Coronavirus: We’re ready for tweet relief after spending too long in the house

We imagined the next weeks, possibly months, would involve daily Scrabble, a dustless house and other things for which we never previously had enough time.

He went shopping for massive jigsaws and managed to get the last two in his chosen shop, each with one thousand pieces, all tiny and challenging. I expected rural artworks or oceanic battles. Turned out the only ones available were Mickey Mouse panoramas.

So far though, we’ve had no Scrabble or jigsaw sessions. When there’s no need to get up early we wind up staying in bed until about 10.30am. And no, that isn’t sleeping or passion. It is Twitter and Facebook.

Social media is about communication, discovering not entirely reliable news, ‘broadcasts’ from political leaders, jokes, videos, or making tweeting pals you’ve never met and never will. But especially for us generally retired, with no daily employment, there’s no need to get up and it becomes over-addictive. It can be the same at night. I’m going to confine myself to two hours a day, two days a week or switch off for a whole week and assess the effect.

If anyone who is retired is thinking of signing up (especially to Twitter), I would honestly suggest, think twice. Knowing how to limit your followers is a good idea. Otherwise it can waste hours of your life!