We went to the police station and the boys handed in their find.

I wonder where it is now. It would be lovely to see it back in Queen Victoria’s hand. — Helen Hynd, Carmichael Street, Dundee.

I have a contract for looking after my heating and appliances, but have not had any hot water for over a week.

They arranged a visit for January 5 in the morning, but I got a call at 11.15 to say they couldn’t make it and it would now be anytime up till 6pm.

I then got another call at 5.15 pm to say they couldn’t make that either so would call between 8.10 on Monday, January 8. No one turned up and there was no call.

I called them and they said the engineer had called and I wasn’t in and he had put a card in the door.

I have a German Shepherd who alerts me to anyone at the door and there was no card in my letter box.

I still have no hot water as I am now waiting for a part. — Pauline Savage, Findowrie Place, Dundee.

Believe me, the behaviour shown by United fans was nowhere as bad as the behaviour I have seen by rugby fans on their way to and from Murrayfield.

Their drunken, loutish behaviour includes the lifting of kilts and flashing their private parts to young children and females.

If football fans behaved in this fashion then the papers would be calling for bans.

On several occasions I have witnessed football fans protect other travellers from the rugby fans whilst police stood by. — Skarne Arab.

I am sick fed up receiving bad service from staff in major supermarkets, including Tesco.

These people seem to think that the customer is just a nuisance.

I have to wait until they finish their conversation, or finish stacking their shelves before I can get served.

A simple “yes”, or “can I help?” is non-existent. Even customer services have the same attitude.

I receive a better level of service from my local fish and chip shop (Ashvale, Arbroath Road) and I am sure they do not have access to the training tools that the big boys have. — M.D., Dundee.

The majority are immaculate with regard to personal appearance and hygiene.

The other side of the coin is staff who sometimes are too busy gossiping.

I have been handed a pastry that I couldn’t get a knife through and chips that are either burnt or cold.

Would staff not expect complaints? — Disgusted Pensioner.

But when she arrived they refused to give her an application because she was too small. She was told to try again next year when she has grown a bit.

My daughter has been taunted and bullied most of her school life over her size, so I contacted the shop manager and expressed my disgust.

She told me there were no vacancies, but also stuck to the story that my daughter was not tall enough.

In this day and age where employment law is so strict over discrimination, this statement beggars belief.

I have written to the company and am awaiting a response. — Shocked Mum.

[Managing director, Don Henderson said, “We did decline to offer this young lady employment because she is presently too small to work behind our shop counter.

“We have already written to your correspondent explaining our decision and apologising for any distress caused.”]

The driver took her to a stop at no charge then got out of his cab and escorted the wee one safely across the road to the correct bus stop. — F. McIntyre, Hilltown, Dundee.

These lack efficiency of generation and therefore lack of carbon efficiency; lack of economic efficiency, lack of reliability and almost unanimous lack of support except among politicians intent upon putting ticks in EU boxes and opportunists pursuing Renewable Obligation Certificates in a manner reminiscent of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889.

What wind energy does not lack is a track record of enormous harm to local environment and quality of life when incorrectly sited. Turbines do not make good neighbours.

Their erection requires aggressive land clearance and excavation as well as installation of roads and mammoth concrete foundations.

Naturally this degradation impacts upon the delicate balance in the web of life — both plant and animal.

More dramatically, the turbines kill birds both directly and indirectly by diverting them from their normal migratory/flight paths and nesting areas.

Turbines can also produce a range of noise and light pollution which in the most extreme cases can impact heavily upon human health.

Your readers should know there is a national electronic petition open to signatories until February 23 which briefly states that the Prime Minister should withdraw all subsidies and support to on-shore wind farms in valued landscapes.

You can vote by clicking on to http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Wind Turbines/ — Jo Woolley, Mountboy, by Montrose.