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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Aspies of the Pacific Northwest....UNITE :D! |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 09 May 2011, 12:47 am
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auntblabby wrote: sorry i hope you are not offended when i say that i believe that your cat's spirit will be in heaven, and that when you are also in heaven you will be able to pay it visits.
Not only am I not offended, but I believe it. Thank you. I hope to see you at the next meet. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I dont like the word eccentric |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 07 May 2011, 6:26 am
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Replies: 23 Views: 3,084
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The only thing really wrong with the word "eccentric" is that "eccentric" is the word people use when they're trying not to say "weird." Might as well just say "weird," huh? I don't like "heavy" for the same reason. It's what people go to when they're trying not to say "fat," so for gosh sakes, just... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Aspies of the Pacific Northwest....UNITE :D! |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 07 May 2011, 12:33 am
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Replies: 605 Views: 106,665
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I am sorry, we won't be able to make it this time. Our elderly cat who has kidney failure has just taken a turn for the worse, and sadly, we must take her to the vet for the last time tomorrow. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: What is your reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 07 May 2011, 12:29 am
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Replies: 241 Views: 20,822
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I had to vote "other" because several of the answers would have been correct. Although the death of a person is tragic, the thousands of deaths caused by him is even more tragic, and his death needed to happen. I am glad he is gone, but I don't feel it is morally right to celebrate the fact. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WP attracting too many of the wrong people |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 7:04 pm
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Replies: 247 Views: 22,685
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I was also wondering why the OP hasn't come back and defended his/her viewpoint. What I likened it to was a hit-and-run driver. Cause wreckage, and flee the scene.
I'm a 46-year-old woman, and I don't even know what ToM is. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WP attracting too many of the wrong people |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 5:56 am
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Replies: 247 Views: 22,685
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Who_Am_I wrote: Oh, very good, dismiss the struggles of the undiagnosed as "emo". That always helps.
Exactly right. I wondered wtf was meant by "just emo" anyway. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Handedness, Awarness, Coordination |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 5:45 am
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Replies: 18 Views: 2,765
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I am ambidextrous. I remember even my kindergarten teacher expressing frustration because she never knew whether to give me the righty or the lefty scissors. Today I can do most things with either hand, including writing, but I prefer to use my left. There is a small number of things I do with one h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Tone of voice? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 3:50 am
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Replies: 14 Views: 5,226
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Just to confirm my suspicions, I ran a little test on my husband. The joke, on a television show, was that a character said something, and another character answered, "I don't like the sound of that." So the first character said the same thing he'd said before, in an entirely different tone. Presuma... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Adult aspies being bullied |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 3:37 am
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Replies: 25 Views: 4,243
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I don't know if there is any place I can go, online or in real life, and be safe from bullies. As an adult, I have innocently asked a stranger at a red light if he had the correct time, please, and he answered, "Yeah, it's time to get your fat ass......" and then drove away before I heard the rest. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WP attracting too many of the wrong people |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 3:25 am
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Replies: 247 Views: 22,685
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So, as suspected (strongly!! !) but not formally diagnosed yet, am I welcome or not? Don't hold your breath. In addition to my daughter's ASD I'm also a self diagnosed AS. I find it the height of arrogance that I need to prove I'm an AS with a piece of paper from a health professional who will char... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What did you do during highschool lunch? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 3:17 am
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Replies: 118 Views: 13,838
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I eventually got to where I stopped eating lunch altogether, and just stayed in the classroom and watched TV. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is WP attracting too many of the wrong people |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 3:09 am
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Replies: 247 Views: 22,685
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So, as suspected (strongly!! !) but not formally diagnosed yet, am I welcome or not? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you ever been punched before for a comment you made? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 3:06 am
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Replies: 43 Views: 4,775
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I don't think so. There was a person who bullied me in First grade, though, and there was a girl in fourth grade who was teasing me (But I made her stop with the "My mom said if a girl is teasing me, that means she likes me." line, and she immediately went "ewwwww.... no!" and completely desisted, ... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Typing speedtest - how fast are you? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 04 May 2011, 12:25 am
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Replies: 19 Views: 2,534
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You type 358 characters per minute
You have 65 correct words and
you have 3 wrong words
I'd like to go back to work eventually, so I want to practice and improve on that. And no, I didn't look at the keys.
Any time I make a mistake, it's usually because I reversed two letters. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Do you touch-type or hunt and peck? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 03 May 2011, 6:00 am
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Replies: 16 Views: 6,323
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I am a professionally trained secretary and type 65 words per minute. I can do gusts up to 80, but not as accurately, especially if my hands are cold. I don't even have to look at the keyboard to place my hands. I just feel for the raised dots at the f and j keys. Observing my husband, I notice he u... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this typical of aspergers? |
LovebirdsFlying |
Posted: 03 May 2011, 1:45 am
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Replies: 34 Views: 9,470
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