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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What's your most expensive interest? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 16 Mar 2013, 3:29 am
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Replies: 69
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| I have two main vices: 1) Photography, especially astrophotography. The money spent on telescopes, lenses, cameras, filters, autoguiders, computers, cables, software and above all a tracking mount really adds up over time. However, the cost of my semi-dark sky shooting location (a "summer cabin" up ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Worst subjects for you? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 24 Oct 2012, 7:59 pm
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Replies: 55
Views: 6,460
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fear that Everyone is out for my money |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 14 Oct 2012, 10:37 am
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Replies: 8
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| Of course they're after our money. Not just stores, but colleges, the health care industry, brokers, utilities, school districts, real estate agents, banks, and above all the government -- in fact, just about everybody. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What'z up with these hoarders? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2012, 11:15 pm
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Replies: 56
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| For a while in the mid to late 1960s, I hoarded US silver quarters and dimes, as they were disappearing from circulation. I still have them -- fortunately, they don't take up too much space. I suppose I should start hoarding US nickels now (like Kyle Bass). Too bad I missed out on the copper pennies... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I cant find things in stores! |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2012, 3:46 am
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Replies: 22
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| Just the other day I went to Home depot (or Lowes?) looking for teflon grease. I found the WD40 etc, but no luck with the DuPont Teflon grease. It's amazing how hard it is to find something as simple as this without a search engine. After wandering around for 15 minutes or more, I just gave up. Mayb... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: When Taking Photos... |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2012, 3:07 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,426
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| I rarely take photos with people anymore -- mostly just astrophotos, closeups, and other unusual shots (like fireflies, startrails, etc.) |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspies obessed with coin collecting/ other collectibles? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 08 Jun 2012, 8:00 pm
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Replies: 19
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| I used to collect coins from about 1958 to the late 1990s. It was mostly a type collection of US coins. Eventually, the coins I needed (mostly early gold and silver types) got too expensive. I finally gave up after getting my first (and only) early $5 gold coin -- the price was high back then but it... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What are your fears/phobias? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 22 May 2012, 9:19 pm
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Replies: 19
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| - flying, stinging insects (honeybees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, bumblebees, etc.) - also spiders, stinging ants, etc. - poisonous snakes (rare around here) - predators like bears (also rare around here), mountain lions (extinct around here?), bobcats, coyotes (especially if I'm outside at nig... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Some sentence structure drives be nuts. |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 08 May 2012, 10:36 pm
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Replies: 28
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I think Ulysses would be much more impressive if he left out all the spaces between the words, too.
Aside: Back when I was little, before I could read, I thought the spaces between typed words looked ugly. Solid blocks of letters looked much nicer to me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Am I a foreign language dummy? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2012, 9:22 pm
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Replies: 32
Views: 5,087
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| I guess I'm a foreign language dummy, too. My theory is that when English is your native language, its almost pidgin-like simplicity spoils you and dumbs down the language centers in your brain. Later on, when you study some foreign language, you're overwhelmed with all the complexity. Only folks wi... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Stock Market Special Interest |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2012, 8:17 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Actually, in recent years, I've become more interested in investments in general. My goal is to avoid losing all my savings, if we really are headed for a finincial Armageddon in the near future here in the U.S. There's so much conflicting advice out there these days. I don't know if this qualifies ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Who else avoids the rush hour? |
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Posted: 12 Mar 2012, 11:51 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,560
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Avoiding rush hour traffic is always nice. In the mornings, I usually leave at first light to beat the rush hour, especially in the summer.
The upside is that it may save 5 minutes getting to work.
The downside is that you are probably more likely to hit a deer at that time. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is your obsession expensive? |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2012, 1:58 am
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Replies: 42
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| I definitely suffer from expensive obsessions/hobbies. I started collecting coins from circulation around 1958. Later this morphed into collecting older (expensive) US type coins. Eventually, I became more and more interested in US Gold coins (even more expensive). By the time my main interest switc... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: What job do you have? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2012, 10:41 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,903
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| Computer programmer, sometimes euphemistically called "Software Engineer". |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Machivellianism scale |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 01 Mar 2012, 7:50 pm
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Replies: 35
Views: 4,319
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Can you list all the jobs you've had? |
| semikaatskillian |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2012, 11:43 pm
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Replies: 75
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| hiya and welcome to our neat little club 8) i wish i coulda done like you and settled into a nice comfortable [and well-paid] niche in an area of expertise. I was lucky to get my first summer job in 1966, since it led to the permanent job at the same company. I was also very lucky to get a job with... |
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