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Saturday, August 14, 2010 – Daily News – 5B FEATURES Lyrics to forgotten Father’s Day song Dear Readers: When we printed the letter from Walt Paluch, asking for the words to an old Father’s Day song, we had no idea so many readers would be interested. Although none seems to hit the nail on the head, one comes close. It was sent in by two read- ers, one from Ft. you make for me. R is for the Rapture that I get in your Annie’s Mailbox by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Myers Beach, Fla., and the other from New Bedford, Mass. Take a look: Wonderful Daddy of Mine Songwriters write about Mothers Songs that are touching and sad. Seems they forget about Daddies So I’ll sing this song for my Dad. There’s no pal in the world like my Daddy, Wonderful Daddy of mine. I will always be kind to my Daddy, Wonderful Daddy of mine. I was thinking today if my Daddy’d go away How I’d miss him, how I’d long for him. I know that I’d say, there’s no pal in the world like my Daddy. From California: Could these be the words? F is for the Faith that I have in you. A is for the Affection that you treat me with. T is for the Tender touch of yours. H is for the Happiness that you give me. E is for the Endless sacrifice that company. From Kamuela: My ukulele class has been singing this song as taught to us by Kumu Na’alei Liana: F is being Faithful, understanding. A is Always generous and kind. T for Tender loving care you gave me. H is for the Helpful things you do. E for Every sacrifice you’ve made, dear. cial kind. FATHER, R is Remembering to be extra-spe- Put them all together they spell A man who means the world to me. Dear Annie: Although I’m 84 years old, I’ve never heard a Father’s Day song. So I composed these words — they’re yours if you want them. — Regina Engler F is for the faith with which you raised me. A is for affection that we shared. T is for the tenderness you gave me. H is for the heart that showed you cared. future. E is for the eyes that glimpsed the R is for remembering the past. Put them all together they spell Father, last. The one whose love will always College Station, Texas: My father used to sing this when I was a little girl: F is for the funny face of Father. A is for the alcohol he drinks. T is for the tales he tells to Mother. H is how she believes them, though Horses, he says, are ‘‘a he thinks. bling. E is for the evenings he’s spent ram- R is for the rum he drinks with joy. Put them all together they spell father. And father he’s a gay ole’ boy. California: Maybe this is what Walt is looking for: F is for the faith and love you gave me. me. A is for the attention that you paid T is for the tears you helped to wipe away. H is for your heart of purest gold. E is for the proudness in your eyes. R is for the right you’ll always be. You put them all together they spell father. You mean all the world to me. Tamiment, Pa.: Here’s the Father’s Day Song: F is for my fat and funny father, A is for the alcohol he drinks, T is for the tales he tells to mother, H is for his heart like tiddlywinks. E is for the eyes he gazes into, R is for the rum he does consume, Put them all together they spell FATHER, room. The guy who sleeps in our front Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W.Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. 8-year-old painting prodigy is new art world star HOLT, England (AP) — He’s Britain’s most talked- about young artist. His paintings fetch hefty sums and there’s a long waiting list for his eagerly anticipat- ed new works. It has all happened so quickly — he’s still getting used to the spotlight — and Kieron Williamson fidgets a little when he’s asked to share his thoughts on art. ‘‘Cows are the easiest thing to paint,’’ said Kieron, who has just turned 8. ‘‘You don’t have to worry about doing so much detail.’’ lot harder. You have to get their legs right, and you have to make their back legs much bigger than their front.’’ Paintbrush prodigy Kieron — dubbed ‘‘mini Monet’’ by the British press — is a global sensation. All 33 of the pastels, watercol- ors and oil paintings in his latest exhibition sold, within half an hour, for a total of 150,000 pounds ($235,000). Buyers from as far away as the United States lined up overnight outside the gallery, and there is a 3,000- Specialized Group Training for only $25 a month! Get in the best shape of your life with CrossFit Tehama CrossFit offers intense, dynamic workouts designed to enhance all components of fitness. Take your training to the next level with CrossFit Classes start in September Tuesday and Thursday 5:45am-6:30am Monday and Wednesday 4:30pm-5:15pm and 6:15pm-5:15pm 9:00am-9:45am Saturday At Tehama Family Fitness Center, Tehama County’s CrossFit Affiliate Get in shape with the best! Out trainers are college grads, strength and condition specialist, and collegent athletes! Not your run of the mill instructors. Don’t be fooled by impostors, our instructors and all CrossFit certified Tehama Family Fitness Center 2498 South Main St • Red Bluff 528-8656 • www.tehamafamilyfitness.com strong waiting list for his impressionistic landscapes of boat-dotted estuaries, snowy fields and wide marshland skies. He has a website and a business card. Strangers approach him at the gallery, asking him to sign postcards of his work. Journalists from around the world travel to his small home town in eastern Eng- land to interview him. Kieron shrugs off the attention. ‘‘It feels normal to me,’’ he says. It definitely doesn’t feel normal to his parents, Keith and Michelle Williamson. They are bemused, proud and a little anxious about their son’s tal- ent and its effects. ‘‘It has been overwhelm- ing,’’ said Michelle Williamson, a 37-year-old nutritional therapist. She and her 44-year-old art dealer husband live in a small apartment with Kieron and his 6-year-old sister, Billie- Jo. Kieron was a normal, energetic little boy, and his parents were surprised when he asked for pencils and paper during a holiday in Cornwall two years ago. They were astonished when the then-5-year-old pro- duced an accomplished pic- ture of boats in a harbor. He progressed rapidly to fully realized landscapes, many depicting the flat, open Nor- folk countryside near their home. Chemist offers possible cause of chronic infection DEAR DR. GOTT: ‘‘Keith and I don’t paint, so we find it difficult to know what’s going on inside his head,’’ Michelle said. ‘‘We don’t understand it. We don’t know where it comes from. But he’s adamant it’s what he wants to do. When your child has got such a gift and a talent, you have to support him.’’ That hasn’t stopped the Williamsons worrying about whether they are doing the right thing in exposing him to so much attention. They showed Kieron’s work to a local gallery, which has mounted two exhibitions and is help- ing them cope with the flood of global interest. ‘‘It’s not a natural thing to want to put your kid in the media spotlight,’’ Michelle said. ‘‘We’ve met so many sharks. All they see is the financial element. They don’t see the emotional stuff. You can’t separate the art from Kieron.’’ A self-possessed blond boy, dressed in a polo shirt, shorts and sneakers, Kieron doesn’t seem like a hothouse prodigy. He likes soccer — he plays defense for a school team — and messing around on the broad North Sea beaches near his home in Holt, a pretty Georgian town 125 miles (200 kilo- meters) northeast of Lon- don. I’ve been a chemist and forensic scientist for more than 50 years, and in your column you address a woman’s questions regarding chronic vaginal inflammation and repeated yeast infections. Years ago, I had a legal case involving a woman who used Premarin cream packaged in metal-walled “toothpaste”-type tubes. Her complaints and symptoms were much the same as your reader’s. In working as her expert witness on that case, I opened up and examined the offending Premarin tubes she had used. What I found was a badly designed deliv- ery system that could not fail to cause horrific injury to anyone that used the product down to its completely col- lapsed, scrolled-up endpoint. Such tubes are made of soft metal-like zinc but with an internal layer of polymer plastic coating the interior surface to prevent metal con- tamination or any reactive ingredients from chemically reacting with the metal walls. The defect comes when the user squeezes and deforms the tube walls to such an extent that the inter- nal plastic layer fractures into small chips and delami- nates from its attachment to the wall. What results are a myriad of small and almost microscopic flakes of the lin- ing plastic, with sharp points and razor-sharp edges like broken glass mixing into the cream product as it is deliv- ered. Such a production of tissue-cutting particles will cause visible to microscopic lacerations in the delicate barrier tissues it comes into contact with and thus allow infections to occur or reoc- cur. This should be the first thing a woman needing such a product should look at and demand an alternative to. Plastic-walled cream-deliv- ery tubes or pre-filled syringe packaging would eliminate this kind of injury. Inform and warn your read- ers, please. Perhaps others have experienced the same, and an informed buying public has a great deal of economic clout when it comes to forcing improve- ments in product designs. As an aside, the case was ultimately settled quietly after I demonstrated to both sides that this was the defect in the product leading to her injuries. I am not sure whether the makers of such products have changed from that design of packaging and delivery or not. But in my considerable experience with product-defect cases, including medical device- based cases, it is a rarity that the manufacturer has volun- Dr. Peter Gott tarily eliminated such a defect. It’s usually an eco- nomic decision for them, and the cost of a few legal cases a year is just cranked into a slightly higher product price in the fol- lowing years. The actual costs of their errors is in reality much greater when you fac- tor in those who have sus- tained injury or worse but have not filed for or pre- vailed in legal actions. DEAR READER: I have chosen to print your letter almost in its entirety because it is a well-written, informa- tive piece. I thank you for bringing an alternate cause to the table, one I had never even thought to consider. I, like you, am unaware of what type of packaging Premarin and similar estro- gen creams come in; there- fore, I am hoping that this letter is either late (in the case of newer, safer packag- ing) or will bring greater attention to this issue. If packaging has not been improved, there may be many women suffering the effects who either don’t know the cause or are too embarrassed to bring up the issue with their general physicians or gynecologists. Vaginal infections are often minor and disappear with treatment, but if left untreated can result in con- siderable symptoms and problems. I urge any woman who has symptoms of a vaginal infection to speak with her gynecologist so that she may receive appropriate treatment early before the infection can take hold and cause even greater discom- fort, embarrassment and, perhaps, even damage. As I have said many times in the past, there is no reason to be embarrassed by symptoms for any condition. Doctors have been there and done that. Any physician worth his salt will do his best to get to the bottom of the problem and offer help, sup- port and treatment. Readers who would like related information can order my Health Report “Vaginal Infections and Dis- orders” by sending a self- addressed stamped No. 10 envelope and a $2 check or money order to Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092-0167. Be sure to mention the title or print an order form off my website at www.AskDrGottMD.com. Dr. Peter H. 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