Show 30— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday February 16 1984 —— Ann Landers t BY CHARLES PEANUTS M SCHULTg ' - DEAR ANN LANDERS: I suggest you rethink your attitude toward fat people You are far too generous The truth is that they choose to berfat Consider please the problems of the spouse I am married to a living breathing tub of lard The only subject on whcih he can speak eloquently is "hunger” You and I both know he is not hungry He just wants to eat AGAIN The feelings he is experiencing are anger frustration or boredom Consequently he is inno shape to deal with real problems such as a financial crisis or a sick child I must do these things while Fatso eats Because of his obesity I am denied sex I used to enjoy sitting on his lap Now he has no lap I can’t even get a hug His arms don’t extend beyond his belly and I can’t get close enough This doesn’t bother him at all because he has no energy for sex It’s all he can do to waddle from the dining room table to the big chair in the library and watch TV k He drinks a of beer every night and eats potato chips by the hour Before he turns in he is in the fridge looking for leftover dessert or Icecream The man weighed 183 in college and looked terrific Today he refuses to get on a scale but I’ll bet he’s over 250 He’s 36 years old I have no sympathy for him He is fat because he’d rather eat than do anything else in the six-pac- world — Disgusted in Arizona DEAR ARIZONA: Your husband soulds like a compulsive eater — and this is not a matter of choice He is out of control Let’s hope he gets sick of himself soon and gets professional help by joining Weight Watchers or Overeaters Anonymous You can’t do a thing for him He must do this himself DEAR ANN LANDERS: You have never been a waitress or you would not have taken the side of the parents who wrote to complain about being barred from a restaurant because their child threw a spoon that missed a patron and hit the window The owner had every right to tell them not to come in with the child ever again I have been a waitress for 22 years The worst experience I had were caused by children who were permitted to run wild while their parents sat unconcerned as if they belonged to someone BY HARGREAVES AND SELLERS MR MEN AND LITTLE MISS else One "family restaurant” I worked in closed down because they couldn’t keep help I quit after two weeks Screaming kids ran into food carts and tackled waitresses carrying heavy trays The yelling was unbelievable After that experience I became a cocktail waitress The hours wsere terrible but there were not brats to put up with Just sign me — Three Of My Own And Have Never Been Barred From Anyplace DEAR NEVER: Many readers agreed with you I was fascinated by the fact that almost all who wrote were waiters and waitresses I still feel the parents should have been given a second chance To be barred from the best restaurant in a small town is pretty stiff punishment for a first offense But I understand where you are coming from and I thank you for writing ClfW Fidd Enterprises BY CAPTAIN EASY CROOKS & LAWRENCE Inc Horoscope VIRGO (Aug 22) In social your companions will find your enjoyable today However it family are polled they might not give you ARIES (March If) today should be a day of harvest tor the fruits of your labors If the pickings are alim it means you must try hardier the next time TAURUS (April 20) Today you may find cash among the canapes An enjoyable social gathering could prove beneficial from a busi- SCORPIO (Oct 22) Friends could influence how you conduct yourself today If they’re wasteful you'll be tempted to match them dime for dime SAGITTARIUS (Nov 21) An objective you hope to realize could prove elusive early in the day Later unexpected factors will come into play and reverse the tide CAPRICORN (Dec If) It could prove unwise to experiment with untested procedures today Success is mow assured if you stay with methods that previously worked for you 20-Fe- 21-Ap-ril 20-Ma- y - situations company Friday February 17 1884 b 18) Business situaAQUARIUS (Jan tions should work out rather well for you today if you take things a step at a time Don’t attempt to accomplish everything in one leap PISCES (Feb 20) Ambitions are best served today if you try to share what you hope to gain for yourself Team efforts have greater ness standpoint GEMINI (May 20) Careless mistakes in : your work must be corrected promptly today Any errors you make can be easily smoothed over if you don’t : CANCER (June 22) It’s best not to : criticize others today If you feel the need to do so be sure that what you say is constructive and not offensive 22) Your material prospects J LEO (July look good today You should end up on the profit I side of the ledger if you properly