Well, sometimes, I'll have dry weeks, and//or dry half weeks, occasionally, even a dry fortnight.
I can forego it, but I prefer not to, if such a choice is available to me.
Hm.
Enjoy; a beer in (good) company can be wonderful.
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I can forego it, but I prefer not to, if such a choice is available to me.
Enjoy; a beer in (good) company can be wonderful.
Mmmmm... yep. Some stuff is easier to suppress than others, I will say. I hope the school (and the family) is taking every measure available to help. Actually, I was just having a conversation with someone whose brother is on the spectrum, too, and the consequences of late intervention caused by parents who didn't (and I guess still don't) do enough. In fact, from what I can tell, the parents are making the problem worse. I still remain optimistic that this individual will get said help, but I'm afraid it'll be EXCEPTIONALLY difficult to turn stuff around now that he's older. It's truly heartbreaking on so many levels.
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Grape and Grain? The Quaker Oats guy would be upset.
In one state, they banned the sale of alcohol and automobiles on Sunday but did not completely ban alcohol. You just had to schedule your inebriation, especially for the Sunday sports. In the other state, I suspect that William Penn enjoyed a pint to calm his nerves in the New World.
You'd be surprised how many people I'd known all over England and how many English people I'd known in the U.S.A.
If you'd heard my accent occasionally, you might not be as surprised. It's not as though I spent time in Skeggie in a caravan, though.
Doing software development and sports photography, I've had a wide range of encounters. My sports photography account on Instagram had followers from all over the world. I'm not famous, for certain, but I've had my share of successes.
I miss the days when I was doing something much greater than my minimal life allows me now.
I see that most people react instinctively to difference. We should only be using such instincts if we are not taught better. I learnt in my childhood to not fear difference.
I was working a cash register on Friday and had a group that was a bit slower. I treated them as though they weren't. I joked with them and asked for their money and gave them their change, as though they were typical customers. A lot of the typical customers I meet aren't far from that level anyway. Sorry if my wording isn't quite right but I have tears in my eyes right now.
The world needs to be educated. People need to be better than a bunch of ignorant primates that they seem to be. A primary goal should be to get along and help each other.
For starters, it is a good idea for everyone to not to refer to anyone else as being a part of "these people" (whoever that might be within a particular context).
Also, some particular fields of interest and professional occupations can and do attract people who may be different in some respect than others, and, yes, someone or more than a few someones who might not be neurotypical or considered "normal" in sone other way may well be active participants in sites such as MacRumors..... I'm sure they would prefer not to be referred to as being one of "those people," as straightaway that carries a negative overtone, doesn't it?
Also, some particular fields of interest and professional occupations can and do attract people who may be different in some respect than others, and, yes, someone or more than a few someones who might not be neurotypical or considered "normal" in sone other way may well be active participants in sites such as MacRumors..... I'm sure they would prefer not to be referred to as being one of "those people," as straightaway that carries a negative overtone, doesn't it?
I agree, and I am very adaptable and "fearless" as a result. In elementary and middle school, I was around people with visual and hearing impairments, speech impairments, neurodivergent people, etc. A very diverse group, thankfully. I knew that people in "normal" classrooms would look at me and everyone else funny - and that happened, sure. But ultimately, since me and everyone else in that classroom really needed special ed, I knew that we were all at each others' side.
I posted about this a while ago, certainly not worth repeating, but you can go back and find it.
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All of my life, people looked at me funny. I was the subject of discrimination before I was born. Can I change that? No, but I can educate people and I have spent a lifetime educating people one-to-one.
When I was photographing at one skate park, someone told me that things were so much better since I started going there. Before me, those on skateboards, bikes, and scooters didn't talk to each other, let alone, spend time together. They didn't even realize that they could be better.
At another skate park, I let some of them use some of my photographic equipment and they did well. Contrast that to the opinion that people at skate park are all on drugs and will steal anything not tied down. I posted some of their photos, giving them credit for them, showing the world that a person can do better.
As far as I'm concerned, no one is normal.
You're absolutely right. Plus, who comes up with the definition of "normal?" What does "normal" even mean? We're all just humans after all.
Also, in addition to not referring to people as a class ("the deaf," or "these people"), something needs to be said about "suffering." That's one that I find almost offensive, and people have used that with me all the time. "He suffers from XYZ." While this might be a personal preference, the problem I have with it is that it's completely inaccurate. Look, I, like countless other people (42 million Americans alone), have challenges I've had to figure out how to live with. What about that constitutes "suffering?" Please demonstrate to me what you mean and how I am suffering.
Anyway, back to your point ScepticalScribe, I hope your friend's kids are receiving the support the need. I'm extremely lucky that my parents took every available measure of support, or else who knows where I'd be now.
Also, I need to figure out how to overcome the literal mental barrier that prevents me from discussing my health, but that's up to me. I'm sure it'll get easier as I get older. All I can talk about is the consequences of it.
Anyway, back to your point ScepticalScribe, I hope your friend's kids are receiving the support the need. I'm extremely lucky that my parents took every available measure of support, or else who knows where I'd be now.
Also, I need to figure out how to overcome the literal mental barrier that prevents me from discussing my health, but that's up to me. I'm sure it'll get easier as I get older. All I can talk about is the consequences of it.
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On a different subject, me and some friends in a Discord server spent the last couple hours watching YTPs (best way I can describe it is sort of like a parody/satire but not quite), which was super fun. I don't think I've ever laughed as hard as I did during some of them, they were great!
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I was at a truck stop in Texas. They had a big sign:
Beer, BBQ & Guns
Except on Sunday - just BBQ & Guns
I hope my Social Security pension payments are approved soon and start arriving. After things the lady of the house said earlier, I don't want to be here. She is intolerant and ignorant.
I'm also ready to move to another state where I can afford an apartment or a bit more for little more than I'm paying for a room. I'll probably have to deal with intolerance, but not under the roof where I live.
I'm also ready to move to another state where I can afford an apartment or a bit more for little more than I'm paying for a room. I'll probably have to deal with intolerance, but not under the roof where I live.
If you're really into sharpening you can take the time to use sharpening stones. I like sharp knives but for me stones are too much work. Two highly recommended sharpeners that I use (configurable for European or Japanese angles) shown below. Have been using for years on some expensive knives with no ill effects:
Ouch, sorry to hear that, I have and had an issue with a herniated disk. Had this 3 years ago and got treated with an infiltration (after an MRI) that did the trick. Now got it again at another place and waiting for the second treatment tomorrow, it is quite painful. A friend also had back pain but muscular - yes as you wrote the joys of getting older. I sincerely hope Mrs. AFB will feel better soon.
Never heard of brocoli bread, but a perk of living in Switzerland is enjoying different European bread traditions. Here in French-speaking Switzerland the French influence is strong (and a short hop over the border to France is very doable). The German and Italian sections have their own delicious offerings. I am partial to the dark rye from Valais/Wallis (a bilingual French-German canton).
I am rather partial to good quality dark rye bread, as well.
And to serious white French bread (which doesn't always have to take the form of a baguette).
It’s not really a European bread tradition. Just one of the few ingredients Mrs AFB can eat without any ill effects.
It’s a very short list.
She seems a bit better today thank you. Just heading out for a gentle walk with her now.
I know it makes sense. Keep the costs within the council borough that serves its own residents. I was just shocked to find that having got up really early on a Sunday to take Mum's rubbish to the closest recycling centre I had to produce proof of address and was denied entry as I was outside the borough where I live (well at least where I stay when not in the Philippines).
It used to be so much easier in the past. Just drive to a recycling centre unload you're rubbish and leave.
It used to be so much easier in the past. Just drive to a recycling centre unload you're rubbish and leave.
Car alarm batteries - at 2 a.m. - can be a lot worse, as, for that matter, is also often the case with house alarms.
Can't argue with that but generally it's not because the car battery or its alarm battery went dead. I was just musing over why smoke alarm batteries (in my experience) always fail in the middle of the night rather than at a nice 5pm lets say.
That’s how it works here. You never have to queue even in a Saturday morning. I’m a regular!