In a flap over plan to teach a parrot
BEING alone in my flat for much of the day with only my radio connecting me with the outside world I realised some time ago that I was beginning to lose all sense of reality through my growing hostility to radio presenters.
I’m a long retired bloke in my eighties and I don’t do daytime TV just music and my radio which acted like a comfort blanket through the many months of lockdown, but it’s no longer working.
I had to find another way to occupy myself and stop the ranting. The thought of getting a parrot seemed a bit extreme at first but the more I thought about it seemed to be the perfect solution, not just the company but teaching it to talk would be fun especially with a few naughty words included, so what’s not to like, who could object to my idea?
Well, it was my daughter who I live with for a start, she’s a nurse and her mission is to keep me healthy and sane — she thought the idea of me getting a parrot for a mate would not be good for my wellbeing along with a doubt about my suitability as an English language tutor.
I took that to be a no and to keep the peace and the possibility of me being re-homed I’ll be carrying on with the ranting.
B. Arnott, Coventry.
Going into lockdown makes no sense
IT seems inevitable now that we will go into full lockdown very soon as our PM will obviously once again put his trust in the so called medical experts.
It makes no sense. As soon as we come out of lockdown in another few weeks then the virus will increase again.
We have to learn to live with it even before a vaccine offers us the light at the end of a very long tunnel.
J.moore, Coventry.