Basements are generally cool and dry. If storing vegetables in basements, provide your vegetables with some ventilation. Harvested vegetables are not dead, but still breathe and require oxygen to maintain their high quality. Also, be sure they are protected from rodents. Home refrigerators are generally cold and dry (40Â°F and 50-60% relative humidity).
Nielsen also says gaming consoles are becoming a bigger video medium, though the numbers remain small. As in years past, we watch more TV as we get older. Children 2-11 watch an average of 24 hours of TV a week, or 31/2 hours a day. That number dips to 22 hours for teens, ages 12-17, then goes back up to 25 for 18-24s. After that it rises steadily until people over 65 average 48 hours a week, or nearly seven hours a day.
People ages 35 to 44 spend more time on the Web than other groups, 74 minutes a day on average. The next demographic, 45 to 54 years old, spends the most time on e-mail. Consumers over the age of 65 watch the most live TV, according to the research.