The Dino-Aspie Ex-Café (for Those 40+... or feeling creaky)

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Just wanted to say Hi ! !! You made your first post to the Cafe. Hope you enjoy it here also. We have a lot of fun and laughs.

Hello and welcome, Otter1. I like the name.

Weclome, Otter1! I am also new here to the cafe, and completely unaware we had subjects! It seems to me to be a random collection of conversational threads that sometimes meet and spawn new threads. Highly entertaining!

surely you jest? coherence, here??? naww

Hi Otter. WELCOME to the ex-cafe. It's an honor that your first post was in our humble cave - I mean cafe.

There are a few vital and often overlooked steps to consider when attempting to walk and chew gum at the same time. A careful monitoring of these tips and a sense of confidence can get any dysfunctional chewer back on their feet,

Footwear
The first and most important thing to consider in this dilemma is the type of footwear you are donning. Sneakers are generally your best bet. They provide both comfort and stability and will accommodate you in any sudden movements that would have otherwise been treacherous.

Vital to the success of the sneaker is your making sure that they are tied securely and their laces are not hanging down in a position where it would be possible to step on one of them with either foot. This could lead to certain disaster and inability to perform the important tasks at hand.

If you choose to be bold, or even fashionable, you may wear flip flops or even heels. NOTE: choosing one of these types of footwear can be immensely dangerous to the gum chewing walk and serious injury could result. You are responsible for such a decision and will have to live with any consequences or injuries that result after the fact. Please use care and caution.

To continue on from where our resident chair of gum-chewing footwear left off, I should like to address the second area.

Gum chewing

Now, as we all recognise, there are many dangers inherent in the act of chewing, especially so when the item being chewed is gum.

For a start, one must ensure that one has understood the terminology correctly. The gum concerned is not that in which the teeth are sometimes found. Nor is it the substance used for closure of envelopes or affixation of postal stamps. No, it is the confectionery we are meaning.

Other specialist considerations will also be involved, such as the denture fixative that you may require. It is strongly recommended that you do not opt for superglue. Although this will almost certainly assist in the chewing phase, there may be unfortunate after effects.

Now, having outlines the overall prerequisites for the act, we can progress to the muscular control required. Some insist that no in-depth knowledge of the 437 individual muscles concerned is needed. I beg to differ. I feel that one should know each by name (and having their telephne numbers to hand would also be wise).

Once one has mastered the full, harmonious operation of the musculature, we need to progress to the coordination required between the upper entablature and the pedestabular ambulatory regions. As this is not my speciality, I pass (out?) on the floor... to our synchronism expert...

How long will it take the water I was drinking to dry in my keyboard?

I wrecked a keyboard like that. Hairdryer?

Hi Otter! Welcdome

Mmmm Good thing I wasn't there!

I am waiting for the electrician man to come and fix my washing machine (new) and then I'm off to scrapbooking. But first I've had to rehouse ..er relocate my tadpoles and eggs.

Cane toads have taken over most of the area but we seem to have a safe haven here. When we first moved here nearly 20 years ago I used to capture and freeze the cane toads. It was supposed to be the kindest way to dispatch them. The kids wouldn't eat out of the freezer for days!

I joined the Frog Club and remained in it for several years. The main thing the frog club did was distribute tadpoles to the community.

Now my back yard is racous with the sound of frogs every summer, and I have thousands of tadpoloes. I put out containers of water in preparation for the breeding season. Now I have the task of distributing the tadpoles and for some strange reason few share my passion.

So I'm hot and sweaty, dressed in my good clothes, tadpoles in plastic containers, ready for scrapbooking and for the Christmas lunch later. I hope someone will take my little orphans!

Something you never knew about me

These are green tree frgs. There were 2 other types that the Frog Club had, but they failed to take hold in my area.

Can frogs survive freezing temperatures?

I'm in free fall. Not good. Not good.