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Do you leave tips?
Tipping is a socio-political hot potato in Australia and Aussies will actively discourage the practice. Australian society is much more unionised and much more socialist that that of the US and we find the whole idea highly offensive on several different levels. On one level is our pride in the... -
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Autism and self-improvement link?
I think it depends on the individual and isn't necessarily any different for autistic people than it is for the general population. The only difference I can see is that often when autistic people learn something they learn it completely and develop levels of understanding that most people... -
Poll: Best Christmas Side Dish
Except for the devilled eggs and string beans you won't see any of the above at an Aussie Christmas Lunch. Here people generally go in one of two directions. They either do a traditional roast of they'll do a barbecue lunch. If they decide to have a barbecue outside then all the side dishes and... -
Christmas Highlights?
I hated Christmas, ever since I was little. It was always all about my father and children were expected to be seen and not heard. It was the opposite of exciting and fun, it was my most dreaded day of the year. As an adult who never had any kids of his own Christmas is pretty meaningless to... -
Boxing Day
Here it's also the kid's summer school holidays and many parents will be taking a few weeks off of work too, so everywhere's going to be frightfully busy until the end of January. Here the kids only get 7 weeks off at summer because they have 3 other breaks of 2 weeks each during the year... -
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is also a huge shopping day with department stores and everyone else selling after the event specials. In Australia this is as big as the Black Friday sales in the US. It's a nightmare day to go shopping for most autistic people. -
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a public holiday in Commonwealth countries celebrated on the 26th of December. These days hardly anyone knows it's old English origins, it was a day of rest and gift giving for servants after having to spend Christmas Day serving their lords and guests. In Australia it's a day to... -
It's a second public holiday on the 26th. It originates from the old English system of Lords and...
It's a second public holiday on the 26th. It originates from the old English system of Lords and servants. Servants had to work on Christmas Day making sure their lords had a good time, then on Boxing Day the lords would thank their servants with boxed gifts.- Outdated
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And to you as well. Christmas is finished here now, it's already Boxing Day.
And to you as well. Christmas is finished here now, it's already Boxing Day.- Outdated
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Switching social modes is a pain
For a while I was the Production Manager in a few companies and it was part of my job to do this. Sometimes it was my duty to be angry, even if I didn't feel it, or at other times to keep my cool while I was angry. I had to deal with staff, management and clients and had to switch between modes...- Outdated
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- Forum: Friends, Family & Social Skills
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Generation X
I was born in 65 so I'm sort of both. When my mother tried to suggest there was something different about me my father replied "Rubbish. He does it deliberately just to give me the shits.". At that time I had no idea what it was that I did differently that upset people. -
Cultural configuration of autism
It's all data, useful as a comparative if not actually what she's looking for.- Outdated
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- Forum: Autism Science Discussions
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Autistic Burnout--what was it like?
I ended up with Ross River Fever not long after I moved to Dundee. I'm someone that doesn't normally notice when they're sick but ross river flattened me for months, and it kept coming back again in a milder form every year for about 10 years.- Outdated
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- Forum: General Autism Discussion
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Strange and weird films from long ago
Perhaps short films could provide some entertainment.- Outdated
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- Forum: Movies, Music & Television
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I think many NTs also struggle with social situations.
Actually, it's an Austro-anthropic view taught to me by people who are still partly living their paleolithic lifestyle today.- Outdated
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- Forum: Friends, Family & Social Skills
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Switching social modes is a pain
Friends will understand what's going on and probably be pleased that you're finally showing a bit of character. Coming off a bit too strong as you put it is nowhere near as bad a mistake as what you have been doing. The setting of boundaries is something most people understand and they will...- Outdated
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- Forum: Friends, Family & Social Skills
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Cultural configuration of autism
That was a well thought out questionaire, I hope you get enough good responses to satisfy your studies.- Outdated
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- Forum: Autism Science Discussions
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I didn't know you were in an RV, buy a cheap tarp to tie over the top of it and save yourself a...
I didn't know you were in an RV, buy a cheap tarp to tie over the top of it and save yourself a lot of stress.- Outdated
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A pig fence is still only DC, just 10x the normal voltage. My brother got too close to one with...
A pig fence is still only DC, just 10x the normal voltage. My brother got too close to one with the whipper snipper one day, it blackened the palm of one hand and the soles of both feet and he couldn't walk for over a week.- Outdated
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