{"id":7100,"date":"2016-03-08T03:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T20:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-teddy-had-to-bite-the-dust-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T03:22:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T20:22:21","slug":"why-teddy-had-to-bite-the-dust-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-teddy-had-to-bite-the-dust-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Teddy had to bite the dust | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPub pricing | Cuddly toys | Eye-level grills | Dirty road signs | Driverless carsThe writer of You\u2019re halving a laugh (Shortcuts, G2, 7 March) obviously thinks half-pint drinkers are being cheated in paying more proportionately for their tipple. When I have my half of shandy, I take up just as much room in the pub, toy with it for just as long as the pint drinker, need my glass washing just the same, and use the loo and the bike-rack\/car park like Mr Pint. Why should I pay only half what he does?Margaret SquiresSt Andrews, Fife\u2022 My first Christmas home from college I found my only soft toys \u2013 a beloved sawdust-filled Teddy and a gangly rabbit in pyjamas, called Arthur Noddy for reasons obscured by the mists of time \u2013 missing (The cuddly toys have got to go, Family, 5 March). Eventually my mother admitted cremating them as unwanted dust-gatherers. I\u2019m\u00a082 but have yet to forgive her.Valerie PalmerSouth Shields Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/mar\/07\/why-teddy-had-to-bite-the-dust\" target=\"_blank\">Why Teddy had to bite the dust | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Pub pricing | Cuddly toys | Eye-level grills | Dirty road signs | Driverless carsThe&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-1Qw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104903,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/everyones-decluttering-is-it-time-to-throw-out-all-your-childrens-toys-and-artworks\/","url_meta":{"origin":7100,"position":0},"title":"Everyone\u2019s decluttering \u2013 is it time to throw out all your children\u2019s toys and artworks?","date":"March 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I\u2019ve taken cuddly toys from my kids while they\u2019ve slept and thrown out their paintings. 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