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Ace allergy tips | Washing hair | Eye drops | Old in the tooth | Theme park tariff | Americano boycottAce allergy tips | Washing hair | Eye drops | Old in the tooth | Theme park tariff | Americano boycott
I have endured hay fever for decades and have two pieces of advice (Hay fever making your life a misery? Try these 20 tips from doctors and allergy experts, 10 April). First, if you work in an office, stay there five days a week. The air-conditioning filtering the pollen is a dream. And second, under no circumstances, even if they are not itching, touch your eyes. Untouched, I can get by with no drugs, even on the most irritating of days. I have endured hay fever for decades and have two pieces of advice (Hay fever making your life a misery? Try these 20 tips from doctors and allergy experts, 10 April). First, if you work in an office, stay there five days a week. The air-conditioning filtering the pollen is a dream. And second, under no circumstances, even if they are not itching, touch your eyes. Untouched, I can get by with no drugs, even on the most irritating of days.Laura BrittainHackney, London
A friend who gets bad hay fever found that washing his hair before bed was most helpful for him.Sharon KampffPenicuik, Midlothian
Laura Brittain I find sodium cromoglycate eye drops very effective for itchy eyes.Caroline DochertyYork
A hip may be surgical waste (Letters, 8 April), but my dentist recently asked if I wanted my extracted tooth. I told her that in my 90th year, I had stopped believing in the tooth fairy.Malcolm ShifrinLeatherhead, Surrey
Hackney, London All feedback reviews are potential free publicity (Letters, 11 April). I now charge £50 for all reviews. They never reply.Kit JacksonLondon
A friend who gets bad hay fever found that washing his hair before bed was most helpful for him. What tariff should we charge for importing an American theme park (Universal chooses Bedford to be location of its first theme park in Europe, 9 April)?Suresh KamathWembley, London
A colleague went for a coffee the other day and couldn’t bring himself to order an americano.Fr Michael Henesy Bishop Eton monastery, Liverpool
Sharon Kampff
Penicuik, Midlothian
I find sodium cromoglycate eye drops very effective for itchy eyes.
Caroline Docherty
York
A hip may be surgical waste (Letters, 8 April), but my dentist recently asked if I wanted my extracted tooth. I told her that in my 90th year, I had stopped believing in the tooth fairy.
Malcolm Shifrin
Leatherhead, Surrey
All feedback reviews are potential free publicity (Letters, 11 April). I now charge £50 for all reviews. They never reply.
Kit Jackson
London
What tariff should we charge for importing an American theme park (Universal chooses Bedford to be location of its first theme park in Europe, 9 April)?
Suresh Kamath
Wembley, London
A colleague went for a coffee the other day and couldn’t bring himself to order an americano.
Fr Michael Henesy
Bishop Eton monastery, Liverpool
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