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• The Guardian
  Wednesday 31 July 2019 55
  Notes & queries

The weekly series where readers answer other readers’

questions on subjects ranging from trivial fl ights

of fancy to profound scientifi c concepts

... and why does one of

my children love being

tickled, while the other

hates it?

Rotwatcher

I could never stand being tickled

as a child, but neither did I seem

able to communicate my dislike of

it to the tickler. I doubt it did me

any harm – but it gave me a lifelong

horror of refl exology.

Fullgas

M y six-year-old daughter and I have

Is being tickled

good for you?

a tickle party every night before bed.

We are both surprisingly ticklish.

It’s the highlight of the day, but can

drag on for an hour. Under the chin.

Never fails.

anniegyg

One child loves it and the other

doesn’t because we are all

individuals – even brothers and

sisters can be very diff erent from

each other. My fi rst baby loved a

bedtime lullaby; the second hated

it and found it such torture that

I had to stop (even though he has

subsequently shown he likes music).

Ian Warren

It releases the same endorphines

as chocolate, chilli and sex do, but

it’s a much more intimate thing,

particularly as you get older.

Any answers?

We are often told

that the farming

industry cannot

manage without

using pesticides,

herbicides

and artifi cial

fertiliser. With

biodiversity in

such a precarious

state, what

would happen

if there were

a moratorium

on their use for

a year or two?

Would farmers

be bankrupted?

Would we be

overwhelmed

by bugs?

Howard Yardy,

Melksham, Wilts

How can I

determine

which will be the

quickest-moving

queue?

Debbie Levey,

Brookline,

Mass, US

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blueleg

This could be solved by planting

different species of grass

around the field and having

the groundstaff mow them to a

uniform height, based on the very

short grass at the high end. At the

low end they could use a pampas

grass, or even corn. This would

make fielding in the tall grass a

little tough, but well worth it when

we see an arm suddenly poke out

of the grass to catch a long ball;

the fact that the batter could not

see the fielders on one side of the

Why not hide the

Lord’s cricket

ground slope in

the long grass?

pitch would also add to the drama.

johncandrew

Why would you flatten Lord’s? We

don’t want every cricket stadium

in the world to look like the

Gabba (in Brisbane) or the MCG

(Melbourne), do we? They are vast,

soulless places that could be any

stadium in the world. Most British

cricket stadiums at least have their

own personality; please, don’t

make it flat.

mickey rock

Lord’s is the worst ground to play

cricket on – the wicket is mostly

slow and the the slope is nonsense.

Old Traff ord is probably the best

in England; it has pace, bounce,

spin – everything.

Acousmetre

I cycle up Lisson Grove (the road

behind the pavilion) every day to

work, so while they are at it, could

they level that, too?

says. “Initially, I would get a lot

of questions from people asking

whether I was seeing a therapist

and why I needed it, but there’s

a greater awareness now. As self-

care becomes more popular, the

surprised reaction to having a life

coach has gone away.” Rosengard’s

work with Rogers has led her into a

career as a management consultant.

Increasingly, young people are

choosing life coaching itself as their

profession. “The career is growing

rapidly,” says Magdalena Mook,

the CEO of the ICF. “We have 900

new members joining each year,

with many Gen Zs training. They

will be the future of the profession,

as they really see it as a viable

career choice .”

Harry

Langdon, 26, is based in Jersey and

has been practising for three years.

“I became obsessed with personal

development and enabling people

to get the best out of themselves,”

he says. “ Coaching seemed like the

only career choice that would add a

sense of purpose to my life. I knew

I could connect well with younger

people and that they would trust

me, because I’m a millennial myself.

The demand has been huge.”

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A good coach

is a mentor

in all things –

they show

you how to

be an adult

Wasn’t it basically all

down to human ingenuity

and clever maths?

David Harper, Cambridge

According to the BBC World

Service’s series 13 Minutes to

the Moon, the Apollo guidance

computer was essential to the moon

landing. It acted as an autopilot,

fl ying the lunar module down to

the surface of the moon – a feat

that would have been impossible

for an astronaut. Even when Neil

Armstrong took control of the lunar

module in the fi nal minutes of the

descent, the guidance computer

was still doing most of the fl ying,

with Armstrong making small

What part did

computers play

in the Apollo 11

moon landing?

adjustments to choose the best

landing spot. The clever maths and

human ingenuity were embodied

in the programs that the guidance

computer was running.

Chris Rogers

The clever maths and ingenuity

of the humans involved had to

be programmed into the world’s

fi rst portable digital computer to

get the mission done. The computer

did almost everything, calculating

the right time to start and end

engine burns, descent rates,

altitudes etc. Some of this happened

automatically, some after prompts

from the crew. They had to help,

too, by taking star readings to

check the inertial navigation

system was right.

Fluff yDog

The Apollo guidance computer

was hardly portable – it weighed

about 32kg and measured 61×32×17

cm. But given the technology of

the time (the version that was

used on the manned fl ights was

designed in 1965-66) it was a

marvel of miniaturisation.

With prices ranging from £45 a

session to £500 and above , it is cost

rather than any stigma that seems

the biggest barrier to accessing a

coach. Gabby Carpenter, 19, hired

a coach two years ago, when she

was applying to university. “I had

to use all the money I was making

in my summer job to aff ord the

sessions, but I wouldn’t hesitate

to recommend it to my peers,” she

says. “It might seem a bit woo-woo,

but that investment gave me the

confi dence and structure to get into

medical school and will pay off for

the rest of my career. It sets you up

for life.” Carpenter believes that the

skills she learned through coaching

will help her as a doctor. “Coaching

teaches you how to communicate

properly and how to prioritise

diff erent aspects of your life, which

is something that we Gen Zs have

struggled with,” she says. “We’ve

grown up with technology and

distractions – we almost have to learn

how to look someone in the eye.”

With a new branch of his

recruitment company having just

opened in Manchester, Dixon plans

to continue seeing his own life

coach. “You end up building a really

close mentor-like relationship ,” he

says. “She’s really helped me get

that balance between ambition,

purpose and life. Young people

just need to slow down; once

we do, we fi nally have the

space to fi gure out what we’re

good at. From there, we can

build much better, more

considered lives.”

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