This is a selection of readers' ideas and opinions sent to the Daily Telegraph letters column and chosen from more than 30,000 received between 1987 and 1997. They cover the full spectrum of reader's views including those which are hard-hitting, entertaining, commonsensical and humorous. Included are events such as the fall of Margaret Thatcher and the poll tax riots. But there are also thoughts on such diverse subjects as dogs and driving habits, as well as the burning question of whether submariners are more likely to have daughters than sons.