Subj : Re: moving or not To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Jan 06 2020 22:06:12 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 01-Jan-2020 08:51 <=- BM> Happy New Year! :) And a belated same to you... ;) NB>>> I tend to take those studies with a grain of salt... but then add to NB>>> them my empirical observations... For instance, the ones on saccherine NB>>> causing cancer, maybe, maybe not, but it does indeed cause major NB>>> problems for me (causes migraines), so I'll avoid it totally... BM>> I'm with you: seems everything causes something. I'm not making light BM>> of the studies, and I think we can eat, do and not do lifestyle BM>> options, etc., to minimize the chances of getting sick/a disease. I BM>> think some of the diseases are occurring just because humans are living BM>> longer. NB>> That last is quite possible... Of course, genetics plays into both NB>> the living longer and how one's body reacts to the various factors... BM> True: lots of 'little' factors all adding up - and in some instances BM> subtracting. Yup. BM>> OTOH there are changes because of lifestyle: my Mother pointed BM>> out there are a lot of tall young people now - her generation and prior BM>> were shorter, she surmises because of food not being as readily BM>> available (due to the wars, harder to transport and store food, etc.). NB>> There could be some of that... there's also the part where people NB>> tend to shrink as they age, with the spine compressing... so the NB>> younger tend to seem even taller in comparison... :) BM> My Mother has shrunk, so yes, some people do tower over her. Especially more than they used to do... :) BM>> As for staying away from saccherine because of migraines, yes, I would BM>> too! I haven't pinpointed to the specifics but there are some foods BM>> which give me slight faint 'odd' flavour and others shortly later a BM>> generalized itch/tingling (again weakly). At this point not enough to BM>> do anything to find the commonality and so the source. NB>> When it happens with frequency and/or severity, one does tend to NB>> figure out the source more easily... :) BM> Though probably helped you didn't use an artificial sweetener in your BM> morning coffee, an ingredient in your Tootie Frootie cereal, etc. At the time I figured it out, I'd been using more saccherin as a sugar substitute in a number of things, as I was on some sort of a diet... when I got a migraine from chewing a small piece of sugarless gum, it was pretty obvious what was causing it.... NB>>> mostly it's just that our eating habits have shifted.... :) BM>> If it makes more sense why not? In my book there's nothing to prevent BM>> one from having cereal for the evening meal and meatloaf for the one BM>> first thing in the morning. All a matter of convenience and probably BM>> more so appetite. NB>> Exactly. :) BM> And meatloaf sounds much better to me than sugar-infused Tootie BM> Frooties. Definitely.... :) BM>>> I intended to become more familiar with spices, or just cooking in BM>>> general, as I got older: figured would have more time, etc. Now I do BM>>> very little cooking as don't have the opportunity. NB>>> If it's something you are interested in, sometimes one just has to NB>>> make the time and opportunity... :) BM>> I'm making dinner! BM>> Where are we going? BM>> No, I'm _making_ dinner. BM>> NB>> And when she comes to, dinner is on the table... ;) BM> And all over the stove, the walls.... You must have let Autumn help... BM>> True. Have noted that advertising, no transfats, and the like. My BM>> grocery shopping generally isn't influenced as not purchasing the BM>> items, though in some instances a don't care: the vegetable-flavoured BM>> Ritz-like crackers are on sale - yummy! No idea what the ingredients BM>> are. NB>> If you figured out what was giving you the issues, you'd be reading NB>> the labels like I have to... ;) BM> Definitely! And learning lots about the stuff you're eating (or not eating, for that matter)... ;) BM>>> Scottish Guy wasn't liking the little added expense. Tomorrow he'll BM>>> probably open his rusty coin purse. NB>>> As it's well into the Christmas season now, I'd think you'd be able NB>>> to just override him at this point.... BM>> Yup: a later post reported the purchase. Don't recall if I mentioned BM>> but the Scottish Guy was even happy at the seasonal splurge: if I spent BM>> a dollar extra I could get twice as much! NB>> There you go... everybody happy... ;) My niece made up some eggnog NB>> for our family celebration... very frothy, and quite nice.... She had NB>> some that was plain, and some that she'd added vodka to... Some people NB>> took the plain and added some rum to it... that was even better... ;) BM> Yes, to me the rum would be the alcohol of choice. I finished up my BM> eggnog yesterday - December 31. No, not because of 'Eggnog December' BM> just happened to finish the container. Also "had" to because on the BM> container was the best by date of Dec. 31 - today it would have tasted BM> bleah. Nah... it probably would have been fine... ;) BM> Didn't have any with alcohol this year: didn't have any in the evening. Some people don't wait for evening... at least not at an all-day party... ;) BM>> Yes, plus there's a standard in the rules because of the way packets BM>> were sent originally, IIRC. Whenever I add new taglines (and it's BM>> been a while!) I note the longest existing tagline and use that as my BM>> measurement. NB>> When one adopts a tagline in Bluewave, the popup box has a space for NB>> the tagline... anything too long just gets chopped off at the end of NB>> it... At least a couple of times I saved it anyway (see below for an NB>> example)... NB>> ... Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting NB>> on pe BM> Yes, I wouldn't want to bet on pee either, The 'pea' would make a BM> tiny bit more sense. ...Hmm 'people' even more sense! Yup, that was my guess.... :) BM> And as you said below, a little editing is sometimes needed, so BM> Horse sense: what a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. BM> There! 69 characters! Yup that worked.... And I snagged it without a problem... BM>> ... I came up with a great tagline, but it wouldn't fit! :( NB>> That's when one has to use one's editorial skills... BM> Such as... Yup.... BM> ... Headline: Experts Sure Dow Will Either Rise Or Decline. Occasionally it stays the same, though.... ;) ttyl neb .... Appetisers are those little bits you eat until you lose your appetite. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .