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Hope everything went okay at work.
Yea, I'm with you on most of what you said. Just mentioned sport 'coz everyone at school's talking about it. Personally, I lean more towards Labor (or even Greens *gasp*). I'm in the West, so we've never had daylight saving. I've got a boring, run of the mill cold. Mode.

Anything good happening to you?

I read something interesting last night. As predicted by the ASD Clinic, I have this repetitive mundane streak - I make paper flowers and I was researching the origin of this tradition. I learned that women used to take make them for American war graves for Memorial Day (sometimes known as Decoration Day, their equivalent of Anzac Day). Then I came across the origin of Memorial Day. Although officially it is attributed to the white US military, dating back to 1868, the first Decoration Day was in fact held on 1st May 1865 in Charleston South Carolina, a massive march of 10,000 freed Black slaves and their supporters, after they buried dead soldiers who had fought for their freedom. I thought that was a good piece of the history of the equality struggle, but then this might just be one of my "special interests" that bores everybody.

another melbournian female

Melbourne represent

Hi,

Mid thirties, male from Brissy.

Anyone else from 'Vegas here?

OK I am an Aussie.. I am born in Canberra (1961), I moved to the Netherlands (1963, have Dutch parents, so genetically Dutch) came back to Australia in 1982..

So:
1 I am an Australian with a funny accent,
2 I am a Dutchman, that happened to be born in Australia !
And yes I have a dual citizenship

G'day, g'day, g'day!
I am a strange thing that happened on the way to the forum.

I registered here some years ago when I was completely new to all this computer/internet stuff, just before our new (secondhand) computer blew up. Fair dinkum! Sparks, smoke and noise!

Anyhow, we went without a computer that I didn't know how to work until I had forgotten where I'd tried to find some similarly strange friends.

Just yesterday I got an email saying that Wrongplanet had been updated. It twigged something in the dark recesses of decaying memory so I came to look at what had once been interesting.

Anyhow*, I live in (was born in, as were a couple of generations of forbears) the wheat belt of "Worstraya" (take Western Australia, leave out a few syllables, and run the remainder together with a lazy tongue and get "Worstraya").

Since then I have had some experience at internet forums. I look forward to some interesting disagreements with some that seem to imply that fashionable opinions are always right.

Strewth mate! Welcome

Don't bet on it. I can't be relied on to run with the band wagon. I practically own the banned wagon.

Another Melbournian here. Although I do have dual citizenship with Arrakis.

Anyone interested in attending this on the 30th December.

Melbourne Aspies girls afternoon tea

Tried to kick off an Ozzie/Kiwi support site but have had little interest so far. Might close it down if no interest.

Australian/New Zealand Aspie Support

Alison

Nice t' meecha, Rev. Mo.
I think I'll pass on the afternoon tea invite... even if I shave I think someone will guess that I'm not really on the guest list.

Yair... support groups... I'm not a big fan. I don't even want to be a denatured odd bod cum pretend neurotypical. I don't mind being a bit weird according to the commonplace.

I just thought I would drop by this section of the forum to say Hi! to the other Aussie Aspies on here

G'day mate. Alison from the Mornington Peninsula - Golfers Heaven.

Much too close to New Zealand for my liking.

And here's me thinking WA stood for West Africa.

But the Kiwis always get their vowels mixed up (one practically indistinguishable from another). Worstraya to them is translated as farthest Western parts of the West Island of New Zealand but the word and pronunciation has no equivalent in Kiwi.