2003-05-24 - 7:05 a.m.

Another Friday Five
May 23, 2003

These weekly questions are found at the Friday Five site.

1. What brand of toothpaste do you use
   None. There are plenty of no-brand products out there, most notably sodium bicarbonate.
2. What brand of toilet paper do you prefer?
   Kirkland. That�s Costco�s store brand. I buy it by the case; it�s not only the best buy, but as soft (and strong) as any of the more expensive brands.
3. What brand(s) of shoes do you wear?
   Shoes? Brand? I have to choose shoes according to whether they will accommodate my deformed toe. (I�m paying for forty-plus years of fashionable shoes.) I own one pair of Nike walking shoes; one pair of Cradles walking shoes ($75 for shoes that truly fit); and several pairs of no-name summer sandals that leave my toes exposed.
4. What brand of soda do you drink?
   I call it the ubiquitous Diet Coke�. Dissolved sugar might as well be injected, it gets into the bloodstream so fast. (And I get �woozy.�) Fruit juice, which I always preferred, contains dissolved sugar too. If, occasionally, I can�t get Coke, Diet Pepsi has to substitute, because any place that doesn�t have Coke usually doesn�t have plain soda water either.
5. What brand of gum do you chew?
   To quote Cosmicrayola, dentures are a bitch. Anything that doesn�t stick doesn�t satisfy either, and that includes sugarless gums. After years as an inveterate gum chewer, I�ve switched to Breathsavers� candies, wintergreen and sugarless � just like the gum I used to chew.

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