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In these trying times, everyone needs advice on occasion. When we cannot turn to the ones we love, being able to write to someone older, wiser, with a little more life-experience can be a comfort. This column is written by just such a local woman... Mrs. Crabcakes, referred to affectionately as "Crabby".

This bi-polar advice lady hopes to be able to provide you with amusing answers to some of life's little problems.

Dear Crabby: Missing Home
Monday - December 27, 2004

Dear Crabby: Pregnant and Sorry
Monday - November 29, 2004

Dear Crabby: ELISSA
Thursday - November 18, 2004

Dear Crabby: HOUSE WITHOUT A SPOUSE
Monday - November 01, 2004

Dear Crabby: TALKATIVE OLD WOMAN
Friday - October 22, 2004

Dear Crabby: SUPER SIZED
Monday - October 18, 2004

Dear Crabby: WHEN IN ROME...
Monday - August 16, 2004

Dear Crabby: BORING GUY...
Wednesday - July 28, 2004

Dear Crabby: REGULAR ROY...
Monday - July 19, 2004

Dear Crabby: UNHAPPY SISTER...
Saturday - July 10, 2004

Dear Crabby: DON'T PUT ME ON HOLD...
Saturday - July 03, 2004

Dear Crabby: SAD OFFENDED GIRLFRIEND...
Monday - June 28, 2004

DEAR CRABBY: A TIRED OLD MOTHER...
Monday - June 21, 2004

Dear Crabby: PINING CO WORKER and COLLEGE AGE THUMB SUCKER...
Monday - June 14, 2004

Dear Crabby - REGULAR GUY and SORRY SISTER...
Thursday - June 03, 2004

Dear Crabby - PREGNANT AND SAD and DISGUSTED PICK UP TRUCK OWNERS..
Monday - May 24, 2004

Dear Crabby - KR and BIRTHDAY BOY'S MOM...
Monday - May 17, 2004

Dear Crabby - CHOCOLATE AND WINE LOVER and SIGNED ANONYMOUS (PLEASE)...
Thursday - May 06, 2004

Dear Crabby - REELING IN PAIN and READS IN THE OTHER ROOM...
Tuesday - April 26, 2004

Dear Crabby - STABLE SISTER and FRIEND OF PROCRASTINATOR...
Friday - April 16, 2004

Dear Crabby - HIS AWFUL SMELL IS KILLING ME and HOSPITAL PATIENT...
Monday - April 12, 2004

Dear Crabby - AN AVID READER and LOSING IMPORTANT SLEEP TOO...
Thursday - April 08, 2004

Dear Crabby - BEST GIRL and SHOCKED AND PERTURBED...
Friday - April 02, 2004

Dear Crabby - HIGH SCHOOL SOPHMORE and TIRED GRANDMA IN FIRST CITY...
Monday - March 08, 2004

Dear Crabby - YOUNG AND OVERWEIGHT and 'SURVIVOR' OF FEAR FACTOR, ETC...
Tuesday - February 24, 2004

Dear Crabby - PROACTIVE MOTHER and HEAD-ACHES!...
Monday - February 16, 2004

Dear Crabby - VERY INSULTED PERSON and STRESSED OUT OUT NORTH...
Monday - February 09, 2004

Dear Crabby - NOT AFTER THE MONEY and 'House Rules'...
Tuesday - February 03, 2004

Dear Crabby - UNHAPPY PERFECTIONIST and FEELS LIKE I'M BEING SMOTHERED...
Monday - January 26, 2004

Dear Crabby - OFFENDED AT RETURNS and NOT DAUGHTER-IN-LAW...
Friday - January 16, 2004

Dear Crabby - MAID OF HONOR? and DEIDRA IN PORTLAND...
Monday - January 12, 2004

Dear Crabby - TURNED OFF AFTER SEEING TOO- MUCH and GEORGIA B...
Monday - January 05, 2004

Dear Crabby - MISSING SMALL TOWN SAFETY and SAD IT'S ENDING..
Tuesday - December 30, 2003

Crabcakes' Personal Family Fruitcake Recipe...
Monday - December 22, 2003

Dear Crabby - BREAKING HEART and LOSING HOPE...
Thursday - December 18, 2003

Dear Crabby - ADMITTEDLY SNOOPY KETCHIKANITE and SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE STUDENT...
Tuesday - December 16, 2003

Dear Crabby - A REGULAR GUY and LOYAL EMPLOYEE...
Wednesday - December 10, 2003

Dear Crabby - CURIOUS and HAD ENOUGH...
Wednesday - December 03, 2003

Dear Crabby - PARTY POOPER and BIG SISTER (AGAIN)...
Friday - November 28, 2003

Dear Crabby - SARAH and ONE SISTER LEFT...
Monday - November 24, 2003...

Dear Crabby - DAUGHTER-IN-LAW and HOT GUY TO VIVIAN...
Friday - November 21, 2003...

Dear Crabby - POLITE KID and WANTS HER IN MY PAST...
Monday - November 17, 2003...

Dear Crabby - FAMILY FRIENDS FROM HOME...
Friday - November 14, 2003...

