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6 July 2011

Rhubarb, invisible rhubarb

THE “Wakefield triangle” – in which Paul Barker’s attempts to get a wireless connection on the train produced the warning “No map contains our current position” – is not as “unexpected” as we thought (11 June).

The box of carpet cleaner that Sara Davies ordered online arrived sternly labelled “Multi-item set – do not open”. We still haven’t heard how she got the stuff out

Norman McCanch is one of many readers who told us so. He writes: “Purely to confirm my reputation as a pedantic old fossil, can I mention that this term has long been used to…

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