Dear Ann Landers, 'm a single woman who works as a waitress. I get off at midnight and have to walk three long blocks from the bus to my apartment. Three of the girls I work with have been raped in the last six months. I am petrified that it might happen to me. I carry a can of Mace in my pocket and an icepick, too. Frankly, I doubt that I would have the nerve to use the icepick. As for the Mace, I don't think I would have the presence of mind to use that, either. Some articles on rape say if a woman is attacked she is better off to submit-that her chances of being beat up or killed are greatly reduced if she does as she is told and doesn't put up a fight. Other articles say just the opposite. I am terribly confused and hope you will settle this matter once and for all. I am going to follow your advice, no matter what it is. -N.Y. Worry
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Dear Readers, , Olga, lights one cigarette off the other. I’ve seen her forget she has one going in the ashtray and then light another one. My husband and I do not smoke. We find Olga’s continual smoking a nuisance. Last night, we were playing cards, and Olga was, as usual, smoking up a storm. I said, “Please blow it over there. I don’t want your lung cancer.” She replied, “Secondhand smoke is harmless. You’re getting crotchety.” I say a person does not need to inhale smoke to be harmed by it, and that being around smoke can be damaging. What do you say, Ann? -Choking in Sioux Falls
