Sir, – Your letter writer from Armagh in his 68th year has his way of reading The Irish Times (September 30th). I am in my 76th year. I scan the front page first. Then I start on the back page. Any bargain trips available? Then the obituary column. No, my name is not there yet. Then forward through the sports, business pages and back to the front page. Job done. No end-of-life crisis. The way I have always done it. – Yours, etc,
DENIS O’DONOGHUE,
Moate,
Co Westmeath.
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Sir, – The medical literature has produced a word that perfectly describes the condition of reading The Irish Times at 4am: insomnia. And one of the great benefits of approaching 68 (I empathise) is that one need no longer fret about a mid-life crisis. – Yours, etc,
B ROBINSON,
Daingean,
Co Offaly.
Sir, – Further to Mark Hogan’s observation regarding a sign of a midlife crisis, “when you read the Irish Times letters page first” (September 29th), I suggest that you know that you have passed midlife when you read the death notices page first. – Yours, etc,
KEN MAWHINNEY,
Dublin 16.