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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you happy today. |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 01 Jan 2023, 8:10 pm
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Replies: 30,565
Views: 1,091,975
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| On the water, in thick fog, early morning, New Years Day. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: In the Garden |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022, 7:55 pm
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Replies: 42
Views: 743
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| Thanks for getting some gardening going again here on WP. The Christmas weekend cold snap was disappointing. My fruit trees have taken a terrible beating with Irma a few years ago, two nights of sub-zero temps last winter, two hurricanes this fall. I suspect I won't get any fruit this coming year ei... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies at 93 |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022, 7:36 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 277
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| An amazing person in all respects. She will be missed. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Happy New Year |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2022, 7:29 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 398
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Wishing everyone the best possible in the coming new year.  |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 35,863
Views: 831,857
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kraftiekortie wrote: You’re very good, Blazingstar!
Thank you. I am passionate about what I do. |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Libertarianism and autism |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 8:45 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,874
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| I think the key here with libertarianism is deciding what you want the government to do and not to do. Too much of either is going to be a bad thing So basic services including health and transport yes Interfering and micro managing no I'm not so sure about health and transport, they cost too much ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 1:22 pm
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Replies: 35,863
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blazingstar wrote: It's the week between Christmas and New Years and no one is available to approve needed services. It's not like people with disabilities don't have needs this week.
Managed to get through to the person in charge and services were approved. Yay!! ! |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Libertarianism and autism |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 1:17 pm
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,874
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| I think the key here with libertarianism is deciding what you want the government to do and not to do. Too much of either is going to be a bad thing So basic services including health and transport yes Interfering and micro managing no I'm not so sure about health and transport, they cost too much ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: PBS Documentary on Autism. |
| blazingstar |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 1:09 pm
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,320
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| I've been fully self-sufficient since I left home at 15. I have a PhD and own and operate my own business which is know as one of the best in the area. But I wouldn't say I had no impairments. I am very intelligent, but most of my intelligence is used up trying to figure out how to live in a world n... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's something you've done that most people haven't? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 1:02 pm
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Replies: 145
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| First chair out of 48, play the flute. Went over 100 in a 65 Impala SS. Took art instruction from Arkansas’s artist laureate,Evan Lindquist. Ran from wild hogs in the woods. Walked home thru the Ozark woods in the dark. Had a bald eagle eat a potato chip out of my hand. Drank out of a cup made from... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: RIP Pele, 1940-2022 |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 7:00 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 295
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Thunberg: 1 tate: negative pizza |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 6:58 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 514
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's something you've done that most people haven't? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 6:47 am
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Replies: 145
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| Back in the early 70s, I met Jane Fonda in the living room of someone’s house. She put my son, then about 2, on her lap. She was talking to a small group of us about the Vietnam war. In about 4th grade, at a school festival, I won the cakewalk twice , thereby winning two cakes. I had to carry both h... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Any Good News, Anyone? |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2022, 6:39 am
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Replies: 166
Views: 2,546
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| Amazingly, I got a difficult situation for a client resolved at 3 pm on the last day before the New Year’s four day holiday. As a result, my client will be secure with his services instead of being wracked with uncertainty about his living situation. This is why I do my work. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: increasing disorganization as we aspies age |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 1:44 pm
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Replies: 99
Views: 2,357
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| I am terrible at keeping things organized. An elderly neighbor once told me "A place for everything and everything in its place." I have not been able to do that with everything but I have managed to do it with SOME things. Keys are always on the hook. Glasses on a specific shelf by the be... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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Posted: 29 Dec 2022, 1:29 pm
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Replies: 35,863
Views: 831,857
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| It's the week between Christmas and New Years and no one is available to approve needed services. It's not like people with disabilities don't have needs this week. |
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