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Recent content by Shevek

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    Change to Hippocratic Oath

    That's awful news, but thanks for the update. (many expletives deleted)
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    To what fictional character (s) can you relate?

    Sherlock Holmes, and, of course, Shevek from "The Dispossessed."
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    The Dynamic Trio

    That's a strong flavour of isolation, but there are thousands of other ways that one person's values can clash with their neighbours' I live among cowboys and indians with the cowboys winning as they poison the land, but I'm actually far too liberal even for the tiny radical left party, the way...
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    Any TECH. themed (sleep) dreams?

    I had a short period where I was having dreams in BASIC. The basic design of racing engines with two overhead cams came to Harry Miller in a dream. The inventor of the sewing machine was stuck for months, thinking about conventional needles. Then he awoke from a vivid dream where he was being...
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    What can you do with the number 9?

    I wonder how he thinks they are arranged. Concentrically? Separate, like a nine-ring circus? A Venn diagram? Beyond perception from each other?
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    What can you do with the number 9?

    "Cloud Nine" is a technical term, but it looks very fluffy, so "being on cloud nine" suggests happy comfort. Bowling is sometimes done with nine pins. Baseball has teams of nine. Most radial engines have seven or nine cylinders per crank throw. A 9.9 HP outboard engine is legal in many...
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    Hello, everyone!

    Hi Jude. I think you will have to be patient. We are many and quite diverse. I'm not sure that anyone has ever met the me I know, despite much reaching out. You will probably be more satisfied and less overwhelmed if you tell us about your situation and interests, besides people in general.
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    Science Videos

    If you like science that explains the world around us, I highly recommend the books of J.E. Gordon. He explains why things are strong or weak, right down to the atoms at the tip of a crack, and does it just by telling interesting stories about the people discovering how things work. As well as...
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    What can you do with the number 9?

    Nine is the first square of a number larger than two. It is the largest single-digit number. When you see a line of them on an odometer, you can soon see a rare sight. In numerology it sums up your life, or something like that. On a sign using vinyl letters, if there is a typo interchanging a...
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    The one thing I wish I could change

    I learned about AS shortly before my mother died, and suddenly understood both our lives. She didn't want to hear about it. She'd been avoiding any kind of diagnosis her whole life, If anyone trying to help me inquired about her parenting, there was never a next appointment.
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    anybody else here into tractors

    I'm entertained by some of the very old tractors and machines. The first radiators were clearly made by boiler makers. Some engines just let the cooling water boil off, since water was usually handy for steamers. Before the reel on a grain harvester was standardized, there were several more...
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    Your Christmas favorites (list music, movies, and desserts)

    Marzipan. Have not found any for years.
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    Dipping my Toes Into the Pool

    I'm glad you found us. Twenty years ago I was in the BC gulf islands having a year of big changes. One, after 15 years of counselors and ACA meetings, etc, was when I finally saw a list of Asperger's symptoms, and instantly made sense of both my own life and my mother's. By the next year I...
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    QoTD #1

    And those are the ones that get me into trouble.
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    I am looking to build myself up by this time next year so I can go mountain hiking.

    When China invaded Tibet, they let the very sedentary but young Dali Lama live in seclusion under house arrest. The other monks smuggled in extra food, and stacked his furniture into an obstacle course, which he used to the max. After about two months, he was fit enough to escape over the...
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