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    10 members, 210 guests.

    Wow. Just happened to notice that with only 10 members online, we are being "watched" by 210 non-members. Maybe some of the 210 are actually some of us just not signed in, but wow. Are we that popular/funny/pathetic/educational, or what?
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    Camping with my wolfie.

    So I have my alpha wolf camping with me today. I left the other two home. We boated to the campsite, and now he has learned to not hop out of the boat while underway. It was very undignified being lifted/helped back into the boat. It just doesn't get much better than this. Quiet, breeze...
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    The day I decided my first grade teacher was a bit silly

    The Day I decided my First Grade Teacher Was Kind of Silly Back in the Stone Age (the 1960s), my elementary school was about as non-racially diverse as could be. I might have been the most racially diverse, being Caucasian, Native American, and African American. But I easily passed as caucasian...
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    Legally blind

    One of my house mates is legally blind. He is not totally blind, but he does not see well enough to avoid obstacles and needs to use the cane. I am legally blind. I am extremely nearsighted. But I wear glasses that correct my vision to better than 20/20. My housemate is obviously not allowed to...
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    Nerdy Haiku

    Circuit boards hum soft, Wires tangled, power flows through, Diodes blink with life. Pixels paint the screen, Code whispers in the background, Bytes dance through the night. Photons kiss the waves, Quarks beneath the surface spin, Fields weave through the void. Atoms bond with...
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    Met a fellow ASD-1 over the weekend.

    Was visiting friends in Tennessee this weekend and because I knew there was going to be a small crowd there, I wore one of my "please don't touch me. I'm autistic" shirts so I wouldn't have to keep explaining that I don't shake hands. Anyway, I heard the wife of my friend couple tell her husband...
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    Declaration of face value communication.

    I would not thought it necessary to say this in an Asperger/autism forum. But two people on two different autism forums have harshly criticized me for things I did not say. In both cases, the individuals built a superstructure of assumptions on top of my simple statements, then took offense and...
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    Odd encounter today

    Because I am very touch-averse, when I will be shopping, I routinely wear one of my t shirts with the words "Please don't touch me. I'm autistic." printed on it. Today, after leaving the store, I was unlocking the door of my car. A teenage boy, I maybe 15, walked right up to me like he was going...
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    Am I an Artificial Intelligence?

    Years ago, in the dim ages of the past, when I was a teenager, I read a sci-fi short story set in the extreme far future. Mankind had avanced beyond the need for a physical body and people were essentially minds free to roam the universe at will. In the story, two minds met somewhere in deep...
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    I feel like I'm floating.

    Oh wait, I am. Posting from the pontoon boat tonight
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    Pez engineering

    My 41 year old son gave me a package yesterday with a doggy Pez dispenser and 3 candy packs. I opened it, then sat looking at the dispenser with I was hit by an epufainey (I know most people spell that epiphany, but then the weird pronunciation gets lost). While I have been familiar with Pez all...
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    Discouraging check-out line conversation

    I was at the cash register in the local 7-11 store today wearing one of my autism shirts, and the clerk (a 20-something male) said "I really like your shirt. Where did you get it?" I told him Amazon. He was surprised by that then asked "Do you think I should get one?" I said it was up to him...
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    Forced March Mode

    In my teens, I learned that people have far more strength than they realize. I had already heard it, but a series of events proved it was true for me. I found that when I thought I had no strength to continue, by sheer determination I could continue what needed to be done. I described this to a...
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    Experimented with Alcohol yesterday

    So the retired nerd decided to experiment with alcohol yesterday. As a Lieutenant in the Air Force, I decided to see what people saw in drinking. So I tasted 4 different brands of beer over a couple of days. Hated them all. Had already tasted red wine at an ROTC dining in, and a guy at a party...
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    Do Aspies annoy other Aspies?

    I know we can annoy NTs just beings ourselves (non masked), and I know Aspies can vary widely (if you know one - you know one), so how often would a group of non masking Aspies annoy each other?
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    Ready scripts for touch aversion?

    So, if you're touch averse, do you have any standard response if someone wants/insists to shake hands/hug? (As a child, I just squirmed away.)
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    Telemarketers et al

    My cellphone number is on the do not call registry. I get at LEAST 10 calls a day and maybe 1 is legit. I no longer answer a number I do not recognize. Anyone who call me gets the following message: "If you're a scammer or telemarketer, BE GONE! I screen thee by the power of voice-mail! If...
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    Retirement not a cure-all.

    Since retiring, I have been able to dial back social interaction almost entirely. I mean, I still have to go grocery shopping, occasional doctor visits, etc, but mostly I am very solitary. This has greatly reduced the daily stress of having to function as an autistic in an NT world. It has been...
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    Accurate word use

    I have seen a number of posters wanting to see language used accurately. So here is a place to post whatever (within site standards), using accurate language. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). No vague wordsmithing. No ambiguous meanings. Communication the way it SHOULD be. Misspellings no...
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    Social experiment

    I tried a social experiment - muah ha ha ha! Some background: 1. I'm an old retired fart, and as long as I'm not causing distress, I don't really care what people think about me. It's not like I can get fired or go to jail for being a WEIRD old retired fart. 2. Since I finally accepted my...
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