Sir, – I am puzzled. I was visiting a well-known hardware shop this morning and was asked if I would qualify for their over-60s discount. A short while later when getting some groceries I was quizzed if I was over 21 when I tried to smuggle a bottle of wine through the checkout.
Alas I qualified on both counts! – Yours, etc,
JOHN K ROGERS,
Rathowen,
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