Your Letters
15:18 UK time, Monday, 19 March 2007
In the article , a scientist says "Once you are down to the size of a square table's worth of surface area in your lungs that is useable, you are just about dead". Can anyone tell me how many square tables there are in something I know the size of, like Wales or Cambridge ?
Paul Greggor, London, UK
Carol from Portugal (Friday's letters) complains that Magazine Monitor shouldn't talk about television as "lots of people choose" not to have them. I don't have a TV either. For some reason, many people assume that if you don't own a TV you are some kind of miserable humbug. I wonder why? Since neither Carol or myself are paying for TV licences, I don't think either of our opinions about what the 91Èȱ¬ should or shouldn't do on the website really matters. So you probably shouldn't publish this letter.
Michael, Portsmouth, UK
I'm on this page because I saw something that said 'Want some chocolate? Here's some to share'. So where is it? I'm new to computers so is there I button I should be pressing to get at the chocolate?
Dianne Seale, Truro, England
My mum's local supermarket has just started stocking Christmas decorations. Is this a record?
Colin Main, Berkhamsted, UK
According to Metro, the China to Tibet railway was at one time under threat of closing due to yaks on the line. How long until British train companies use the same excuse?
Jamie, Edinburgh
Is Monitor working on commission for the OED? I tried to look up the suggested article (Friday's letters) regarding Mother's Day and I was asked to subscribe before I could read it.
Mike Thomas, West Kirby, England
Monitor note: Monitor is not in the pay of the OED, but apologises for forgetting that the august journal is a subscription service.
The 
