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Common Sense seems to be in short supply amongst the (relatively) young these days.

So timely advice to get your winter clothing and footwear ready, do a bit of stocking-up on essentials in case bad weather stops you from getting to the shops (or for essentials to actually get to the shops), and have some emergency lighting ready in case of power cuts, all help those who rarely look up from their smartphones to notice what is happening around them. Mind you, a sudden loss of internet access might grab their attention.

Next they'll be telling us to isolate and insulate outside taps in case of freezing temperatures. In the same vein, yet again I'll have to remind a neighbour to replace his car's windscreen washer reservoir with a winter mix. You'd think that having to replace 3 of the reservoirs after they exploded after freezing would have registered in his brain by now.