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velodog
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Okay Specter with that clarification I see what I missed in your post the first time through. I understand what you were getting at now. No apology needed.  |
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Specter
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| velodog wrote: | | Okay Specter with that clarification I see what I missed in your post the first time through. I understand what you were getting at now. No apology needed. :D |
absolutely :D enjoy your beautiful Friday afternoon!! :D
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Anemone
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| I haven't read this thread all the way through but I just want to say that I would not have known that there are people in the US who can't afford to get a diagnosis had this not come up here. So I'm glad the subject came up, although I'm sorry if people got hurt in the process. |
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nominalist
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| Anemone wrote: | | I haven't read this thread all the way through but I just want to say that I would not have known that there are people in the US who can't afford to get a diagnosis had this not come up here. So I'm glad the subject came up, although I'm sorry if people got hurt in the process. |
It is an insurance issue. I paid only $50US for my diagnosis. (That was my copayment.) Sadly, not all Americans have insurance.
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sinsboldly
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| velodog wrote: | | Specter wrote: | | Zancaur wrote: | | If my friends google "zancaur" (which I use in every game and on every website) this would be one of the first things to pop up. They will then discover I have AS, and I'd go through the whole "is he my friend, or just acting nice?" thing again. |
*raises an eyebrow* are you saying you understand why someone would not want people to know they have AS? interesting. |
Specter, You come across as a young man who is generally respectful of others. It is my choice to keep my own DX private. I don't consider it anyone else's business unless I choose to tell them. At this point I have told one person that is not on this site. This is probably how it will stay. |
not if Selkie sees you, velodog!  he will out you casually to the whole thread by describing your parentage and how you have or do not have AS by employing empirical analysis and a bit of light reading.
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velodog
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| Guess I better watch myself then Merle. |
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Selkie
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| sinsboldly wrote: |
not if Selkie sees you, velodog! he will out you casually to the whole thread by describing your parentage and how you have or do not have AS by employing empirical analysis and a bit of light reading.
Merle |
A judgement made by a bit of light reading and empirical analysis: glad we're in the same boat, Merle!
However, additional light reading would reveal that selkies are usually female. |
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LostInSpace
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Selkie wrote: |
However, additional light reading would reveal that selkies are usually female. |
What about the stories about how human women would call male selkies by dropping 7 tears into the water? Plus, I'm assuming there would be enough male selkies to ensure the continuation of the selkie species. |
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Selkie
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| I said "usually" not "always". |
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sinsboldly
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| Selkie wrote: | | sinsboldly wrote: |
not if Selkie sees you, velodog! he will out you casually to the whole thread by describing your parentage and how you have or do not have AS by employing empirical analysis and a bit of light reading.
Merle |
A judgement made by a bit of light reading and empirical analysis: glad we're in the same boat, Merle!
However, additional light reading would reveal that selkies are usually female. |
Actually I was quite acquainted with a male selkie, Selkie.
This is a song I sang from my youth, its an old Scottish song through the old Appalachian tradition.
The Great Silkie of Sules Skerry
An earthly nourris (nursing nanny) sits and sings
And aye she sings `Ba lily wain
And little ken( know) I my bairn's (child) father
Far less the land that he dwells in'.
Then one arose at her bedfoot
And a grumbly (frightening) guest I'm sure was he
Saying here am I, thy bairn's father
Although I be not comely (good lookin')
I am a man upon the land
I am a silkie on the sea
And when I'm far and far frae land
My home it is in Sules Skerry
And he has ta'en (took up)a purse of gold
And he has placed it upon her knee
Saying give to me my little young son
And take thee up thy nurse's(nanny's) fee
thanks for the memory.. there is more to the ballad, too, a prophesy.
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LostInSpace
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| Selkie wrote: | | I said "usually" not "always". |
My point was that being familiar with the selkie legends (as sinsboldly apparently is anyway) would not necessarily lead one to to assume you are female. After all, there may be more stories about female selkies, but there was certainly plenty written about male selkies.
Sorry, I guess I was just annoyed because I didn't feel that was a particularly relevant jab at sinsboldly (apologies if that was not your intent), and I thought she had a good point about the conclusions you drew (and the judgments you made) on apparently very little evidence. After all, why do psychologists bother spending 9 years in school studying the mind when apparently all they need to make accurate diagnoses is a little "light reading?" Is the same true of the medical profession? If so, I can save a lot of money on doctor's visits. |
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