“Someone told me recently that mice can eat so much electrical insulation from new cars, especially electric vehicles, in a single week, that rather than spend thousands of dollars replacing the wiring, insurers will write the car off,” says Patrick Meaney of Moss Vale. “This is because new insulation is ‘soy-based’, and, mice find it yummy. I was just wondering … is this true?” Colin Taylor-Evans of Lane Cove thinks “an obvious header for NSW number plates (C8) should be: ‘NSW - If You Can Read This You Are Too Close’.” “My late wife, Deirdre O’Connor, told me that when she worked part-time at David Jones (C8) in school holidays in the shoe department, a fellow employee was told she was to be sacked and not to come in to work the next day,” writes Michael Joseph of Kiama Downs.…