The Costco Connection - December 2016

8 ;e Costco Connection DECEMBER 2016 MEMBERCOMMENTS

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DEBATE GOES ON

In response to the November debate, “Should daylight saving time be eliminated?”

NO I say we stay on DST always. To the folks who say, reasonably, that they do not want their children going to school in the dark, let’s start school later. It it is not good for children to wake them so early.

—Larry Hopper, from facebook.com/Costco

YES ;is is an old habit that has no value. And it especially hurts businesses.

—Karen Lindner, from facebook.com/Costco

FEEDBACK

Breast cancer in men

;ank you for your informative article [“Breast cancer: ;e numbers you need to know”] in your October 2016 issue. ;is is a very serious disease that a;ects tens of thousands of women. However, o;en ignored and unmentioned is the fact that men also can and do develop breast cancer. ;e number is small—about 2,600 cases diagnosed annually—but the loss of a man to breast cancer is just as tragic. Men should not die from breast cancer out of ignorance.

An excellent source is the Komen.org website of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. I speak from the perspective of an 83-year-old man who developed breast cancer in 1988.

—Mark Goldstein, Randolph, New Jersey

Skin cancer awareness

I wanted to give a shout out to The Costco Connection magazine and your article on basal cell carcinoma (BCC) awareness [October 2016]. I had been thinking about seeing a dermatologist for a very long time to get a skin check, and kept putting it o;. Reading this brief article, I realized that this perfectly described a lump that I had and immediately scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist for the ;rst time.

Sure enough, the biopsy came back as BCC, and as I type this, a day a;er my surgery, I wanted to let you know the impact of your article.

During the procedure, I mentioned that your article prompted my action to have a skin check and biopsy. ;e doctor was impressed that I had read about BCC in ;e Connection.

—Kelly Pierson, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Cleaner dishes

I had to share this information with you about the Kirkland Signature™ Dishwasher Pacs. I’ve been using a di;erent brand for washing dishes and over the past two to three years have been very frustrated as a cloudy ;lm built up on the glasses. Last month I decided to switch to the Kirkland Signature brand, and I have been so surprised at the results. My new glasses have no ;lm on them, and the ;lm on the old glasses is slowly coming o;. I’ve shared this great information with several family members and friends because they have been frustrated over the same problem. Once again, the Kirkland Signature brand has come through as the No. 1 choice to buy.

—Nancy Curtis, Sublimity, Oregon

Be sure to read about Kirkland Signature laundry products in the Buying Smart column in next month’s issue of The Costco Connection.—Editor

Inspired to succeed

I just wanted to send a note to say thank you to ;e Costco Connection. An article in your magazine from October 2004 changed our lives.

;e article was about startup businesses for people over 50 [“Ni;y a;er 50”]. I turned the page to read about 78-year-old Edna Anderson and her husband. ;ey were raising alpacas, and making a good income, on a small piece of land not ;ve miles from where we were living.

We called, then visited, then visited two other alpaca farms, put our little house in the subdivision up for sale, bought 5 acres and have been happily raising and selling alpacas ever since (crookedfence alpacas.com). Our son is involved too. We expanded our alpaca adventures in 2009 to include a ;ber-processing mill where we do custom processing of alpaca ;ber for alpaca breeders from coast to coast. Life is good on our little farm.

—Linda Kenison, Juab County, Utah

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