StringJunky

Mostly for arses.

I don't want to be sat on thank you very much.

But if you were, wouldn't you want to be comfortable?

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Thank you for the attribution.

Very true....

It was a general question really.

It's nature's idea of a joke. I'm sure when they decided to have humans evolve they were like "Hey, lets make it so when they are waiting for something, the last portion of the waiting takes REALLY long"

Yes, wouldn't put it passed her! Upon reading a bit, it seems, what I am experiencing is the real passage of time with no other focus, which normally takes your mind off time passing; in a sense you are 'living in the now'. Need a distraction.

I can't see it in our big stores websites. I like Green and Black's the best... quite pricey.

4 days into abstinence, I haven't flown off the handle once, so I think I'm going to keep at it; I'm not so mercurial. I've got to teach myself that it is "feel bad" chemical not a feelgood one, with it's superficial energy rush.

Table sugar and sweets and I are well and truly divorced. I've had a few headaches and cravings but the very welcome benefit of a more even mood far outweigh the withdrawal effects.

I live very close to the ocean so it's not as extreme in summer as it is in the west. Winters are mild too.

Yes, the US winter can be seriously arid and cold

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Yes, it's much more dynamic here.

The nerve of some people

Yes, most adverse outcomes (such as hypertension) are related to caffeine consumption.

There are are far more studies that indicate that coffee (not caffeine) may have a range of (weak) health benefits.

Would you say that caffeine, when present, negates the small benefits of the other coffee components, so decaff is better if those small benefits were the desired outcome ?

That I don't know. The mechanisms of the health benefits are not really known (and they may be confounding factors). However, a handful of studies suggest that decaff also has benefits, but it is much less studied. If you are sensitive to caffeine it could be better, though. Also detrimental effects of caffeine tend to be only short-term (such as increased blood pressure). So even significant consumption (unless we are talking massive amounts) are likely not detrimental in the long term (...