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Letter: This is perfectly rational behaviour, isn't it?

Published 7 June 2017

From Brian Horton, West Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

While reading Elizabeth Landau's article on hoarding (29 April, p 34), I started to wonder whether the large amount of stuff in our home counted. Finding that the most commonly hoarded items were magazines, I started to panic, thinking of our collection of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ going back more than 40 years. My wife assured me, though, that I don't need treatment for my condition, because keeping copies of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ forever is perfectly rational and doesn't count as hoarding. I have been a home subscriber since 1975.

Issue no. 3129 published 10 June 2017

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