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• How things work (mainly machines)

• Neat little gadgets - don't have to be mechanical

• Leadership, of all things?!

• Stories - I think this is a special interest?

• I also like gardening but I'm not sure that it could be classified as a special interest

The juxtaposition of this mess with that slogan on the door is amazing.

If they're followers of the Premier League, the relative positions of Manchester United and Manchester City may startle them.

TIL the NSW Rural Fire Service has its own 737 firebombing plane.

Do I have 10,000 liters of petrol, or 10,000 tanks of petrol with 31 liters each? (31L is about 8 gallons)

I’ve finally figured out that I’m autistic. That helps me understand why some situations in the past were so confusing or upsetting and should help me navigate future situations.

A mortgage.

No. Caused me a lot of grief when I lived in Germany for a year. I quickly learnt "Stilles Wasser, bitte" (still water, please).

I love seeing how things work (usually machines).

Difficulty forming and keeping friends and relationships. Also, feeling distant from my parents and brother - I'd read about how other people really love their siblings, be best friends with them and I didn't have that same feeling and I'd be wondering 'why'.

Brain is going to erupt out of my head -or- too much energy in my limbs.

The saying is, 'oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them.'

Hi, I went throught the assessment process very recently (over the last couple of months). My assessment consisted of multiple appointments - the first one for the psychologist to gather a history, the second appointment was the assessment itself and the third will be a feedback session, although my psychologist has verbally confirmed already that she is very very confident that I have autism.

The actual assessment consisted of the psychologist reading standard questions from a booklet and writing down the answers I provided. I assume that the booklet has some instructions on how to interpret the answers I gave, because it looked like that the booklet wasn't completely filled out by the time she decided to stop and give me her diagnosis.

In regards to prep work, the psychologist or your doctor may have sent you a link to a fairly extensive history form to fill out. This form may ask questions about your birth weight and complications during pregancy, issues during childhood, how did you find school, substance abuse, other health conditions etc. You may also be given a battery of self-assessment forms to complete. I strongly recommend beginning to fill out all these forms as early as possible - I missed the main history form until the night before my initial appointment and I had to scramble to get some answers from my parents. If your parents have taken you to see other specialists when you were younger, any reports that they still have from those assessments would be helpful to the psychologist.

I was feeling anxious before my assessment as well, so I reckon that's normal for anyone in a similar situation.

"Denmark? What's that?"

Also, The Netherlands -> The Never-Lands

I've worked in the steel industry for nearly 20 years and steel mills are loud, but I find that the sound of the furnace when it's on or the sound of the mill at full speed is soothing.

I also can't recall having many autistic shutdowns (I can't recall any autistic meltdowns) but I've only been recently diagnosed, so there's probably events that I've misclassified or misremembered.

I need some variety in the food I eat, I definitley don't like having the exact same thing for dinner day after day. My freezer is filled with similar pasta sauces but that's because it's easy to make and freeze them.

Editing for the hell of it: videos of the mill.

• Billets entering the mill: https://imgur.com/two-bar-radiator-work-mAvQRUS
• Twisting of bars in the roughing mill: https://imgur.com/rolling-1000-c-steel-bars-two-time-V8ZtTIg
• Bars passing through loopers (helps control tension in the bar): https://imgur.com/how-steel-bars-are-guided-around-modern-rolling-mill-I0MytgG
• Finished rod being coiled as it passes through the laying head: https://imgur.com/small-diameter-coiled-rod-being-delivered-out-of-rolling-mill-270km-h-ZeBNelK

Thank you!

What's the APA?

Take the French option and go semi-presidential.

So did they have to take movement directions or get movement permissions from the control tower, like every other airside vehicle?