14 Jun 2018, 3:12 pm
kraftiekortie wrote:
When I found out, it made perfect sense.....especially when combined with my later Asperger's-type symptoms. Autism was a different animal in the 1960s. Only the severely affected were said to "truly" have autism. I was diagnosed after I spoke with "brain-damage."
There are times when I still exhibit discernible "classic autism" symptoms. I have to struggle, sometimes, to make eye contact; my default reaction to a face is to avert my eyes from it. I sometimes like to bump into walls, punch things, things like that. And I sometimes do that in public, thereby evincing strange looks. And, a few times, some attention from the police. And I still have many "Asperger's" type things going on. I felt like "info-dumping" at my job today, in fact. I had to restrain myself from doing so. It had something to do with some sort of history.
I went to a "regular" junior high where I passed academically, but was almost expelled for getting kicked out of class for calling out the answers all the time. Then I went to a high school for "gifted underachievers," where I did moderately well, with some behavior problems, especially early on. I had no friends; as a result, I started singing opera in the subways. I got a little better in my senior year. I made a few friends. I acquired a bit of a reputation as a "poet."
Wow, that's not at all how I imagined you. I thought you were probably really well behaved as a child like me. There are times when I still exhibit discernible "classic autism" symptoms. I have to struggle, sometimes, to make eye contact; my default reaction to a face is to avert my eyes from it. I sometimes like to bump into walls, punch things, things like that. And I sometimes do that in public, thereby evincing strange looks. And, a few times, some attention from the police. And I still have many "Asperger's" type things going on. I felt like "info-dumping" at my job today, in fact. I had to restrain myself from doing so. It had something to do with some sort of history.
I went to a "regular" junior high where I passed academically, but was almost expelled for getting kicked out of class for calling out the answers all the time. Then I went to a high school for "gifted underachievers," where I did moderately well, with some behavior problems, especially early on. I had no friends; as a result, I started singing opera in the subways. I got a little better in my senior year. I made a few friends. I acquired a bit of a reputation as a "poet."
Feel free to info dump history on me any time, in fact I could do with it since June's copy of BBC History mag hasn't turned up yet.
Poetry
My favourite is The Donkey by G K Chesterton but I'm quite eclectic over centuries, George Herbert and William Blake
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Took this photo of my front garden today
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08 Jul 2018, 1:21 am
Temeraire wrote:
Everything is shriveling up in my garden !
That's sad to hear!
One of the redeeming factors about living in NW England is that we have such a damp climate that the ground rarely dries out fully, even in conditions like the present.
These two pics show my front garden, which is allowed to grow untended and has never been watered in eleven years. I'm a bit baffled as to why the Queen Elizabeth rose bush nearest the house hasn't yet produced a flower, while the one in the foreground has no such issue.......
08 Jul 2018, 1:32 am
08 Jul 2018, 3:52 am
DeepHour wrote:
Temeraire wrote:
Everything is shriveling up in my garden !
That's sad to hear!
One of the redeeming factors about living in NW England is that we have such a damp climate that the ground rarely dries out fully, even in conditions like the present.
These two pics show my front garden, which is allowed to grow untended and has never been watered in eleven years. I'm a bit baffled as to why the Queen Elizabeth rose bush nearest the house hasn't yet produced a flower, while the one in the foreground has no such issue.......
I think your garden looks good because your ground is covered which puts the earth in shade stopping it from drying out as much. Unfortunately I had some bare spots so my earth has backed. Oh well, live and learn.
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