Dear Ann Landers,
've always had a private telephone line until recently. Now I'm on a party line-the other party is the family next door. They have a seventeen-year-old son who screams, "Hey, get off the line!" whenever I pick up the re-ceiver. What possible interest could I have in listening to this boy jabber with his high-school friends? After being shouted at and insulted several times, I wrote a letter to the boy's father. I received no reply. If someone had written a similar letter to me, I would have gone over immediately to discuss the problem. Now whenever I encounter a member of that family, they turn their heads. Do you feel I should not have written the letter?-Grand Rapids

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