Netflix, my phone and the new fizzy water device are all conspiring against me

A few weeks ago: I’m in Connecticut, driving my father, who is 100, to his doctor. It’s in an area I haven’t been in for years, and although I’ve entered the destination into my phone, I can’t make the map come up on the hire car’s screen. During a sharp left the phone slides from its perch, and is now issuing muffled instructions from under my seat.

“I was fine until I got the flu last month, when your brother was away,” my dad says.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Low pay ‘threatens Natural England’s conservation role and UK’s net-zero target’

Report warns government agency unable to fulfil duty of protecting environment as…

Summer holidays cancelled? UK faces big decision on border

Stricter controls appear likely, with government’s approach in stark contrast to that…

Oxfam GB released from supervision by watchdog after Haiti scandal reforms

Charity made changes after 2019 earthquake response report found allegations of child…