Subj : Re: moving or not To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Mon Jan 13 2020 03:09:32 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 07-Jan-2020 08:27 <=- 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. NB>> Especially more than they used to do... :) BM> That too! ...Was thinking 'human growth spurts' might not be an BM> uncommon thing: I seem to remember reading the armour worn by the BM> knights in the Middle Ages being referred to as the size now worn by BM> the average teenager. Something like that: did state people were BM> shorter than currently. Probably multiple factors playing into that aspect of people getting taller in general... still quite a few rather short ones, though, so it isn't a full rule.... 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. NB>> At the time I figured it out, I'd been using more saccherin as a sugar NB>> substitute in a number of things, as I was on some sort of a diet... NB>> when I got a migraine from chewing a small piece of sugarless gum, it NB>> was pretty obvious what was causing it.... BM> A bad tooth! Yes, if you hadn't eaten for some time, were feeling BM> fine, then popped in a piece of gum there does seem to be a BM> correlation. I would probably try again with a different BM> 'introduction': different / known non-headache-causing food, different BM> led-in time, and try the gum experiment. OTOH if you already suspected BM> a saccherin-induced migrane I'd say the result was conclusive. By the time the small piece of gum triggered it, I'd already stopped using regular foods sweetened with saccherine... the larger quantities were pretty conclusive as it was... the gum just clinched it... 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.... NB>> You must have let Autumn help... BM> Spread the blame? And fun?! Exactly... 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! NB>> And learning lots about the stuff you're eating (or not eating, for NB>> that matter)... ;) BM> Why am I thinking 'ignorance is bliss'? Though as a partial BM> defense I don't have any known issues to be wary of and I tend to eat BM> reasonably healthy. Main exception is cookies. Not enough to be a BM> problem to Cookie Monster. True... the more one reads labels, the less one wants to have much to do with the heavily processed foods.... :) BM> BM>> Didn't have any with alcohol this year: didn't have any in the evening. NB>> Some people don't wait for evening... at least not at an all-day NB>> party... ;) BM> There's a country-western song "It's 5 o'clock Somewhere". :) Yup.... :) 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! NB>> Yup, that was my guess.... :) BM> Wonder what it really is?! 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! NB>> Yup that worked.... And I snagged it without a problem... BM> Hopefully 'people' was the correct answer! OTOH it seems to work. :) Actually, as I seem to recall, the original was indeed 'people'... which made enough sense that I wanted to snag that tagline, only to find out that it was too long by by 4 characters.... NB>> ... Appetisers are those little bits you eat until you lose your NB>> appetite. BM> Plus sounded more appealing than "filler-uppers". True.... ttyl neb .... 'tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite make eating a delight. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .