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B8 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021
Man uses anatomic features to identify women
I get him to stop these
comments and refer to the
women by name. Also, can
you explain why he always
slips in the description of
the woman’s anatomy? —
MORE THAN A BODY
DEAR MORE: A direct
way to get your boyfriend
to cut it out would be to tell
him in plain English that
the graphic description of
these women’s anatomy is
a huge turnoff . As to your
second question, your boy-
friend does it because this
is how he classifi es the
females he meets. He does
not view them as individ-
uals; he identifi es them
according to their anatomy.
DEAR ABBY: On two
occasions, I have given my
girlfriend money (several
thousand dollars) to help
her cover medical expenses.
Both times her father prom-
ised to pay me back. He
made good on his promise
the fi rst time, but it has been
almost two months since I
fronted the money and he
hasn’t paid me back. He
DEAR ABBY: When
my boyfriend talks about
women, he doesn’t always
refer to them by their name.
In most cases, I don’t know
the individual. But even
if he does refer to her by
name, what bothers me
is he always follows it
by describing her boobs
(example, “the one with the
big boobs, she has got to
be at least a 42D, they stick
straight out,” or, “she’s petite
with a very small waist-
line”). Yet, he says he loves
my fi gure and always says
he loves the way I’m built.
I have ignored the “big
boob” comments because
(I’m guessing) he gets some
kind of satisfaction from
making them, so I have
gone along with it. How-
ever, it is becoming increas-
ingly annoying. How can
promised to do it when he
got paid, but he has “gotten
paid” several times since.
I’m considering taking
him to small claims court. It
wouldn’t be his fi rst time in
that situation. Am I cheap?
Or am I right for wanting
to be repaid? If I’m right,
how should I proceed?
— UNPAID
DEAR UNPAID:
You were kind to front
the money for your girl-
friend’s medical treatment.
Her father should not have
promised to repay you if
he didn’t intend to follow
through. Contact him again
and see if you can’t agree
on a payment plan that
will be easier for him than
paying you a lump sum.
But if that doesn’t work, I
hope you got the promise
he made in writing. If you
didn’t, and you take him
to small claims court, you
will have no proof to show
a judge.
If you do have something
in writing, proceed by con-
tacting the county clerk in
When your computer is in despair
the small claims court dis-
trict closest to where her
father lives, fi ll out a “state-
ment of claim” form at the
clerk’s offi ce and pay the
fi ling fee. I wish you luck.
DEAR ABBY: My
brother and I are in our
40s. We live several states
apart and visit each other a
couple times a year. We are
both very active but on dif-
ferent time schedules. I’m
a morning person who gets
up at 5 a.m.. He’s a night
owl. He sleeps until 10 a.m.
and expects to be havinf
fun until at least midnight.
He plans activities —
buys us concert tickets to
a 9-11 p.m. show that’s an
hour away, which guaran-
tees to keep us up past mid-
night. He gets upset if I
don’t stay up late, because
that means we don’t get to
spend as much time together
or do all the activities we
want. He won’t wake up
earlier because weekends/
vacation days are his only
chance to sleep late.
After our visits, I’m so
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exhausted it takes me a
week to recover from get-
ting only four hours of
sleep while he’s here, and
it aff ects the quality of my
work. Is there a rule of eti-
quette for guests and hosts
regarding adjusting sched-
ules to accommodate each
other? Shouldn’t the host
choose the schedule? Or
must the host accommo-
date the guest’s preferred
schedule? — SLEEPY SIS
DEAR SIS: House-
guests are supposed to
abide by the schedule of
their host. What this means
is your common-sense
assertion that when you are
at your brother’s house you
would stay up later, and
when he’s at yours he would
go to bed earlier, is correct.
DEAR ABBY: I have
worked for the same boss
for nearly 40 years. He’s
in his mid-70s; I’m in my
mid-60s. Because we’ve
been together for so long,
we’re close friends. Our
families are close as well.
He recently confi ded to
me that he’s concerned he
may be in the early stages
of Parkinson’s disease. He
hasn’t seen a doctor yet to
confi rm this, but I have
noticed questionable symp-
toms for some time.
My question is: When
others ask me if he’s feeling
OK or if he’s ill, what
should my response be?
I will not betray his con-
fi dence, but I don’t know
what to say when people
question his health status.
He’s a very dear man and
people are genuinely con-
cerned. I don’t want to say
anything that might cause
more suspicion about his
health. — UNSURE IN
ARIZONA
DEAR UNSURE: Ask
your boss how HE would
like you to answer those
questions. If he doesn’t
want you to reveal that he
is concerned, your response
should be, “I know you
care about ‘Harry,’ but if
you have questions about
his health, you should be
asking him — not me.”
