Chat – 01 August 2019

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Whatever’s on your mind, get it off your chest

WRose’sstoryin

Chat, 7 Marchissue,I

feltsosorryforher.

Roseis a paramedic,

anda drug-crazedteen

triedtothrottleher,and

leftherwithlong-term

anxietyaboutherjob.

Emergencyworkers

arepeoplethepublic

relyonheavily,and

theirspecificwork

demandscanbe

mental,physical,

environmental

andtask-defined.

Rose is right – there

shouldbemoredoneto

protectthem.Thelaw

needstobechanged,as

assaulting people who

arejusttryingtodo

theirjobandoffer

theirhelpis wrong.

Eve Webster, Little Neston

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Whynotgetintouch?

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hebuildingsinthephotoontheright

wereatonetimethetallestintheworld.

IfyouknowthenameoftheFarEastern

citytheyarein,this is your two-word

prize answer.

TO ENTERTurn to page 54 for details or visit lifedeathprizes.com/win

Your answer:

Puzzle 24

Udderdisgust

M

ickyandPatchweren’t

impressedafterI read

thatmilkis goodfordogs!

BettyKellar,Stokesley

She’sinspired!

L

ookingthroughmyniece’s

sciencehomeworkbook,I

readthatshe’dwritten...

When you breathe in, you’re

inspiringandwhenyou

breatheoutyou’reexpiring.

Ilze Skujina, Aberystwyth

Gravelyill

M

yhusbandwasn’twell,

buthadusedallof his

sickdayssohehadtogoin.

‘Youcouldalwayscallin

dead,Dad!’ourteenageson

helpfullysuggested.

Kym, via e-mail

I

openeda bagof

potatoestofinda

littlefamily!Felta

bitbadeatingthem,

buttheyweretasty!

Sarah Jones, Llandudno

Friedbrain

I

couldtellmyhusband

Jackmusthavehada

stressfulweekathisITjob

• whenhecamehomeweary
  ona Fridayevening,hetried
  toenterhispasswordinto
  themicrowave!
  Amie Yardley, Burwell

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