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   Tim McTuffty (tim_mctuffty@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 08:48:27 JST Tim McTuffty

   Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 19 Friday 17/11/23

   TL:DR Alexander G. Bell will be turning in his grave ! ; My friends must think I’m a screw loose! ; Don’t bring that slide rule any closer ! ; The inner child in me is excited as anything!

   I really need to remember to write this thru the day. Given that I managed to lose my AirPods precisely 2 feet away from my head doesn’t exactly bode well on the memory front 🙄🤦♂️

   I found today that my aversion to using the phone is seriously deeply seated!
   I really wanted to speak to a really close friend today, but could not. I lost my airpods as mentioned above & my autistic self told me that my friend would judge me (as I had txted them about the loss) & refused point blank to use the phone to speak to them.
   I was perfectly fine texting them, but speaking to them was out of the question !

   Just had a bun fight with someone who misread a toot & then argued with a coder & claimed that coding wasn’t easy & absolutely needed a high degree of maths capability. Hmmmmm.
   All I can say is my 13 year old Niece can run mathematical rings around me & ,for me at least, programming isn’t that hard. Except Assembly Language, which was created to punish programmers who wouldn’t eat their greens !

   Oh and I’m sharing TLs with @ niamhgarvey@mastodon.ie! 😊 *does slightly excited little dance* (I de-tagged her because I don’t wanna flood her TL with my nonsense!)
   Well I think that proves both the inner child in me is alive & well & that the bit in the Triad of Impairment about not comprehending correct social behaviour holds true for me!

   Final Thoughts:
   Conquering my ND tendencies may prove harder than I thought, who’d have thunk that speaking on the phone with a dear friend would be harder than actually meeting them face to face? (They live 500 miles away so no real chance of that in the foreseeable future 😔)
   I wonder if one of my autistic ‘super powers ‘ is the ability to code without any competence in Maths ?
   Hey is my inner child ND too ?

   Thanks to all my friends on here & all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you ! 😊🫶🐿️🖖

   @actuallyautistic
   #TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #TheMammutMoves

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 08:48:25 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @Tim_McTuffty
     Sorry to hear that.
     Not an expert on ND, but re/ your vital AirPods:
     How about getting some serious nouce-cancelling BT headphones as backup 4 Xmas?

     And: give it more time, I'd say. Like, a lot.
     What you describe are huge changes, adapting to these would require an extended period for any person. A crossdivergent event, so to speak. 😉

     @actuallyautistic

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 09:52:24 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @Tim_McTuffty
     
     Mine, too. However, I can (and do) always use the "hands free" option of my smartphone, which has way-better noise-cancelling than the AirPods. (Today, I had awfully loud construction in the building, could almost not hear my software company on the phone--they said they couldn't hear a thing!)
     As this is not an option to you and I also search for the AirPods frequently, something...

     @actuallyautistic

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     Tim McTuffty (tim_mctuffty@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 09:52:25 JST Tim McTuffty

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     @HistoPol @actuallyautistic I have a pair of SteelSeries 9s for gaming & movies .

     The AirPods are my goto hands free tho, I do love them, even if they are expensive as buggery !

     I know a lot of stuff I write about is not uniquely ND, & part of this whole journey is kinda finding the difference between the two . Not that there won’t be overlap , there surely will be.

     As ever my friend I appreciate your support. 😊🫶🐿️🖖

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 09:53:57 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @Tim_McTuffty @actuallyautistic

     ..."big" might be easier for you to find as backup.

     BUT this weak I learned from a new friend that there is an app for Android to locate them (FOC) with your smartphone, #AirGuard :)

     (I am told using a #RottenApple smarthpone or tablet to do this supposedly works, too. ;))

     Any time.
     Good night!

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 21:07:00 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @Tim_McTuffty
     That is the corresponding iOS app.

     Yes, but it relaxes a lot that you know that...not at the doctor's, etc.

     @actuallyautistic

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     Tim McTuffty (tim_mctuffty@beige.party)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 21:07:02 JST Tim McTuffty

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

     @HistoPol @actuallyautistic I have FindMy on my phone & it said they were at home, I was just too blind to see them 2 feet away !

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 21:07:55 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     I meant as backup...when you misplace the AirPods, like me. 😉

     @actuallyautistic

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     Tim McTuffty (tim_mctuffty@beige.party)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 21:07:57 JST Tim McTuffty

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

     @HistoPol @actuallyautistic I really dont have a problem using my airpods . They suit me much better than a bulk pair of cans.

     Horses for courses my friend

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 06:00:18 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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     @Tim_McTuffty

     Yep. @actuallyautistic

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     Tim McTuffty (tim_mctuffty@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 06:00:19 JST Tim McTuffty

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     • HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

     @HistoPol @actuallyautistic Ah I understand . yeah the SS9s have BT too so am all set . 👍