Your Letters
15:43 UK time, Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Is there a word for one of the most-read stories of the day being the most-read stories of the year? Kismet?
GDW, Edinburgh
"To ensure the Sun remains overhead at noon" - isn't that rather presumptuous (Extra second to keep UK on time)? I would have thought, more modestly, that adding an extra second was more designed to ensure our clocks reach noon when the sun is overhead.
Geoffrey, Rome, Italy
A bit of quasi-Cabbaging: clearing out the attic and found a printed page of the original Stress-o-meter. Any reason why it wasn't brought back this year - I have plenty of stress that needs unloading.
Jordan Dias, London, UK
Obvious story alert! Escaped beaver fells river trees. Isn't that what they do when they're not in captivity, or am I missing the point?
Gary H, Telford
I'd like to wish all my fellow Monitorites a very happy new year. May the length of your celebrations be measured in double-decker buses.
Adam, London, UK
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