It still amazes me now, scrolling through my Twitter feed and hanging out with my Internet-sourced friends, that there are so many people who get me and share the nichest of niche interests with me.

to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.

The bridegroom, 75, retired as a consulting immunohematologist in Manhattan, serving as an expert witness in paternity cases.

You need not be a hypercorrective schoolmarm to lament such tolerance.