of adults 65 and over...only 11 percent sometimes use their cellphones to text.

I suspect this will continue to be the case when the current generation of teens becomes senior citizens - in the case of my grandmother, at least, she can't text because she has arthritis and bad eyesight, not because she doesn't "get" it.

Yeah. I have nerve problems and bad eyes which makes texting on a cell phone impossible. Yeah, I can add a keyboard, but it would have to be a big one, and at that point not much advantage over a netbook.

Oooh, I like this lo rez Halloween costume.

Nicely executed.

I do not understand this thing of checking your mobile instead of wearing a watch. I've had to give up wearing a watch due to needing wrist splints, and I'm bereft without one. My phone is always in a bag somewhere - not convenient when I want to know the time about 600 times a day.

I suspect this will continue to be the case when the current generation of teens becomes senior citizens - in the case of my grandmother, at least, she can't text because she has arthritis and bad eyesight, not because she doesn't "get" it.

Texting does have an advantage over phoning if you don't hear well, though. My grandmother has more problems hearing than seeing, so she likes getting texts. She can't reply due to technical confusion, but she likes to read them. (And my father, who's been deaf since he was 30, is a prolific texter. He and I have analysed our way through many a season of Lost by text.)

I don't wear a wristwatch, but I have a pocket watch I use pretty often. But I usually check the time on my phone. I am a convert to texting, because in many ways it's less obtrusive than a phone conversation; I don't have to worry about disturbing people around me.

Pete, on the other hand, thinks texting is a sign of the End Times, and refuses to have anything to do with it. He was particularly amused/horrified recently when Plei texted to let me know she had just pulled up outside of our house.

I don't know that I've ever had the real thing. I've seen it in the store, but I wonder if spending $8 versus 2 is really worth it

And you such a foodie! Since, as noted, it can keep forever, give it a shot. Tastes like a dream.

We had a break from maple when we lived in England. Golden syrup and treacle. Moved from there straight to Canada, which was a relief.

ZK, my sister in sensitivity. I was looking to kind down in citric acid for other reasons, and started paying attention to juice ingredients. Why is it added to everything that's not sugar water (and even then)?

Have you guys seen Regretsy (NSFW)? It's a blog highlighting dubious things for sale on Etsy. Oh, man, people are surely strange.

Speaking of which I overheard a conversation this morning where a woman complained that a friend of hers used one of her pots to boil her menstrual cup. How can you think that's an okay way to use other people's property? Which is an example of why I'm so averse to the "ask forgiveness rather than permission" ethos.

lo rez Halloween costume.

Ha - I was expecting the character from Idoru, but that's also pretty cool.

Tangentially to syrup talk: is there such a thing as artificial honey flavoring?

I have this lingering sense that I don't like honey, even though every time I've had it in recent memory it's been good to delicious, and it occurred to me that maybe I am conflating it with the taste of some nasty flavoring (like how artificial strawberry flavor is usually nasty) and real honey is fine.

Or maybe I had some bad honey at some point, if there is such a thing.

Might depend on the honey's source, -t. My overwhelming preference is for orange blossom honey and other types of honey tend to taste not so much bad, as just odd.

But it could be that there's some sort of honey flavoring that's not really very good-- I remember I used to loathe the Bit-O-Honey candy as a kid. Only ever got it at Halloween. Judging by the fact that I haven't seen it in years, it would seem it's fallen out of flavor.

I remember I used to loathe the Bit-O-Honey candy as a kid. Only ever got it at Halloween. Judging by the fact that I haven't seen it in years, it would seem it's fallen out of flavor.

Oh no--I'm one of the people in charge of buying snacks for the office, and every once in a while I'll go buy some old time candyto mix in. Bit o honey and Necco wafers are people's favorites, because they are of the yum