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AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
41/49
Kennewick
40/49
St. Helens
39/48
TIllamook
35/47
36/49
40/50
35/47
Condon
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
Areas of low
clouds
Mostly cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Not as cool
Baker City
La Grande
0
22 40 29
Comfort Index™
0
47 28
Eugene
3
3
36/48
43 39
44 36
52 36
2
3
8
47 34
50 37
5
6
7
3
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High: 91°
Low: 3°
Wettest: 6.69”
42°
16°
45°
21°
48°
22°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
0.00
0.65
0.50
5.00
7.98
0.00
1.29
1.35
9.69
14.93
0.00
2.52
2.08
21.03
21.11
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
45%
SSE at 7 to 14 mph
0.1
0.05
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
N.A.
14% of capacity
13% of capacity
11% of capacity
9% of capacity
5% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
Burnt River near Unity
Umatilla River near Gibbon
Minam River at Minam
Powder River near Richland
OREGON
High: 62°
Low: 14°
Wettest: Trace
Nov. 23, 1979, was very warm in the
East for so late in the season. Norfolk,
Va., reached 70 degrees; Providence, R.I.,
topped out at 80 degrees. Raleigh, N.C.,
had a high temperature of 77 degrees.
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
7:02 a.m. 7:03 a.m.
4:15 p.m. 4:15 p.m.
7:30 p.m. 8:32 p.m.
11:04 a.m. 11:45 a.m.
MOON PHASES
945 cfs
0 cfs
16 cfs
98 cfs
126 cfs
9 cfs
Last
Nov 27
New
Dec 3
First
Dec 10
Full
Dec 18
27/42
Powers
35/57
Brothers
Beaver Marsh
34/49
Silver Lake
Jordan Valley
Frenchglen
Paisley
24/43
Diamond
Klamath Falls
18/43
Lakeview
17/43
McDermitt
20/40
RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
THU.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
49/44/c 52/50/r
49/39/c 61/44/c
44/27/pc 47/33/c
57/45/pc 56/46/c
38/18/c 44/26/c
55/41/c 56/46/c
47/36/c 53/48/c
40/22/c 39/30/c
41/31/c 45/39/c
48/37/c 54/45/c
47/33/c 51/48/c
47/37/c 49/47/c
45/34/c 48/42/c
42/35/c 49/39/c
40/31/c 48/41/c
48/31/c 53/47/c
43/24/pc 49/26/c
43/20/pc 52/24/c
25/43
22/41
22/43
Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday night’s lows and Wednesday’s highs.
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Grand View
Arock
23/40
Fields
32/47
WED.
Boise
22/39
21/45
21/44
Medford
Brookings
23/41
27/44
32/52
42/57
Juntura
18/38
17/44
Chiloquin
Grants Pass
Ontario
26/44
Burns
23/40
18/42
Roseburg
Huntington
21/38
26/49
Oakridge
23/40
27/42
Seneca
30/54
Coos Bay
Brookings
Lakeview
Eugene
WEATHER HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
Santee, Calif.
Gould, Colo.
Clinton, Ark.
22/47
Bend
Elkton
SUNDAY EXTREMES
High Sunday
Low Sunday
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
Florence
36/55
Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels
very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
ALMANAC
Sisters
Council
20/41
John Day
23/49
36/51
48 39
24/40
Baker City
43 26
40/52
Halfway
Granite
22/37
29/52
Redmond
1
2
26/45
34/47
Newport
39 28
2
26 42 32
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
0
Salem
38/48
Corvallis
Enterprise
22/40
26/42
Monument
29/47
Idanha
38/50
20 41 25
Comfort Index™
Elgin
26/41
La Grande
30/46
Maupin
TONIGHT
33/47
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
33/44
Hood River
30/46
36/51
Lewiston
Walla Walla
33/48
Vancouver
37/48
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
WED.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
THU.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
44/33/c 47/42/c
49/41/c 49/46/r
40/31/c 43/38/c
47/35/c 52/38/c
50/43/c 53/48/c
48/41/c 49/46/r
44/25/pc 44/29/c
49/33/c 48/42/c
46/35/c 56/48/c
50/43/c 51/48/r
57/40/c 64/45/c
47/31/c 58/39/c
49/37/c 57/42/c
48/39/c 53/50/c
37/30/c 42/37/c
49/35/c 50/43/c
39/31/c 50/38/c
47/33/c 49/43/c
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Mostly cloudy
Mainly cloudy
27
26
38
22
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
34
33
44
27
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Mostly cloudy
Rather cloudy
27
20
37
26
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
40
31
48
37
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
41
25
42
32
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