Teacher’s insomnia tip rebuttal
Colin Mann writes that he noted Dr Jemma King’s advice to aid sleeping by making a to-do list before bed, which included the example “Call Sammy’s teachers at 10.30am”. As a teacher of 34 years of broken sleep, Mann says he will create his own list: “Item 1: ignore Sammy’s parent’s phone call at 10.30am as I will be too busy teaching. If it’s important, they will leave a message. I feel better already.”
Wildfire perspective
Emeritus professor Glyn Turton comments on the wildfires in France and Spain, where more than 200,000 people fled or locked down. He references the poetic lines “Some say the world will end in fire, / Some say in ice,” noting that argument is settled.
Supper definitions
Hannah Kaitlin-Boyer believes everyone knows what she means by supper. Mike Jones responds that supper is a substantial meal taken just before bedtime, sometimes from the chipper. Nigel Steel offers a complete meal schedule: breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, high tea, dinner, supper, and a little something before bed to ward off night starvation.
Travel attire concern
Joan Lewis comments on the suggestion of a jumpsuit for travelling, saying she cannot get the image of trying to negotiate a train loo out of her mind.
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