced woman’s views on marriages and divorce. The reader notes include a 78 year old who has divorced three husbands for infidelity and contemplates a fourth marriage.
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Abby
Minneapolis
Charlie
Margie
Ray
Many surrogate mothers have a good experience
Erin Brotman, a 24 year old bank worker from Newark, says she loves pregnancy and chose to become a surrogate for the couple who helped her have another child. The story contrasts her positive view with the New Jersey court case involving Mary Beth Whitehead and notes about surrogate centers and expert commentary.
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Newark
N.J
Erin Brotman
Brotman
Bratman
Ontario
Calif
New Jersey
Fanny
Mary Beth Whitehead
Brick Township
Superior Court
Harvey R Sorkow
Whitehead
William
Elizabeth Stern
Hackensack
Sorkan
Beth Scholten
Center For
Beverly Hills
Hilary Hanafin
Hanafin
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Roy Scheider
Richard Dreyfuss
Roy
Dave Barry
Aken
Abigail van Buren
Dear Abby
Bloom County
Majr
Doonesbury
Salome
Beike Breathed
Gop
Amy
Garry Trudeau
BY Gary Larson
Russell
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