My boxset dilemma of lockdown
£25 STAR LETTER
I can’t remember watching more television than I have over the last few months and I think my brain is turning to soap. Sometimes, I think I’m watching one show while actually watching something else altogether.
Our big dilemma though is when to cut our losses. How many episodes do we give a series before pulling the plug. Wasting a couple of hours is bad enough but if you do episode three or four, then you pass a point of no return and have to finish it. Then sometimes you can get to the second last episode and it’s so rubbish that you give up then, which is the absolute worst thing that can happen. I can spend hours thinking about this stuff.
Denise Young, Aberdeen
I agree with reader Bernard Powell that we need more public conveniences, but I discovered those self-sanitising ones have their drawbacks. Many years ago I took a shopping trip to London when I had occasion to use a public toilet.
I was very pleased with the way everything worked automatically. Once outside again, I realised I’d left my shopping in a carrier bag on a hook behind the door. I had to insert another coin to rescue my bag, then wait for the toilet to go through its entire programme before I could get out again. That was the most expensive “penny” I ever spent.
Mary Cook, by email
Judy Murray’s article reminded me of a coach holiday my husband and I were on in 2006. It was day two of our long journey heading to Cannes in the south of France and we had been on the road for quite a while and a toilet break was becoming quite urgent.
We all piled off the coach and headed towards a rather primitive looking building. Inside we were confronted with a hole in the ground, like that described by Judy, basic and with a pungent odour. Only the most desperate made use of these facilities, but two minutes later, literally round the corner, was a proper service station with modern toilet facilities. Needless to say we stopped at this oasis.
Eileen McArthur, Stirling
Your article headed Haven at Home was irresponsible. Guidelines in Scotland allowing a family member to visit require social distancing and do not include sharing a hot tub. It is no wonder that people are
confused about guidelines.
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It’s sad to see all the controversy about Baden Powell. I loved being in the Girl Guides.
Many happy days were spent tramping in the countryside. I became a captain as an adult and on occasion took the girls to Brownsea Island, a nature reserve where Scouts and Guides had freedom from the world. A shame to dishonour such a great movement.
Mary Kerr, Girvan
I don’t welcome the news that giraffes are coming back to Edinburgh Zoo. Such large animals belong in the wild, not cooped up. Zoos can still have a conservationist role, but not when such large creatures are involved.
Tim Mickleburgh, by email