Dear Crabby - NEEDS ANIMAL CONTROL and SISTER WITH MANNERS ...
Monday - November 10, 2003

Dear Crabby - ART LOVER and RITA ON ROOSEVELT ...
Thursday - November 06, 2003

Dear Crabby - HOLDING, NOT PASSING and BRAD ...
Monday - November 03, 2003

Dear Crabby - PETER, PETER and TRAPPED IN THE ELEVATOR ...
Friday - October 31, 2003

Dear Crabby - THOUGHTFUL GUEST and WANTS A GOOD SEAT and CONFIDENTIAL TO WARD COVE WILLIE ...
Thursday - October 30, 2003

Dear Crabby - BATTLING SUGARBUGS and LANGUAGE LOVER...
Monday - October 27, 2003

Dear Crabby - BOYFRIEND & DAD and TIFFANY...
Saturday - October 25, 2003

Dear Crabby - LEFT OUT and WORRIED ABOUT LINDA'S LOVELIFE...
Thursday - October 23, 2003

Dear Crabby - DISLIKES UNPEACHY GEORGIA and BEAMING MOM...
Tuesday - October 21, 2003

Dear Crabby - HANK'S HONEY and COMET MAN...
Sunday - October 19, 2003

Dear Crabby - (NOT) HAPPY HUSBAND and SICK OF CELL CRAZE...
Thursday - October 16, 2003

Dear Crabby -SICK OF SPAM and NOT SO SURE...
Friday - October 10, 2003

Dear Crabby - STRUGLING [sic] ARTIST and NUMERICALY CHALLENGED ...
Wednesday - October 08, 2003

Dear Crabby - READER IN REDMOND and HOT FOR JOSH...
Monday - October 06, 2003

Dear Crabby - OLD GIRLFRIEND and FORGOTTEN MOM...
Thursday - October 02, 2003

Dear Crabby - TOO STUPID TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE and EMBARASSED GIRL...
Monday - September 29, 2003

Dear Crabby - ANONYMOUS and LEFT OUT SON...
Saturday - September 27, 2003

Dear Crabby - WORRIED ABOUT MONEY and LONELY JOE...
Thursday - September 25, 2003

Dear Crabby - HAVING TROUBLE CHOOSING and GETTING WORRIED...
Tuesday - September 23, 2003

Dear Crabby - CONCERNED MOM and CONCERNED HUSBAND...
Saturday - September 20, 2003

Dear Crabby - ANNOYED BY ARROGANCE and NOT THAT KIND OF OLD LADY...
Tuesday - September 16, 2003

Dear Crabby - BACK SEAT & WORRIED MOM...
Sunday - September 14, 2003

Dear Crabby - HAPPY WITH MY ANIMALS and JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE GRATITUDE -- AND MAYBE A WAY OUT...
Monday - September 08, 2003

Dear Crabby - MELISSA'S SIS and ROSE'S NOSE...
Friday - September 05, 2003

Dear Crabby - POOR (AND NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME) and STILL STRESSED ...
Wednesday - September 03, 2003

Dear Crabby - ROLLIN' IN TOLEDO and KATIE IN KETCHIKAN ...
Monday - September 01, 2003

Dear Crabby - SUSPICIOUS AND MAD and MOONSTRUCK...
Friday - August 29, 2003

Dear Crabby - Sick of LAZY Roommate & GOOD KID...
Tuesday - August 26, 2003

Dear Crabby - MARRIED TO A SHAMELESS FLIRT & GAL FRIDAY, NOT GAL FRIDAY NIGHT...
Friday - August 22, 2003

Dear Crabby - HONEST OR ? and STILL LONELY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS...
Tuesday - August 19, 2003

Dear Crabby - GOING CRAZY IN KETCHIKAN & NATURE LOVERS...
Saturday - August 16, 2003

Dear Crabby - BIG GIRL FROM KETCHIKAN & POVERTY STRICKEN MAMA...
Thursday - August 14, 2003

Dear Crabby - NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER & FURIOUS ...
Monday - August 11, 2003

Dear Crabby - NOT A CHEW TOY & DAVID'S MOM...
Friday - August 08, 2003

Dear Crabby - NOSEY MOTHER IN KETCHIKAN & SCARED TEEN...
Tuesday - August 05, 2003

Dear Crabby - FED UP & ALWAYS LONELY...
Friday - August 01, 2003

Dear Crabby - GROSSED OUT BIG SISTER & OPTIMISTIC...
Wednesday - July 30, 2003 - 12:05 am

Dear Crabby - MOTHER OF BELCHING OLD MAID & JASON....
Monday - July 28, 2003 - 12:30 pm

Dear Crabby - LITTLE SISTER IN SAXMAN & NO NAME PLEASE...
Friday - July 25, 2003 - 12:15 am

Dear Crabby - Suspicious Mind & FREAKED OUT WAITRESS...
Wednesday - July 23, 2003 - 12:50 pm

Dear Crabby - LONELY BEAR VALLEY GIRL & WAITING & WONDERING IN WARD COVE...
Monday - July 21, 2003 - 9:45 pm