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    Shevek replied to the thread Post something Weird or Random.
    Regarding his Board of Directors, Frederick Lanchester remarked "They seem to change their minds quite a lot, but then, if I had a mind...
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    "Do what you love. The money will follow." - turned out to only apply to a very select group of things people love. I did some canny...
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    "Use it up, wear it out. Make it do, or do without." - Saved me a lot of money. However, the real grandaddy was just "Do unto others...
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    Shevek replied to the thread Are you understood?.
    That's an interesting expansion. I would argue that for a "born liberal" George Washington having false teeth from slaves is harder to...
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    Shevek replied to the thread Are you understood?.
    I think that Ma Nature always wants to have some optimistic, cooperative people around to expand the community in good times, and some...
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    Shevek replied to the thread Are you understood?.
    Perhaps the most disturbing factor here for me is the futility of expecting people who consider themselves rational to respond to logic.
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    Lord of the Rings left out the whole story of Sharkey back in the Shire. Lacking magic, it was of more practical value to young readers.
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    Shevek replied to the thread Vintage buses.
    I was very disappointed at seeing a modern bus in "The Buddy Holly Story," not because I wanted to see an old one for its own sake, but...
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    Shevek replied to the thread Are you understood?.
    Hmm. Now that I think of it, I do feel one brief, isolated point of connection when I get a laugh.
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    Shevek replied to the thread Are you understood?.
    Online or off.
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    How many people do you think understand you? How about your work? Maybe just one special interest, but no other areas, or other...
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    Has fiction become indistinguishable from technology?
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    No rational person would start a nuclear war, but not everyone is rational. There are some who think they know a way to avoid...
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    The problem with asking for consideration as an Aspie is that NTs who just want special privileges would also demand them, and with...
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    Shevek replied to the thread Asbestos Concern.
    Before the dangers were known, asbestos mill workers were in a fog of dust all day. The above suggestions are good, but your concern is...
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