I am sick and tired of the number of dogs, which are not on a lead and run towards me and my dogs.

Their owners shout their names but their dogs don’t obey. If their dog is bitten or hurt is it entirely their fault?

A few weeks ago I had a fat man in his 40s shouting and swearing at me because his dog wasn’t on a lead and it ran towards mine and I asked him to get a hold of it.

I was restraining my dogs and trying to keep his dog away from mine and was told that if I touched his dog then he was going to knock seven shades out of me. I am a slim-built five foot female.

I would like to know if there are such rules, so the next time I am in that situation I don’t feel the responsibility for other people’s dogs is down to me.

By the way, to the man in the park, I do forgive you for your abuse and threats. You are a big bloke and could easily follow them through and you really didn’t look like you knew any better. — Dog Walker.

IN Dundee it’s wonderful to have the Stobbie Ponds with the privilege to hand feed the swans and ducks.

We took our two-year-old grandson to enjoy an hour or more doing just that only to have it ruined by irresponsible dog owners.

After only five minutes our grandson stood in dog’s dirt on the grass, which was transferred on to his trousers and we had to head home.

Having suffered this problem it wasn’t difficult to spot more deposits as we exited the park by the path at the Clepington Road gate.

Obviously these disgusting individuals, who know who they are, don’t care, and a £100 fine and not £40, wouldn’t be enough.

The park could be a serious health hazard to children. — DeeBee.

As I live on the part of Charleston Drive between Etive Gardens and Dickson Avenue, we did not have this problem. Nevertheless, had the road markings not been extended to our area the trouble would have encroached.

I am not saying I’m in total agreement with the system. I feel, like Kevin Donnelly, we should be able to park outside our home free of charge.

If the parking zones were not in operation the residents of Thurso Crescent, Earn Crescent and the bottom part of Charleston Drive would still be driving around looking for a space.

Plans of the proposed road markings were made available and put on display in various outlets in the area.

That is when people who were not in favour of the plan should have made their feelings clear, not after the event.

We have a problem with the system where we live and I think improvements/ changes will have to be made.

We have visitors parking in the residents’ zone, permit holders parking in the two-hour zone all day and resident non-permit holders parking where they want.

I did bring this to the attention of a traffic warden only to be informed this was a grey area and he only spends four hours a day covering the whole of Menzieshill.

That was something we were never told about before this scheme came into operation. It is all fine and well putting the road markings down, but it is monitoring and enforcing that seems to be the failure.

I certainly hope Kevin Donnelly does have a better plan and one that works for everybody. — Interested Resident.

Who can forget such classics as Fulsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, A Boy Named Sue and many more?

In my opinion, however, his greatest song was written in response to a question he was often asked.

In 1971, while talking to students at Vanderbilt University, he was asked why he always dressed in black.

This gave him food for thought and, when he returned to the campus just days later to do a show, he had written, and then performed for the first time, the song that not only answered that question but also gave a clear insight into his humanity.

He expresses his sympathy for the poor, the lonely, the old, the sick, prisoners, Christians, drug addicts and the needless deaths of thousands of young Americans in Vietnam.

No wonder the students gave him a standing ovation.

The song I refer to is, of course, Man in Black which was to become a pseudonym for him for the rest of his life and will prove to be an enduring legacy to his many fans all over the world. — A. Fan.

When I shop at some supermarkets I can never get a space because of drivers not showing a badge.

Also, I buy a Big Issue every week from the same young lad, and pay a little more.

I’ve been doing this for years. I’ve never had to live rough, though I was born in the 30s. — E. D., Dundee.