People who think the UK is going down the pan (As I do... 🙁 ) should visit Bourton-on-the-Water in the rolling countryside of Gloucestershire.
Conveniently only a bus ride from Cheltenham horsetrack, it is like travelling back in time to a gentler and more pastoral age. There is no litter at all to be seen here:
The only economic activity I detected was dog-walking and gardening and selling overpriced "Cotswold" Fish and Chips to pasty hordes of day tourists from Birmingham and (strangely) Japan.
Bourton is touted as "The Venice of the Cotswolds". Well, I saw no gondolas whatever...
I did find mathematical interest in the "Seven Bridges of Bourton". And I counted them. I have determined that the pedestrian tour problem is insoluble, as Euler famously proved, seven being an odd number.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_Königsberg
I would tout the place as the "Konigsberg of the Cotswolds", but maybe that is just me, and might go over the heads of people less mathematically gifted than myself.. 😀
Conveniently only a bus ride from Cheltenham horsetrack, it is like travelling back in time to a gentler and more pastoral age. There is no litter at all to be seen here:
The only economic activity I detected was dog-walking and gardening and selling overpriced "Cotswold" Fish and Chips to pasty hordes of day tourists from Birmingham and (strangely) Japan.
Bourton is touted as "The Venice of the Cotswolds". Well, I saw no gondolas whatever...
I did find mathematical interest in the "Seven Bridges of Bourton". And I counted them. I have determined that the pedestrian tour problem is insoluble, as Euler famously proved, seven being an odd number.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_Königsberg
I would tout the place as the "Konigsberg of the Cotswolds", but maybe that is just me, and might go over the heads of people less mathematically gifted than myself.. 😀
Frankly I am surprised that an obvious autistic spectrum person like cracked case is unaware how Star Trek replicators work:
They are as capable of absorbing and rearranging molecules as creating them. Thus are the ultiimate recyclers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Star_Trek)
TBH, the idea is as far-fetched as faster than light travel.
Real physicists live in the Firefly Universe, 500 years from now:
Serenity is the finest darn spaceship ever built:
And breaks no laws of physics, being sub-light. But has a nifty turn of speed when the eclectic crew is pursued by flesh-eating Reavers or the Thuggish and Totalitarian Alliance. 🙂
They are as capable of absorbing and rearranging molecules as creating them. Thus are the ultiimate recyclers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(Star_Trek)
TBH, the idea is as far-fetched as faster than light travel.
Real physicists live in the Firefly Universe, 500 years from now:
Serenity is the finest darn spaceship ever built:
And breaks no laws of physics, being sub-light. But has a nifty turn of speed when the eclectic crew is pursued by flesh-eating Reavers or the Thuggish and Totalitarian Alliance. 🙂
I'm curious why you think I'm autistic; I seem to have a lot of the traits of an INFJ, and seem to be slightly dyslexic, but never thought of myself as autistic, but I also think that people are terrible at judging themselves.
TBH, the only character in Star Trek I found compelling was Seven of Nine (Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One) in Voyager and Picard:
https://intl.startrek.com/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer
Most of the other characters are just neurotypical and, frankly, a bit SQUARE and PREDICTABLE to my mind.
I often found myself hoping The Federation would lose...
I was also struck by her "coming out" resemblance to famous Autistic character Saga Noren in "The Bridge" TV series.
Another famous (Real Life) Autistic is Daryl Hannah:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...-hollywood-splash-blade-runner-sense8-netflix
The amateur psychologist would say they are all too pretty to be autistic. How wrong they would be!
Gwyneth Paltrow, however, is simply Mad as a box of Frogs:
https://www.vox.com/2014/6/3/577392...you-can-hurt-waters-feelings-by-yelling-at-it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Messages_in_Water
https://intl.startrek.com/news/seven-of-nine-was-always-queer
Most of the other characters are just neurotypical and, frankly, a bit SQUARE and PREDICTABLE to my mind.
I often found myself hoping The Federation would lose...
I was also struck by her "coming out" resemblance to famous Autistic character Saga Noren in "The Bridge" TV series.
Another famous (Real Life) Autistic is Daryl Hannah:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...-hollywood-splash-blade-runner-sense8-netflix
The amateur psychologist would say they are all too pretty to be autistic. How wrong they would be!
Gwyneth Paltrow, however, is simply Mad as a box of Frogs:
https://www.vox.com/2014/6/3/577392...you-can-hurt-waters-feelings-by-yelling-at-it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Messages_in_Water
Dyslexia is an almost certain (but not necessary) indicator that you are on the Spectrum. Welcome to The Club! 😎
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That's interesting. I'm certainly dyslexic, both with numbers and words. I always thought it was ironic, because my mind is very mathematical (I can do all sorts of math in my head) and I'm also highly literate. I scored in the top 1% on all my college entrance exams ( a couple millennia ago) and I've been told my IQ is so high I'm embarrassed to repeat it.
Yet in real life I'm a moron. I do not come across as a genius at all. So much goes right over my head and I struggle to understand why sometimes. In fact sometimes I just feel plain stupid; not about technical topics, but just about everything else. And I get along with animals way better than I do people.
But I guess that's kind of what autism is. Considering how mentally ill my brother was I wouldn't be surprised at all. I have discussed mental illness with my doctor and he said I have nothing to worry about at my age, but I don't think he realizes just how bad my brother was. Quite frankly I don't have the confidence he does, but I sure hope he's right.
Yet in real life I'm a moron. I do not come across as a genius at all. So much goes right over my head and I struggle to understand why sometimes. In fact sometimes I just feel plain stupid; not about technical topics, but just about everything else. And I get along with animals way better than I do people.
