One thing my mother taught me (My mother’s best advice: learn to raise one eyebrow at the world, 11 March) is that barley wine is much stronger than you think. The other thing she taught never leaves me: I will not buy clothes without crunching up the fabric to see if it creases. Should you browse a rack and wonder why a garment has a small crumpled area, you will know that I have been there before you.
Anne Cowper
Swansea
• My mum told me “Don’t cut your toenails on a Friday”, “don’t wash your hair when you’re having your period” and “you don’t need as much washing powder as it says on the box”. I’d recommend that last one to all readers.
Ruth Guthrie
Cockermouth, Cumbria
• Regarding fast charging for electric vehicles (Letters, 10 March), I agree that in cities there’s little point, given the short distances and long parking. But I live in a small town with one train per hour in each direction. I can’t get to the next small town by train, nor is there a bus service, so we need reliable, refuelable transport.
Richard Hough
Knutsford, Cheshire
• Re Guardian readers (Letters, 9 March), when the property next door came up for sale, I started chatting to a prospective buyer and offered her a cup of tea. When she saw the Guardian on my table, she said: “I will buy the house. Having a Guardian reader as a neighbour will be bliss!” We became great friends.
Jane Thomas
Inkberrow, Worcestershire
• Is this a first? My Sainsbury’s superstore is charging 25p to put bought travel money into one of their envelopes.
Bob Hely
Broseley, Shropshire
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