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07 Jun 2017, 10:24 pm

Why is it on Father's Day? That day will be dedicated to my wonderful dad.



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08 Jun 2017, 12:48 am

EzraS wrote:
Why is it on Father's Day? That day will be dedicated to my wonderful dad.


That's an excellent way to celebrate it.
Your dad did a good job raising you.



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18 Jun 2017, 8:26 am

It's here!

The weather is perfect in Utah for another Autistic Pride Day celebration. :wink:


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18 Jun 2017, 8:34 am

I wish I wasn't autistic. Not really something I'm proud of. It can make life hard.



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18 Jun 2017, 8:50 am

Thanks for the reminder about father's day. I was going to ask a guy I knew if I'm being shunned by my town, but he's a dad, so he'll be busy.



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18 Jun 2017, 8:53 am

MoatsArt wrote:
I wish I wasn't autistic. Not really something I'm proud of. It can make life hard.

I believe that life with autism is difficult, and that the difficulties give us opportunities to be proud of our accomplishments despite the adversity. Mozart has been retrospectively diagnosed with autism, and yet, I doubt any of us would fail to see his accomplishments.

So, if we each can find something to be proud about today, we collectively help each other and future generations of autists, don't we?


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18 Jun 2017, 9:05 am

I do try to avoid pride, but I'd be a lot more tempted if I'd done something future Aspies might hear about. I assumed that a prize-winning prototype would have had an effect on industrial history, but so far, it only has obscure web pages: http://www.compositesworld.com/columns/ ... le-history The NT committees are creeping toward the same goal, but it may take them a century to do what I did in a year. Maybe if I'd patented it, they'd think it worth stealing.



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18 Jun 2017, 9:08 am

Going to church, then helping my dad celebrate Father's Day. A friend of the family is coming over to the house and we are going to have a fun get-together.



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18 Jun 2017, 9:17 am

Dear_one wrote:
I do try to avoid pride, but I'd be a lot more tempted if I'd done something future Aspies might hear about. I assumed that a prize-winning prototype would have had an effect on industrial history, but so far, it only has obscure web pages: http://www.compositesworld.com/columns/ ... le-history The NT committees are creeping toward the same goal, but it may take them a century to do what I did in a year. Maybe if I'd patented it, they'd think it worth stealing.

Very interesting article! It appears that you are in the same inventive crowd as Alan Turing. :)


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18 Jun 2017, 9:18 am

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Going to church, then helping my dad celebrate Father's Day. A friend of the family is coming over to the house and we are going to have a fun get-together.

Excellent choices! Autistic Pride Day is welcoming to others in our lives, too.


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18 Jun 2017, 9:47 am

AspieUtah wrote:
It's here!

The weather is perfect in Utah for another Autistic Pride Day celebration. :wink:


Have a great day AU :)


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18 Jun 2017, 10:14 am

SaveFerris wrote:
AspieUtah wrote:
It's here!

The weather is perfect in Utah for another Autistic Pride Day celebration. :wink:

Have a great day AU :)

Thanks! Doing some yard work, too. 8) But, I amn't certain yard work was part of the first Autistic Pride Day ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_Pride_Day ).


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18 Jun 2017, 10:29 am

AspieUtah wrote:
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I do try to avoid pride, but I'd be a lot more tempted if I'd done something future Aspies might hear about. I assumed that a prize-winning prototype would have had an effect on industrial history, but so far, it only has obscure web pages: http://www.compositesworld.com/columns/ ... le-history The NT committees are creeping toward the same goal, but it may take them a century to do what I did in a year. Maybe if I'd patented it, they'd think it worth stealing.

Very interesting article! It appears that you are in the same inventive crowd as Alan Turing. :)


Gee, thanks! Alan was assassinated, IMHO, because MI6 was afraid that he could be blackmailed for being gay, and give away state secrets. Someone who wants to poison theirself uses a drink, not half of a poisoned apple. They almost always leave a note, too.



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Dear_one wrote:
I do try to avoid pride, but I'd be a lot more tempted if I'd done something future Aspies might hear about. I assumed that a prize-winning prototype would have had an effect on industrial history, but so far, it only has obscure web pages: http://www.compositesworld.com/columns/ ... le-history The NT committees are creeping toward the same goal, but it may take them a century to do what I did in a year. Maybe if I'd patented it, they'd think it worth stealing.

Very interesting article! It appears that you are in the same inventive crowd as Alan Turing. :)

Gee, thanks! Alan was assassinated, IMHO, because MI6 was afraid that he could be blackmailed for being gay, and give away state secrets. Someone who wants to poison theirself uses a drink, not half of a poisoned apple. They almost always leave a note, too.

Turing's family thought he "made a mistake" by eating frequently while working with chemicals. Maybe, but this is the man who knew what his "machine" would do before he even built it. Error was simply not something he allowed in his life. Given the penchant among the MI6 crowd to "clean house" when they saw the need, Occam's razor gets a front-row seat in the debate, doesn't it? No, the idea of a suicide is simply too "neat" an answer. In my survey and commentary about Turing from 2016 ( viewtopic.php?t=322339 ), I wrote simply that he "died on June 7, 1954, from cyanide poisoning[.]" There were too many possible alternatives to suicide than I was willing to accept.


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