exploit all your opportunities a 21-Ju- ne dilly-dall- y L members the same grades LIBRA (Sept 23) When shopping today allow adequate time to scan all the merchandise Bargains will be overlooked if you are too 23-Oc- L hasty BY DICK CAVALLI WINTHROP 24-N- ov 23-D- ec 22-J- an 21-Ju- ly 23-A- Your Birthday February 17 1864 Changes tend to work for your benefit this coming year especially where your career is concerned When conditions begin to shift you'll know how to use this to your advantage 0 Ncwioapar EMarprlM Attn ln IMlMDi I'm 58 years old with high blood pressure I recently suffered what my doctor called a transient ischemic attack (TIA) My who is not a doctor said it’s not serious Then why did I spend 15 days in the hospital? Would you explain what a TIA is and will it return? son-in-la- w f DEAR READER: Your may have meant that it doesn’t cause serious damage to the brain But a TIA is serious because many people who have ' one can suffer complete strokes A transitory ischemic attack (TIA) causes the same symptoms you get with a stroke Fortunately the symptoms are transitory You can have loss of speech paralysis of an arm or leg and any of the symptoms resulting (com a stroke Sometimes the symptoms and findings of a stroke last only a few minutes or leu than an hour Some of these are caused by disease inside the 'carotid arteries in the neck A small portion of a clot may break off and pau through arteries in the brain While passing it may temporarily occlude that artery and cause the symptoms Some authorities think some TIAs are caused by heart irregularities that temporarily limit the heart's effectiveness in circulating blood to parts of the brain Regardleu of the actual mechanism involved anyone who has such an attack deserves a careful neurological examination If a person has disease in the carotid arteries in the neck he 1 son-in-la- BYARTSANSOM woon’tyducauacab BBsmsaecK Atb hws ir AND SEUP HIM HOM&WAUVT' Dr Lambi S THE BORN LOSER w may he a candidate for surgery to prevent a future stroke SEAR DR LAMB: I've been told that distilled water is good for arthritis Then someone said distilled water had all of the oxygen taken out Is that true? I was always under the impression that only the impurities were taken out of distilled water Please set me straight on this SEAR READER: All water has some dissolved gas The amount dissolved is directly related to the concentration of the gas the water is exposed to in this case the air and atmospheric pressure Hardly any gas is absorbed into bottled distilled water Real distilled water is purified and shouldn't contain any chemicals By definition water is composed of two hydrogen atoms combined with one oxygen atom Using distilled water is perfectly healthy It won’t cause you any problems unless it has been contaminated then it's no longer distilled STEVE ROPER vouta going to pay At£ BACK PDA THAT Sucker punch? BY you know my SAUNDERS & OVERGARD right? LET ME GIVE YOU A FREE AERIAL SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF SEA HARBOR water Because of the questiopns that have been raised about the water supply in some areas one solution to the problem is to use bottled distilled water as is done in many countries throughout the world However neither distilled water nor any other special water would do anything at all to treat arthritis It certainly would be wonderful if treating arthritis were that simple FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON Nmrspaptr Enterprise Assn 9 Almnnn-p- — — —— — Wilson 18th vice president of the US in 1812 and American historian Henry Brooks Adams in Press International By United : Today is Thursday February 16th the 47th day of 1884 with 318 to follow The moon is approaching its full phase The mailing stars are Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn There is no evening star Those born on this date are under the sign of " Aquarius They include Italian printer and type designer Giambattista Bodoni in 1740 Henry Crassvvord ' 41 On this date in history: In 1823 the treasure-lade- n tomb of Tutankhamen — “King Tut"— was opened by archeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings In 1858 Fidel Castro was sworn in as Cuba’s Premier OUR BOARDING HOUSE WITH HOOPLE AAR TWEEDY BY NED RIDDLE i- - CONFERENCE ROOM m inf-- put 1 Ftofcwn IlMliU Ml I Mm n l— I " miw Ip— In II Bum IlSdfcy 14 uJaiMl MMhr OCkMM II WtMikMp ii r ITSmmm 1 IwaNM M 1 Z Swift Mcnft MMrj Tift S F— t ' 4 4 TkackarpyH MM thwp HlwM UHMp S - SfMMP IMP muwuftn o—l (—1 141— m— MMw lM MS—pal 27 Cl— (wdL) Sbftk 10 Shift SIMmM Ifldi (— 41 41 - w— 44M0WM) 4 4a ' JJ MMM (OhJ MAcHt Kuril Mr—— si n— iin— mi M PI— pttrjMOM 1 just’ discovered that chalk squeaks leu on the downstrake than on the upstroke” Mr V i |