The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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hmmmm, they're still sitting on the eggs. it's taking a long time...? then again, judging from my posts, i first saw the eggs on the weekend of the 21st, so we're only at 14 days. if there's anyone in them, they should hatch towards the end of this week. fingers are crossed!

And now I have to work out why I thought it funny? Oh my. I guess it's because the potential client definitely gave too much information. All the designer needed to know was that the boat was to be for two people. Or was the client thinking of a boat that could be built covertly, so the neighbour wouldn't notice? Was there a need for the neighbour's wife to be able to sneak in? A secret door? Or did the information just slip out because the client had his mind on that topic? And what do you say when you get that sort of information?

Merle
Ditto.

I suspect it happens when I have received an email notification on a watched thread, have opened that email, and think that I have clicked on the link from it, when I really haven't. The net effect is that WP is still waiting for me to view the thread, before it sends me another "watching" email. It doesn't know that I happened not to have used the prior email.

What's the difference between Tiger Woods and Santa Clause?




















Santa usually stops at three 'Ho's'

Q: What's the difference between a golf ball and a Cadillac Esplanade?


















A: Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 400 yards without hitting a tree.

We just had some more lay-offs where I work....15 heads went-a-rolling...



And yet I am getting some overtime.....Hmmmm...

Did most of you get H1N1 shots?

It's impossible for me to know what most did, but I did. And my husband who never gets flu shots because he never gets the flu got a shot. He is working with children all day long and decided the profile of this flu meant he should be more careful. We weren't frantic about it. This flu does not have an extremely high death rate (thousands die of any kind of flu each year) but this flu is killing kids and young adults as well as the usual old people and immunocompromised people. Again, not at a high rate, but a bit unusual.

no, and I don't know why not. I just didn't since I got pretty sick with the swine flu when it first came around (yeah, yeah, I know, different strain) in the 70's. I think I am too old for the peak population, though.

We all just went ahead and got H1N1 before the vaccine became available. Pretty horrible and unpleasant, but at least we survived, although for a day or so there I wasn't sure I wanted to... The kids will probably get the shot anyway, to make sure they don't get it again - but since Congress doesn't think I need health care, I'm just going to hope it doesn't return.

nope. this flu is different in the population it targets, but appears to be no nastier than the "regular" flu as far as death rates (f anything, a bit less deadly, from what i can see through the hype). since i've only had two flu-like illnesses in my lifetime, i think i'll continue to skip the jab.

the kid... well, she has autoimmune issues so the LAST thing we want to do is trigger an autoimmune response, so she's skipping it as well.

Ummm, isn't it once you get it you've then got the antibodies for it, so a shot is redundant?

wow, a child support check in time for christmas! twenty years late, but they got it. : )

That just made my bad day a little better!

Did I mention I have some strange neighbors with unique hobbies?

He's done a great job with the xmas lights, too bad they're not online here yet. We watched them for a while last night - everything from the Steamroller to Bach (I think) to Pink Floyd.

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My name is Courtney. I 'm a 23 year old female who has NLD, non-verbal learning disorder. I have difficulty with visual processing/spatial awareness. I struggled with visual, tactile, and organizational tasks as a child, (I still do, but not nealy as bad) and struggled with facial recognition until Middle School. I have tics/tourete's tendencies and ocd, which my my mother and brother also share, but they do not have autism spectrum/ NLD. I'm not sure if what I have would be defined as NLD with tourette's/OCD as a comorbid condition, or if the tics/obssesion are just part of the autism/NLD. I do not have trouble empathizing with others or understanding their feelings or motivations whatsoever, I am very good at this, unlike people with AS - except when it comes to manipualtion and lying, I understand them logically but sometimes I forget that other people do these things because I rarely do them myself - I am naive in this way. I am very sensitive emotionally due to my sensory overload and sensitivity to tone of voice, ect. I have better social skills than many people with NLD due to the fact that I realized I struggled with facial recogniton as a child, and I developed a compulsion to stare at people and observe them closely when they talked to me, so now I am good at recognizing facial expression (unlike most with NLD). I didn't realize that I had problems with social skills for a long time, because many people love me and find my personality to be cute, endearing and charming (while others found it to be rude, annoying, and weird); I just thought a lot of people hated me and didn't understand why. I often make people laugh (unintentionally due to my observations of the world and my honesty) - they are surprised by them and laugh, like when someone laughs at something a little kid would say. I am very curious and inquistive and ask a lot of questions ( a common trait of NLD). Some people like this about me, many others find it annoying as hell (I am trying to work on it). I was abused as a child by my father (also an alcoholic) due to my NLD/Tourette's, and my mother was overprotective, controlling, bipolar and had anxiety issues; I was also in an abusive relationship with someone with histrionic personality disorder for many years. SO, I've overcome a lot of emotional issues. My interests include literature, music, art, writing, animals, languages, culture, travel, social sciences, religion, history, philosophy, time/time travel theories, and much more, including whatever I'm currently obsessed with at the time. My goals right now are to find another job (after being laid-off) and to finish school.