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Re Project Laundry and Americans' attitudes to washing lines (Web Monitor), in the game Sim City 4, one of the signs that a property is going to the dogs is a washing line appearing in the garden. A little bit geeky, but true.
Louise, Botto

Re : The council is reported as measuring sound levels of "47 decibels". That's "average residence noise", according to noise charts. Am I missing out on something at home?
Steve-O, Sheffield

Is there a fexionary entry for the feeling of wanting to read a news story which is dominating the 'most read' chart, but not daring to because you are at work? You know the one I mean.
Ken, Cheslmsford
Monitor note: , perchance?

Sarah (Tuesday letters), who wants a word for the nagging fear that you have just typed utter babble - for many of us this state is called "normality".
Graham, Hayle

Sarah, I believe it is called "blogging".
Ben, Bournemouth

Provided you restricted yourself to 140 characters of utter babble, it's called "twittering".
Tim, Helston

Rachel (Tuesday letters), the most reliable way to tell if age is creeping up on you is whether you have noticed how young policemen look these days. BTW, did anyone else who was watching Sunday's Remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph notice how young our new First Sea Lord looks?
Adam, London, UK

Rachel, I have started reading Monitor letters, laughing and only then realising that it was I who wrote it. My memory's not what it used to be.
Rob, London

Rachel, the other day I saved an empty jar because I thought it was "a useful size". I'm only 25.
Jenny, Manchester, UK

You know when you're old when:

• You see a poster for a new album and you don't know which is the band and which is the album title
• You find driving aimlessly round the countryside, finding "a nice place for coffee" and driving home again a worthwhile way to spend a day
• You suddenly realise that teenagers are a different species

This last happened to me at about 33 - I'm now 43 so am ancient.
Ken, Hornchurch, Essex

Dear Rob, First of all I'd like to say how much I look forward to reading your contributions to the Monitor (Tuesday letters). Your easy style and wonderfully witty comments make great copy. It's always a fortunate day for us all when your comments are included. I would also like to congratulate you on your recent good fortune, would that Lady Luck was smiling at me a bit more these days, but sadly she turns her face away from me. I have to say that loan of a few pounds would make all the difference to my life...
Vicky, East London

Judging by the number of Tuesday's letters that are from across the Atlantic, I think I've spotted the loop-hole in how to get this one published...
Martin, High Wycombe, US (not really)

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