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The Aquisitioner of Sound
We sat back to listen. He put the CD on the sound system – state of the art, sounds emerged from every corner of the room. “Jake Liscombe, Trumpet...
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He rose early every morning
Enricho rose early every morning to rob the tourist buses. He set his alarm for 5.45, it was still dark outside, even in the height of summer. He’d...
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50 moments in autism – 50 moments in autism
I’m still writing this series of moments in autism. I watched an autism blog describing how autists' facial expressions don't match their feelings...
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50 moments in autism - I just need the sea
I am drawn to the sea. I have lived for large chunks of my life by the sea, in Swansea and in Brighton. Mrs Oblong and myself visit Brighton and...
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50 Moments in autism – my mother dies
When my mother died, I returned to work almost immediately, I just needed to be distracted by daily routine, and my dad was doing the organisation...
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I shouldn't have mentioned
Posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2025
I shouldn't have mentioned advertes here, it's probably worth it's own 'moment'. A lot of people turn the sound down, actually a lot of neurtypicals do pretty much all of things I cover in my moments, but what I didn't get across was the...
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Thanks Rhiannon
Posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2025
Thanks Rhiannon
Our last two sofas have been second hand from a local charity store and they charge about £10 for delivery, a much more enjoyable experience all round
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Autists seem to learn empathy
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Autists seem to learn empathy a different way to neurotypicals, and there is actually a lot of evidence now that adult autists are MORE empathetic than adult NTs. Which means that the diagnostic tools for autism, which allocate a number of points...
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I wrote this shortly after
Posted on Mon, 23 Sep 2024
I wrote this shortly after the death of Steve Sibleman, at the age of just 66 - I followed him on Facebook and had read a post from him just the day before he died.
This is the New York Times Obituary: ...
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We bought a new fridge today,
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
We bought a new fridge today, very modern, let's see what happens
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Thanks L
Posted on Sat, 06 Feb 2021
Thanks L
Yes, very sad news. Nice Piece in the Liverpool Echo
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Find a nearby primary school
Posted on Tue, 28 Jan 2014
Find a nearby primary school and gatecrash the science lessons.
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Thanks David
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
Thanks David
I actually wrote this about 6 months ago (hence the reference to the Chancellor being richer than the Queen) - so there really is no excuse for the government doing nothing.
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Thanks David. I was shocked
Posted on Mon, 22 Aug 2022
Thanks David. I was shocked into this by the recent poll of Express readers which showed that 91% of Express readers back water privatisation, at the same time Starmer has essentially ensured that anyone who backs privatisation of water will not...
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Many thanks Di. I had
Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2022
Many thanks Di. I had problems logging in to my account just now, thought my story had come true!
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