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 Topic: OMG How Can Anyone Do This? |
edal
Replies: 15
Views: 906
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 Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:56 am Subject: OMG How Can Anyone Do This? |
| He's obviously mentally ill and mentally ill people do strange things because (sometimes) their value system is screwed. In the hospital I was next to a guy who killed his mother, father and baby sist ... |
| Topic: The Champion of Stupid Questions |
edal
Replies: 25
Views: 837
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:52 am Subject: The Champion of Stupid Questions |
| My brother did some work for the UN and one of his tasks was to fly out to Pakistan and teach a bunch of army guys there how to fix trucks. So, he arrives on the first day and he's introduced to twen ... |
| Topic: Could I have a child if I wanted to? |
edal
Replies: 53
Views: 1512
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:41 am Subject: Could I have a child if I wanted to? |
| Not sure about AS but I carry the gene for Cystic Fybrosis so I decided not to have kids a long time ago. If everyone did the same as me (and quite a few are) then the disease would be wiped off the p ... |
| Topic: The general mental health treatment reminiscence thread |
edal
Replies: 3
Views: 276
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:38 am Subject: The general mental health treatment reminiscence thread |
My memories of mental health treatment were a lot of kind people who understood my problems and were willing to work with me so that I could get back into society.
Ed Almos |
| Topic: Did You Ever Take Someone to Court? |
edal
Replies: 20
Views: 795
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:34 am Subject: Did You Ever Take Someone to Court? |
| Yeah, my girlfriend and I did this last year. We had a damp patch in the ceiling of our toilet that was getting bigger so it was obvious that our neighbor upstairs had a leak, the only problem was tha ... |
| Topic: Hitchhiking |
edal
Replies: 16
Views: 828
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:16 am Subject: Hitchhiking |
I did it a few times thirty years ago when I was young and foolish, now I'm old and wiser. Maybe there are safer ways to travel.
Ed Almos |
| Topic: Lack of Confidence and Perfectionism? |
edal
Replies: 24
Views: 1041
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:48 am Subject: Lack of Confidence and Perfectionism? |
Here's another way of looking at the problem.
Muslim artists, carpenters and builders will always make a slight error when creating something. The reason for this is that according to Islam only Al ... |
| Topic: Avatars That are the REAL YOU |
edal
Replies: 83
Views: 2889
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:44 am Subject: Avatars That are the REAL YOU |
Ummmm, look left.
Yep, that's the real me.
Ed Almos |
| Topic: The Vindictiveness and Mean Spirit of AS |
edal
Replies: 40
Views: 1917
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:42 am Subject: The Vindictiveness and Mean Spirit of AS |
Well, I hope that you feel better having got all that off your chest. You're entitled to your viewpoint but then I'm entitled to disagree.
You're probably right that AS is caused by genetics but th ... |
| Topic: New Mac: MacBook Air |
edal
Replies: 17
Views: 609
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:21 am Subject: New Mac: MacBook Air |
Very nice, only the lack of a network port stops me buying one.
Ed Almos |
| Topic: What would yours read? |
edal
Replies: 51
Views: 1218
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:18 am Subject: What would yours read? |
>>But I am leaning towards having one made that reads "I don't do social" also Wink<<
One please, XL.
Ed Almos |
| Topic: How do you know if you are emotionally blind? |
edal
Replies: 31
Views: 2058
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:12 am Subject: How do you know if you are emotionally blind? |
Well, in my case I had two clues:
1) People referred to me as "that bozo with the social skills of a baboon".
2) A close friend of mine told me that her daughter had died and I hadn't the fainte ... |
| Topic: Nausea inside my head...*confused*. |
edal
Replies: 15
Views: 1449
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:09 am Subject: Nausea inside my head...*confused*. |
| Try an experiment. Next time you go to the mall wear a pair of sunglasses with a yellow tint, if that doesn't cure your nausea then try a pair with a blue tint. There's a possibility that this could b ... |
| Topic: How quickly do you get obsessed with your major crushes? |
edal
Replies: 26
Views: 1269
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:20 pm Subject: How quickly do you get obsessed with your major crushes? |
I think this was the reason why a lot of my previous relationships failed. It went something like:
1) Meet someone for the first time.
2) On ethe journey home start planning how you are going to s ... |
| Topic: Difference in Dating Another Aspie. |
edal
Replies: 15
Views: 831
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Forum: Love and Dating Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:16 pm Subject: Difference in Dating Another Aspie. |
Keep going, you're doing just fine 
Ed Almos |
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