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02 May 2010, 4:41 pm

I've been lurking on here for over a year now and I have decided to introduce myself - since I received an informal diagnosis of Aspergers Syndrome on Friday at the doctors. I'm now being referred to a psychologist for assessment and confirmation.

Now I feel a sense of relief and understand why I am, the way I am.

Additionally, my obsessions are; Pokemon, geology and meteorlogy, although I am also interested in anime, aspergers syndrome, astronomy and gaming consoles.

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02 May 2010, 4:53 pm

Welcome to WP Volcano

It's good you're taking your diagnosis the right way. So many people don't.

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02 May 2010, 4:58 pm

Thank you for the welcome - I never thought of it like that I suppose.

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02 May 2010, 5:36 pm

To WrongPlanet!! !

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02 May 2010, 6:25 pm

VolcanicEruptions wrote:

...geology and meteorlogy....astronomy

I'm not an expert, but those are fascinating subjects to me.

Welcome to WP

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02 May 2010, 7:33 pm

Welcome greetings to the WP neighborhood, VolcanicEruptions.

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03 May 2010, 8:04 am

AspieForty wrote:

VolcanicEruptions wrote:

...geology and meteorlogy....astronomy

I'm not an expert, but those are fascinating subjects to me.

Welcome to WP

I developed an obsession with extreme weather/natural disasters after watching Twister for the first time and I've been collecting natural disaster films since. Every new one I receive, I watch continuously - my most recent addition to the collection is 2012. In the media recently, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull erupted - (as many people already know) which made the news more interesting then it is already, thus I researched this heavily.

Additionally, thank you for the welcomes.

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03 May 2010, 8:15 am

VolcanicEruptions wrote:

I have one book on volcanos.

I find hydrothermal vents / hot springs of great fascination. Entire ecosystems thrive around them, without sunlight. There are strange organisms like "eyeless shrimp" that inhabit these little known niches.

BTW, I've been lucky (during the 1980's) to visit places like Yellowstone National Park, and saw "Old Reliable". Didn't have a very good smell at all.

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03 May 2010, 8:28 am

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It'd be truely facinating to actually visit a volcano! Also, since Yellowstone National Park is over the Yellowstone Caldera, a super volcano - if it was to erupt, the effects of the eruption would be catastrophic.

I read on the news recently, regarding this 'snail-like' creature with plant and animal features.

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03 May 2010, 8:37 am

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Yup. That "Supervolcano" is one of the greatest threats to life on earth. This series originally aired on ABC television. Frightening...

Last Days on Earth Part 5: Supervolcano
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfMuhbLoARc[/youtube]

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03 May 2010, 8:47 am

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The 'real' eruption would be one hundred times bigger than that shown in 2012 when the supervolcano erupts - the consquences are frightening just thinking about it!

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03 May 2010, 9:00 am

VolcanicEruptions wrote:

I read on the news recently, regarding this 'snail-like' creature with plant and animal features.

I wish you could recall the name of it.

I've often filmed Euglena and Volvox and other protists (meaning "first animals") under the microscope. But these that I speak of are microscopic. There are some creatures, that resemble plants, but are animals. And vis versa, *smile* -- the Venus flytrap and other carnivorous forms of plants.

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Is a sea anemone a plant or an animal? It is an animal that looks like a plant, a member of the invertebrates ...
wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_sea_anemone_a_plant_or_a_animal

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03 May 2010, 9:14 am

I like the technicality of Venus flytraps - how the plant kills its prey etc, but I observe them as quite scary and I used to have one myself.

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04 May 2010, 12:41 pm

Hello VolcanicEruptions, welcome, enjoy your stay on the Wrong Planet!

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04 May 2010, 12:54 pm

Hi VolcanicEruptions. Welcome to WP! Hope you like it here.

Whereabouts in the UK are you based, if you don't mind me asking?

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05 May 2010, 11:03 am

Welcome to WrongPlanet and welcome to my time warp.

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