[1] Dear Jo: Readers' letters.Leg it up the road WHEN my granddaughter Hannah was four, her mother was getting ready to go out. She was in the bathroom using Immac hair remover hair remover n → depilatorio hair remover n → dépilateur m hair remover hair n → Enthaarungscreme when a knock came on the front door. Thinking it was me coming to babysit, my daughter told Hannah to answer it. She heard someone ask for "mummy", but before she could get there Hannah announced: "Mummy can't come to the door, she's busy Tarmacking her legs in the bathroom." When my daughter got to the door the caller had vanished, never to appear again. We can only imagine what images came to mind. Mrs M Boyce Milford Haven Milford Haven, Welsh Aberdaugleddau, town (1981 pop. 13,883), Pembrokeshire, SW Wales. It is a seaport on the northern side of the estuary called Milford Haven. Pembrokeshire HIGHWAY ROBBERY highway robbery n. 1. Robbery usually of travelers on or near a public road. 2. Informal The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee. highway robber n. M HOLMES (Dear Jo, July 13) is right about the high prices charged at motorway service stations. I stopped at Forton on the M6, which has recently been taken over by Little Chef Little Chef is a chain of 192 roadside restaurants in the United Kingdom, founded in 1958 and owned by the UK private equity group RCapital, typically found on A roads and several on motorways. . I ordered four bacon rashers, two rounds of toast and a Coke. The bill was pounds 7.13. Next time I will drive straight past. John Topham Widnes, Cheshire IN LENNOX Lewis we have a true gentleman world champion. Made sportsman of the year Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." A majority of the winners have been American. , honoured by the Americans, and he has done so much for the youngsters. When is he going to receive an award in the Honours List? B Davey Hinckley, LeicsSmall World I WAS visiting my daughters who live in Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. , Australia. One day I got talking to a lady who said that she, too, lived in Hertfordshire. It turned out that her husband worked in the same bank as my son-in-law and that they go fishing together. Pamela Barrett Boreham Wood, Herts Bean had? JAMES Whitaker's gushing gush v. gushed, gush·ing, gush·es v.intr. 1. To flow forth suddenly in great volume: water gushing from a hydrant. 2. sentiments about the Old Baked Bean's rapidly approaching 100th birthday were quite touching... But why is there such a fuss about her great longevity? How do you reckon she would have fared living in a pokey high-rise flat, with a lift that is invariably in·var·i·a·ble adj. Not changing or subject to change; constant. in·var  i·a·bil out of action? Not forgetting a
pension increase that wouldn't even cover the cost of a nip of gin.
Jeff Baker, Cheshire CURSE KIRSTY POOR Kirsty Young. A pounds 500,000 contract over two years and she's overworked! She must be a greedy, selfish and discontented dis·con·tent·ed adj. Restlessly unhappy; malcontent. dis con·tent person.
As a senior citizen I receive pounds 228.80 a month and can manage without Social Security. Money isn't everything. Give the girl a rise, no doubt she'll still want more. Some people are never satisfied. Mrs R Haggis, Stevenage, Herts WHO does Kirsty Young think she is? She talks as if she has a plum in her mouth. Sack her and get someone else. Mrs Hardern, Crewe Best wise up GEORGE Best was the finest football player of his time, but fame, women and booze got the better of him. If you read this, George, take a good hard look at Alex Higgins, who was also a great player of his game until fame and booze got the better of him. Now he is a shadow of his former self and in such bad health. Come on, George. Make the effort for your family's sake and for old times. |
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