Your Letters
Surely an emergency parachute is still a parachute?
Charles Gauder, London, UK
It is all very well, Tim McMahon (Tuesday's letters) harking back to the good old days pre-technology ,but doing so through the medium of e-mail and the internet (whilst demonstrating that even people in Spain can enjoy this wonderful tool as if they were sitting next to me in Bristol) seems a little rich to me. I'll get my mouse...
Phil, Bristol
Yet more nominative determinism - Mr Fry from the National Obesity Forum.
Fi, Gloucestershire, UK
I was surprised by the comment: "There are thought to be at least 34 towns called Springfield in the US." Surely there is a definitive answer, or did some of the towns give false names when questioned?
MCK, Stevenage
Candace (Tuesday's letters), stamps make us feel better. After all, philately gets you anywhere.
Lewis Graham, Hitchin