Madam, - We must be in a recession. First, an old wooden fence around my house in Brittas Bay was removed, presumably for firewood. Then, I arrived home on Monday to find a respectable lady, having parked her expensive car at the entrance to my house, digging up my montbretia plants, bulbs and all. She said that, as the flowers were near the road, it was all right to take them!
- Yours, etc,
MARY O'CARROLL, Mount Venus, Dublin 16.