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bizarre
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I'm going to say Bingo!
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calandale
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| I rather like bridge. |
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blessedmom
Cynically Optimistic Daydreamer
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Knit, knit and knit! 
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iceb
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Watch Manga, Play Computer Games, Fast Cars, don't think I should be trying skateboarding any more though  |
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nutbag
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Usually I stare off into the distance, say strange things, rock and am forgetful.
Wait! That's what I do 'cause I'm an aspie! I don't know what I do because I am old.
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calandale
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: |
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There's also contemplating bodily functions.
But, along with bridge, I don't think it's my
age - just something that I enjoy. |
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Belfast
Vast Ambivalence
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Location: New England
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| nutbag wrote: | Usually I stare off into the distance, say strange things, rock and am forgetful.
Wait! That's what I do 'cause I'm an aspie! I don't know what I do because I am old. |
Think I saw this comment by nutbag triple posted, but when I checked thread again it had been fixed. Was going to use that example of "us older folks repeat ourselves w/o realizing..."-not singling her out for doing so. Just 'cause it was in thread about what older people do. Occurred to me it was intentionally triple-posted solely in order to make that point, but I guess not.
There are greater rights & choices afforded adults, but there are also greater expectations & limitations in other ways, compared with childhood. I didn't like being a kid when I was one, felt powerless, overprotected yet also neglected (they can co-exist). Now I'm grown up I realize how much I managed to experience due to sheer ignorance (not "knowing any better than" to do this or that)-in some ways, I was freer then.
| calandale wrote: | There's also contemplating bodily functions.
But, along with bridge, I don't think it's my
age - just something that I enjoy. |
Yeah, one has to pay more attention as one ages-things don't magically always work when "left to their own devices", unlike (my) childhood ignorance of how the body functions. An older relative amused me with her pun of "would you like an 'organ recital' ?"-way of summing up the topic of talk amongst people her age. It bored me when I was a kid to hear relatives complaining & discussing these matters. I'm only 34 now, but am learning to understand the importance & relevance of these factors that impact one's quantity/quality of life.
What does this "older aspie" do ? I read-same as I've always done. Fun is staying home with my nifty boyfriend & my adorable cat, drinking hot tea & smoking a clove cig, listening to trance-y music. Oh yeah, and wasting my time trying to increase (in slow motion, at a moderate pace) my WP postcount so I can pick my own imaginary rank.
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Beenthere
10 Miles South of Sanity
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...yard sales, garage sales, rummage sales, estate sales, "curbside" shopping...I like antiques & junk. 
...gardening, video games, photography, home improvements, fixing stuff (or breaking stuff, depending on my skill level and the item at hand), computers & electronics.
...will still ride a skateboard, and run through sprinklers...one day I will grow up...and maybe slow down.
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9CatMom
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| I love to read, do crossword puzzles, and play with my cats! |
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ZanneMarie
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Write, read, goof off with dh, play with the pets, have sex with dh, engage in PDA and shock the kids, go to museums, the theatre, the symphony, listen to wild music and classical, etc. I do everything I did when I was young.
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blessedmom
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I liked to knit when I was young, as well! I also play the flute, piano, guitar, sing and/or listen to music ALL day long. I have ADD so to write everything that this old person does in a day would fill pages.
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Fixing and restoring just about anything and making things. I like working with metal like this
to make things like this
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bizarre
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Ow Wow that's nice!
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Beenthere
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Very cool indeed!!
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Tequila
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| Crosswords. Reading newspapers. Bingo. Pub. Walking round the local supermarket. Watching TV. Moaning about everything. Those sorts of things. |
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