But I guess that's kind of what autism is. Considering how mentally ill my brother was I wouldn't be surprised at all. I have discussed mental illness with my doctor and he said I have nothing to worry about at my age, but I don't think he realizes just how bad my brother was. Quite frankly I don't have the confidence he does, but I sure hope he's right.
@Fast Eddie D: Who wants to be like everybode else?! I think it's the "imperfections and flaws" that make people interesting and even attractive. Not everyone withing the autism spectrum is a savant, but many of us have certain abilities that maybe not will grant us a Nobel Prize but add to the society or the comminty or or friends and family.
Just being oneself is enuff ...
Just being oneself is enuff ...
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Yes times have changed a lot. When I was young it was all about conformity and being a good little worker. I always stood out as different and in the 60s and 70s that was a Bad Thing. Plus my father kept trying to bend the curve back to compliance and blandness; he was obsessed with my appearance (gotta look real nerdy or else you'll be hassled by the cops and end up in prison) and my conduct (I was a total Nerd with a capital N but he still pushed me). And when I went to school the academic advisors were totally dismissive of my aspirations ("You can't do that") and I wish I could go back in time and punch a couple of them in the face. And I never forgot how crushing it is to tell a young person they can't do something or that they're "out of line" (I was always "out of line" in my father's parlance) so I would never do that to someone.
But now I don't care. I only regret not coming out of the closet* decades ago.
*Not in a Brokeback Mountain way but that's OK with me if that's how you are.
But now I don't care. I only regret not coming out of the closet* decades ago.
*Not in a Brokeback Mountain way but that's OK with me if that's how you are.
From what you write, I sort of recognize myself. In high school I was ... odd, had a cool sense of humour and acted out my "silliness" and was accepted because I dared to be different. At least here in Sweden, being a bit odd was OK.
But my professional life was a total disaster. Never getting along with any boss I had, and always managed to pick the worst kind of places to work at that had a bad influence on me (psychologically) and made my life miserable. I think that is due to my "neurological bla-bla-bla disorder (autism kind of, ADHD, Asperger, bipolar disorder, whatever ...)".
However I slowly started to see a pattern in my behaviour that gets me into trouble and have managed to "correct" myself; staying out of situations where I normally would crashland. Guess that has to do with age (I am sixty going on seventy ...) and life-long experience. But also I can detect my destructive behaviour among others and I get so angry and frustrated that those people don't learn from their mistakes.
Something to lighten the mood, was it ....
But my professional life was a total disaster. Never getting along with any boss I had, and always managed to pick the worst kind of places to work at that had a bad influence on me (psychologically) and made my life miserable. I think that is due to my "neurological bla-bla-bla disorder (autism kind of, ADHD, Asperger, bipolar disorder, whatever ...)".
However I slowly started to see a pattern in my behaviour that gets me into trouble and have managed to "correct" myself; staying out of situations where I normally would crashland. Guess that has to do with age (I am sixty going on seventy ...) and life-long experience. But also I can detect my destructive behaviour among others and I get so angry and frustrated that those people don't learn from their mistakes.
Something to lighten the mood, was it ....
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Anyone that's still motivated to design, build, and collect audio equipment in this day and age is a certain kind of "special." It's no different than people that build hotrods or collect old cars. It seems pointless yet when it comes to cars that's something some guys live for.
Something to lighten the mood, was it ....
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... and is more accepted. I build tube amps, speakers (in concrete), synthesizers and just to have a new start in sewing Victorian corsets and shopping bags out of coffee packages 👽
Having deep talk about dark and depressing issues can also be regarded as "lightening the mood".
Btw, last photo I have of my wife and her daughter before a big white blob suddenly swalled them and flew off into space.
Having deep talk about dark and depressing issues can also be regarded as "lightening the mood".
Btw, last photo I have of my wife and her daughter before a big white blob suddenly swalled them and flew off into space.
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The simple truth about living with Autism is to do things you enjoy, and avoid situations and people that make you uncomfortable. Thus avoiding horrible (temporary) melt-downs through over-stimulation.
It is also wise not to overthink things, and turn your psychological challenges into a hobby involving doctors, as these poor souls do:
My mood has been recently lightened by the entertaining spectacle of actor Gwyneth Paltrow (allegedly a nutcase behind the simpering expression...) ending up in Court following a ski-ing accident which left the plaintiff concussed enough to claim $300.000 from her:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65050951
Her lawyer is evidently staggeringly incompetent, and I foresee her coughing up the claimed cash, and paying hugely greater legal costs to all the lawyers.
Really this is the best entertainment business trial since Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, and the "Wagatha Christie" spat of Rebekah Vardy v. Coleen Rooney.
All a complete waste of the Court's time, of course, but that is how it is. 😀
It is also wise not to overthink things, and turn your psychological challenges into a hobby involving doctors, as these poor souls do:
My mood has been recently lightened by the entertaining spectacle of actor Gwyneth Paltrow (allegedly a nutcase behind the simpering expression...) ending up in Court following a ski-ing accident which left the plaintiff concussed enough to claim $300.000 from her:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65050951
Her lawyer is evidently staggeringly incompetent, and I foresee her coughing up the claimed cash, and paying hugely greater legal costs to all the lawyers.
Really this is the best entertainment business trial since Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard, and the "Wagatha Christie" spat of Rebekah Vardy v. Coleen Rooney.
All a complete waste of the Court's time, of course, but that is how it is. 😀