just_ducky_in_NH

joined 2 years ago

You’re autistic. And it’s okay.

I remember being given a quote that had to be completed within a day or two. Instead I was out for eight weeks due to an emergency Caesarian and maternity leave. When I got back, the request for quote was sitting on my desk, untouched. I learned a lot about taking due dates with a pound of salt. . .

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Better than good, they are superb!

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, she’s trying to look like Mick Jagger.

I believe you’d have to get an inspector to test a sample of the paint.

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No typo. OP is saying that “these people” are anti-antiFascists.

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Fred. I don’t know why.

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

41 years. We got engaged two months after we met, married five months after engagement, and are still going strong!

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is not the ideal remedy, but it is an improvement to the existing setup.

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

What is your new special interest? Don’t leave us hanging!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19744213

The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest. They’re tall and ungainly. The windshields are vast. Their hoods resemble a duck bill. Their bumpers are enormous.

“You can tell that (the designers) didn’t have appearance in mind,” postal worker Avis Stonum said.

Odd appearance aside, the first handful of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles that rolled onto postal routes in August in Athens, Georgia, are getting rave reviews from letter carriers accustomed to cantankerous older vehicles that lack modern safety features and are prone to breaking down — and even catching fire.

Within a few years, the fleet will have expanded to 60,000, most of them electric models, serving as the Postal Service’s primary delivery truck from Maine to Hawaii.

 

Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.

 

I have an eight-year-old laptop that needs replacing and I’m paralyzed. What are the most reliable ones now? Do I need a desktop for CAD? Pros and cons of operating systems (and where do I find them?) Browsers ditto? Where do I find answers that aren’t just product marketing?

 

I’m on my second reading, and would love to have someone to discuss it with.

 

Sorry to be so boring. Bye!

 

I have been recently diagnosed as autistic, and now I seem to see autism everywhere in my social circle. My brother, a daughter, at least two friends. . . Either there are a lot of undiagnosed autistic people out there OR I tend to become friends (more comfortable) with fellow autists, OR I am just being silly and am attributing autism to NT people with strong interests. Fellow neurodivergent folks of all types, what is your experience? (Edit: changed ND to NT. oops!)

 

Our old house in New England has a steep pitched metal roof and no gutters. Our front door is right under a roof valley, so it is unusable on rainy days and all of winter. The water running down the valley has rotted out our building sill, and we have to get it replaced. I don’t want the same thing to happen to the new sill! Installing gutters is not currently an option because the winter snow avalanches would just rip them away. I have read about snow guards, but have never seen any in real life. How well do they work, are they hard to install, will they work when 18” of snow falls on the roof? Will the snow guards slow down the avalanches enough to keep gutters in place? Alternatively, should we just build a porch to divert precipitation further from the foundation? Any advice is welcome!

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