Dear Abby and the rubber duck confession
A reader shares a bizarre habit of chewing rubber objects to calm nerves and recounts a workplace incident with a rubber duck that cost him his job and threaten his marriage. Abby offers light, practical responses and a Christmas wish letter from a tired mother is printed for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Abby
Retiring GM toolmaker keeps WWII lunch box tradition alive
Homer Hetsler of Elyria retires after 44 years at GM Fisher Body and Western Automatic, carrying a battered lunch box from 1926 that his wife packed every day. He dented the box during WWII motorcycle days and vows to keep it polished for memorial display. He laughed about occasional goofs like forgetting the egg, while his wife Roxie Sareal shared the care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Homer Harold Hetsler
Rosemmere St
Hetsler
Western Automatic
General Motors
Homer
Rabbit
Mr Heisler
Roxie Sareal
Mrs Hetsler
Mr Hetsler
British titles up for grabs as heirs may exist
London reports potential heirs to dozens of hereditary peerages and baronetcies. Debretts editor Patrick Montague Smith says many titles are dormant or extinct and could be claimed by surprising heirs, including Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Patrick Montague Smith
Debretts
Whos
Siscounts
Family titles and heirs loom in long forgotten lines
An extended, fragmentary report traces noble titles and potential heirs across centuries. It describes how baronetcies and earldoms, including Moore of Ross Carbery, Breadalbane, and other lines, have faced dormant or disputed succession, with distant relatives and American migrants mentioned as possible heirs. The piece mentions Adrian Dunbar and a Hetsler lunchbox lifestyle, linking travel, tinkering, and a retirement tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague Smith
Moore
Ross Carbery
United States
America
Garment Care Instructions on Hangtags and Labels
Tag guidance explains whether to dry clean or launder the new garment. Instructions cover care symbols and recommended methods to preserve fabric and color. Follow hangtag details to avoid damage and maintain fit.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abigail van Buren
Chewer
Vem
Jacksonville
Fla
Abby Box
Los Angeles
Cal
Abbys
Young
Cleveland
James
Harssemn
Homer Hetsler
By Embree H. Hoffman
General Motors Corporation-Fisher Body
Elyria
Heisler
Wyvill
Lbll
Britains
Warmaduke Asty Wavill
Cousin
George II
Newton D Arcy
Winchester
Earl of Dundee
Fing
Charles II
Duke of Lauderdale
Committee of Privileges of the
House of Lords
Earl of
Breadalbane
Armerica
Campbell
Adrian Ivor Dunbar
Upper Fairmount
Sir Adrian Dunbar of
Mochrum
Mochrum Park
Scotland
Heislers
Home
Arizona
Canada
Cape Cod
Florida
Elyria Church of the Nazarene
Nes
Tinker Travel
Agnes Hartman
Chamberlin
Grafton
State Medical Board
Azoleos
Resar Florist
Ty Bran Kelloggs
Burs
Pelyain
Second ST
North Zayre Northgate
East Abbe RD