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22 Jul 2009, 3:45 am

Aspie1 wrote:

... if you know in what years the Illinois Central Railroad used the logo shown in my avatar (this one may or may not apply).

Or if you know which book shows what the original 2-tone green paint scheme for the 1936 "Green Diamond" by Pullman Standard/EMC looked like. And where that book is on the shelf in the other room, being able to find it in about 12 seconds. :lol:

ilikedragons wrote:

The only way anyone gets you to the mall is by letting you go to the bookstore there.

So far back in this thread, but oh so true! :lol:

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You like it when you're driving and when you get to the railroad crossing there's a train coming.

And you call your wife on your cellphone to tell her what the locomotives are - and she knows what they would look like!

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22 Jul 2009, 3:46 am

southwestforests wrote:

Aspie1 wrote:

... if you know in what years the Illinois Central Railroad used the logo shown in my avatar (this one may or may not apply).

ilikedragons wrote:

The only way anyone gets you to the mall is by letting you go to the bookstore there.

So far back in this thread, but oh so true! :lol:

nah for me it was the toy store; and most malls don't have that anymore, so I no longer care!

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22 Jul 2009, 2:40 pm

The Mighty Aspie topic

You find out your cat is NT. :roll:

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23 Jul 2009, 9:59 am

You might be an aspie if you, out of your interest for Irish music, find the translations of the texts in Irish on the net plus an Irish translation forum, get fascinated by it and end up more or less learning the language (though maybe only in pieces and fragments).

(That was me some years ago.)

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23 Jul 2009, 2:37 pm

... If you record Saturday cartoons so you don't miss them, even though you're 24

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23 Jul 2009, 10:31 pm

You're probably an aspie if you look up as many positions in each federal executive department of the United States government as you can find or look every country in the world and every physical feature you can think of in a north-to-south type direction from the North Pole to the South Pole (I did both of these).

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24 Jul 2009, 9:34 pm

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you have eaten a potato salad sandwich, not because you wanted to, but because you didn't realize that the yellow stuff with the deviled egg on top wasn't egg salad.

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26 Jul 2009, 9:52 pm

You don't know who won American Idol, but can tell who hosts all the shows on The Science Channel

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26 Jul 2009, 11:23 pm

i can identify with alot of those.
well, except the fear of socializing thing. i actually crave social events, but AS 'causes my attempts at interaction to be an epic fail. and it hella stresses me out being around alot of people i don't know. i hate making eye contact so i'm always just looking at different points in the room if i'm nervous.

so i guess this would be another one:

...if your parents always thought you weren't not paying attention to what they were telling you because you refused to look them in the eye while speaking.

...if people tell you to stop talking to the wall or other inanimate objects for the same reason

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28 Jul 2009, 5:21 am

- If seeing an Autism Speaks ad has ever gotten you to go off giving a big speech to someone about how much you think they suck and don't speak for autistics.

- If you're more likely to carry on a meaningful conversation with your cat than your neighbor.

- If you ever speak to animals that don't even have ear openings, even when there's no humans around to hear it.

- If you consistantly take the fun out of movies involving your "special interest" by analyzing their flaws and letting our whole family(or whoever you may be watching the movie with.. or maybe even people you see the next day who didn't even see the movie) know about each of them.

- You watch The Big Bang Theory, and usually understand what Sheldon is talking about.

- You have a room in your house devoted mainly to a certain "special interest." (yes, i have a snake room)

- You don't dance to music, you stim to it.

- You've ever considered someone a "good friend" after having one conversation with them.

- You hear a fire alarm going off... and, while everyone else is in a panic about the possibility of fire, you're in a panic about the alarm itself.

- Goth kids tell you to smile more.

- You've ever been at a store/museum/whatever that in some way involves a special interest of yours, and other the other people visiting think that you work there and come to you with questions.

- You have your video games in alphabetical order, but can't seem to get your school work organized.

- You know all about electronic gadgets... EXCEPT FOR cell phones, because you never have anyone to call.

- You think that spinning a coin around on a table is great fun.

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29 Jul 2009, 5:08 am

ColdBlooded wrote:

Agree totally on several of these points.

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29 Jul 2009, 5:45 am

I burst out laughing at the Goth one.
Made my day.

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29 Jul 2009, 10:20 pm

you might be an Aspie if you read Jeff's post and laugh your ass the whole time. i know i did. well done Jeff.

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30 Jul 2009, 5:52 pm

pyraxis wrote:

BeeBee wrote:

...You might be an Aspie if you want to bow down and worship whoever invented the U-scan at WalMart...

lol YES! there's also a restaurant in town where you punch in your order from the table. my husband doesn't get why its my favorite place to eat because the food really does suck

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you might be an aspie if you nearly cried with relief when they made it so you can order a pizza online.

being in the same room with a person counts as socializing to you

having Vent on (no mic necessary) counts as socializing

you play mmo's but rarely party up or chat with anyone even though your friends list somehow got packed

you can do nearly anything on a stage in front of a huge group of people if they don't know you and it's not your work, but speaking in front of your class makes you want to puke.

if you have to use a phone you will text rather than actually speak to another person when ever possible.

if you happen to have multiple obsessions you make a schedule to ensure you do them right

15 hours doing something your interested in is perfectly reasonable.

you think that compiling a database for a game is more fun than the game was

you have to give yourself deadlines not to get things done but to get yourself to stop working on them.

if it has been suggested that you have both ADHD and OCD by the same person.

you can remember a zillion facts about your favorite topic but not where you put your keys

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30 Jul 2009, 6:01 pm

ScottF wrote:

You don't know who won American Idol, but can tell who hosts all the shows on The Science Channel

How about Discovery Channel? (Mike Rowe hosts Dirty Jobs, for instance, and provides the voiceover for The Deadliest Catch; Ben Bailey hosts Cash Cab and After the Catch, a wrap-up series filmed at the end of each season of Deadliest Catch; of course, Mythbusters is hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage...)

And no, I have no idea who won American Idol, nor do I have much interest in finding out.

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30 Jul 2009, 10:31 pm

Required reading for new WP members or those who are "not sure if they have it or not" topic

If you read all these pages you probably ARE aspie.

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