LETTERS: READER RESPONDS TO COLUMNIST

To the editor:

This is regarding columnist Laura Johnston: Get a life. For one thing, she complained a few weeks ago about how long it took city street workers to repair our roads. I live in Cape Girardeau, but my husband has a farm near Jackson with a gravel road. I appreciate the paved roads with no dust or mud on your car or big rocks that fly up. Maybe we ought to buy Johnston a donkey to ride so she can avoid the detours.

Let me tell you about caller ID. My mother was alone last January and could not breathe or talk. She called her neighbor who had caller ID. The neighbor recognized my mother's number and immediately went over to see about her. Did you ever think if you have caller ID a neighbor or coworker or your parents might call to give you bad news, and you might not return the call because you didn't recognize the number.

As far as complaining about silly questions, there is no such think as a silly question. It is the person who doesn't ask the question who is silly.

I know Johnston is busy with her job, but did she ever think that by answering someone else's questions, they might think she is courteous and buy a paper?

GAIL MEYER

Cape Girardeau