Q. Like a lot of my friends, my husband is selectively hard of hearing. He loves his garden and I spend ages calling him when it is lunchtime/someone has turned up etc. There is no mobile signal in the garden so I can’t ring him and by the time I have found him I am usually cross and hoarse from shouting. Mary, how can I make my life easier?
– A.E., Pewsey, Wiltshire
A. Get a pair of walkie-talkies and attach one to his belt. All men love going back to their childhood days and having the chance to say ‘Over and out’ and ‘Roger’. Walkie-talkies usually work within a two-mile radius. There are several well-known brands that market kits with three handsets for under £40.
Q. I live in Bermuda and a friend (who also lives there) recently allowed my wife and me to make use of their duplex in an East Coast US city at either end of a holiday to Vermont.
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