Sir, – When you reach a certain age, reminders of the ageing process seem to "ambush" you from time to time. Today's Irish Times (August 29th) provided one such event for me. From your "Born on this Day" section I discovered that the actor Elliott Gould is most famous not, as persons from my generation would believe, for his portrayal of Captain "Trapper John" McIntyre in the film Mash, but for playing Monica's dad in Friends.
I suppose I can only be thankful he hasn't appeared in Emmerdale yet. – Yours, etc,
DAVE ROBBIE,
Seafield Crescent,
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Booterstown, Co Dublin.