At 82, I’m completely at home with bacteria | Hygiene

Concerning the article on micro organism in properties (Is your house a well being hazard? 15 surprisingly filthy on a regular basis objects, from faucets to toothbrushes, 17 July), I’ve managed to reside to the age of 82 with out ever placing a reducing board within the dishwasher, or sterilising mild switches, the TV distant or my spectacles. I do boil the dishcloth each couple of weeks and that’s it. We now have lived with these micro organism for millennia. Is there any proof that sterilising each floor would do something apart from enhance paranoia?Owen WellsIlkley, West Yorkshire Adrian Chiles, attempting to sleep within the warmth of the Croatian summer season, ought to use a canny outdated Australian trick: maintain your pyjamas within the freezer till bedtime (I’ve discovered the remedy for a sleepless night time in a heatwave – however it might have its drawbacks…, 17 July). Bliss!Liz TaylorWest Bridgford, Nottinghamshire To reply Tony Meacock’s query (Letters, 18 July), no, I haven’t completed my duplicate of the Bayeux tapestry but. Proper now, the finished embroidery stands at 52.6 metres. I intention to complete in 2027.Mia HanssonWisbech, Cambridgeshire Wow! Blake Morrison’s compilation of terrorists (Letters, 18 July) is probably the most highly effective letter I’ve ever seen in my 60 years of studying the Guardian. I simply hope that those that might make a distinction will learn it. Gill Empson Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire Due to Blake Morrison for his poem. It simply jogged my memory why I purchase the Guardian.John KinderRomsey, Hampshire Have an opinion on something you’ve learn within the Guardian immediately? Please e mail us your letter and will probably be thought of for publication in our letters part.