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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Game - Add your age to the sum |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2026, 2:09 pm
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Replies: 11,411
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Random thing you hate for no particular reason |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2025, 6:36 am
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Replies: 47
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| I'm just curious about what are some of the random things that people just can't stand, but for particular reason. Like it just gets on your nerves, and maybe you can't even figure out why. For me, FOX "News" is one thing I truly cannot stand-- first of all, because they hardly report any... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Post a book you're reading |
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Posted: 17 Jun 2025, 4:43 pm
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Replies: 4,959
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| Wheels by Arthur Hailey, from 1971 |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I don't believe in "age appropriate" interests |
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Posted: 21 Mar 2025, 2:59 am
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Replies: 65
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| I'm nearly 60 and I like the bands Green Day and Machine Gun Kelly, which are mostly enjoyed by teenagers. And I'm only in my mid-40s, and have enjoyed shows like the original Addams Family from the 60s that was on ABC (IMO, a cut above most modern-day comedies that people my age have been expected... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Post a book you're reading |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2025, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 4,959
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Post a book you're reading |
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Posted: 21 Jan 2025, 6:47 am
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Replies: 4,959
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Last thing ya bought? |
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Posted: 31 Dec 2024, 7:32 am
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Replies: 7,622
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| A 1980 Sunday Seattle Times from EBay, w/the banner headline of the Mt. St. Helens eruption (torn up real bad on front page, and missing one section, but otherwise quite complete) https://i.postimg.cc/F1JY2L0n/seattletimes19801.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Mv2nxpDZ/seattletimes19802.jpg |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: The past |
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Posted: 30 Dec 2024, 6:42 am
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Replies: 11
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| Because I was not grieving with everybody else when my father passed on earlier this year (he is departed now at 84); my brother came up to me and asked if I knew how to grieve. This took me aback because, for one thing, I had made peace with that fact that he would no longer be here, and had said g... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Old-timey newscasts vs. modern news |
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Posted: 12 Sep 2024, 5:00 pm
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Replies: 16
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| I thought I might say also that I've been listening to old-time radio newscasts as well, mainly from the former WCBS 880 of NYC (now WHSQ ESPN radio), and 1010 WINS ("You give us 22 minutes, we'll give you the world); also, national newscasts from all three networks, and Mutual as well. Here's ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Old-timey newscasts vs. modern news |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2024, 5:15 pm
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| Two other things that have me favoring the way it was are the better quality of graphics (some of the best graphics, IMO, being the Serif Gothic font variations that were on WNBC in the Big Apple starting in 1980 w/the debut of News 4 New York [derived from the NBC Serif Gothic font usage then] up t... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Old-timey newscasts vs. modern news |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2024, 3:32 am
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| And another reason why I like/favor how it was then is because of the commercials-- it wasn't all the same commercials all the time (that WNBC 1984 one that I posted to start has a commercial w/the late, great Tom Bosley showing how d-CON fogger worked to kill bugs in the walls; that's the kind of c... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Old-timey newscasts vs. modern news |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2024, 1:20 pm
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| Do you think that it's weird that I am more into the old-timey newscasts from many stations that actually had a good bit of in-depth reporting and longer stories (in essence, the 5 Ws and 1 H), compared to today's so-called "news" that is more political judgmentalism and argument (i.e. tal... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Your Most Specific/Niche Interest |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2024, 4:56 am
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Replies: 96
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| As I've said many a time, old-timey newspapers, which I have a wide variety of, from various places in the U.S., and even two or three from Canada (they cost a pretty penny from EBay [where I got most of them], but I would much rather pay that for an interesting, intriguing and involving old-timey d... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Not liking things that are popular |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2024, 4:45 am
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Replies: 18
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bee33 wrote: I like having my corner of the vast landscape of entertainment that feels like home to me.
So do I-- I get more out of old-timey shows like Emergency! and The Streets of San Francisco than I ever would have these days out of Chicago Fire and Blue Bloods. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Everyone else finds it funny, I don't...Why? |
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Posted: 25 Jul 2024, 3:56 am
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Replies: 49
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HawkingShrugged wrote: I could not fathom how Seinfeld and his cohorts put so much time and energy into such a waste of time. 
Neither can I about how the 6 "friends" of Friends did likewise for 10 seasons on NBC (1994-2004). |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Celebrity crush |
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Posted: 27 May 2024, 5:48 am
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Replies: 23
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| Very definitely Joey King (she is not just a remarkable actor, but is an incredible celebrity as well). |
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