Is it me or is the Independent courting controversy this morning with its online property for the silver surfer feature? The idea is... it's Silver Surfer Week, over-50s represent 24% of the UK's online community (equalling the number of under-20-year-olds), and 80% of potential home-buyers use the internet to start home browsing. So, bring all this together and what have you got? A guide to old peoples' homes online. Call me naively optimistic, but I like to think that some of these over-50s even look at the Rat and Mouse. And they're not particularly looking for information about retirement homes.