Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Clay wrote: >...I've never had a >milk moustache. It's not hard to raise your >upper lip a little when drinking milk, so >as not to get it on your face. I brush my teeth with my mouth closed. It amazed me when I found out some people do it with their mouth open. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 > Jane, > > OK, my curiosity has the better of me-- > how on earth do you brush your teeth > with your mouth closed? It seems to me > you would have to have your mouth open > for that... No, I do that too. Like food, I don't like to have toothpaste and slobber running down my chin. I just keep my lips closed. I've seen other people brush their teeth, putting their head way down and letting it run out willy-nilly. It grosses me out to watch. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Camille wrote: >I avoid people alot,i.e. see people I know, and basically like, in a >grocery store and dodge down an aisle to avoid talking to them. I do that. Sometimes the energy for interaction just isn't there. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 > I hope you know the description of > your carpet gave me chills. My dog > is a pug and sheds like a maniac, as > they are wont to do. I vacuum all the > time anyway, but I get lots of dog hair > in the vacuum, which gives me a kind of > fascination/pleasure... I have some new vacuum cleaner bags now, but for a long time, I couldn't remember to buy them. One day, the vac wasn't working, because the bag was full and I didn't have a replacement bag. I took the old bag off, and pulled the stuffing out of it. And it was exactly like stuffing, all cat hair and dust. I hate dust, so I tied an A-shirt around my face and pulled it all out of the bag. I put the bag back on, and used it. The next thing I did was start a new grocery list, with vac bags first on the list. Clay > I think trying to keep food off of your face is probably an AS > thing. I don't like hand lotion for a similar reason. I wash my > hands as soon as I walk in the door at home after being out because > my hands feel sticky from touching stuff. > > Camille > > > > > > Oh, well if we're talking about candy bars, > > I have always had a special way of doing > > that. When I first saw other kids eating > > a candy bar, I saw that they took it right > > out of the wrapper, and held it in their > > hands. Ack, chocolatey fingers! Not for me. > > No, I devised a way to open each different > > kind of candy bar so that I could hold it > > with the wrapper. Also, I've never had a > > milk moustache. It's not hard to raise your > > upper lip a little when drinking milk, so > > as not to get it on your face. Since learning > > to feed myself, I've never gotten any food on > > my face, and no, I don't eat chicken with BBQ > > sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 I can eat things like ribs or bbq chicken in public now, but usually only choose to indulge if I am comfortable with the people I am with- I get a lot of anxiety about other people seeeing stuff on my face... even for a few seconds... dani Clay wrote: > > > > I hope you know the description of > > your carpet gave me chills. My dog > > is a pug and sheds like a maniac, as > > they are wont to do. I vacuum all the > > time anyway, but I get lots of dog hair > > in the vacuum, which gives me a kind of > > fascination/pleasure... > > I have some new vacuum cleaner bags now, > but for a long time, I couldn't remember > to buy them. One day, the vac wasn't working, > because the bag was full and I didn't have a > replacement bag. I took the old bag off, and > pulled the stuffing out of it. And it was > exactly like stuffing, all cat hair and dust. > I hate dust, so I tied an A-shirt around my > face and pulled it all out of the bag. I put > the bag back on, and used it. The next thing > I did was start a new grocery list, with vac > bags first on the list. > > Clay > > > I think trying to keep food off of your face is probably an AS > > thing. I don't like hand lotion for a similar reason. I wash my > > hands as soon as I walk in the door at home after being out because > > my hands feel sticky from touching stuff. > > > > Camille > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, well if we're talking about candy bars, > > > I have always had a special way of doing > > > that. When I first saw other kids eating > > > a candy bar, I saw that they took it right > > > out of the wrapper, and held it in their > > > hands. Ack, chocolatey fingers! Not for me. > > > No, I devised a way to open each different > > > kind of candy bar so that I could hold it > > > with the wrapper. Also, I've never had a > > > milk moustache. It's not hard to raise your > > > upper lip a little when drinking milk, so > > > as not to get it on your face. Since learning > > > to feed myself, I've never gotten any food on > > > my face, and no, I don't eat chicken with BBQ > > > sauce. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Hubby rubs his hands together like he’s washing them. Sometimes he makes loose fists and blows into the thumb/forefinger openings, then goes back to rubbing them together. He also runs his hands up and down the front of his shirt. Instead of cell-phone games, we each have a palm pilot with games that we have downloaded. I play mahjongg and he plays solitaire. I don’t think they’re outlandish, they don’t look like stims to NTs, but what do I know, I’m an Aspie! I stim either by bouncing my foot, curling my index fingers around my thumb tips and rocking my thumbs back and forth against my fingers, or I actually rock gently back and forth. I think that’s why I bounce my foot: I can sit back and cross my legs, then bounce my foot and it feels like I’m rocking, but it doesn’t look like I am. My daughter spins and sings, she does this a lot, which makes my sons scream at her to sit down and shut up. Both of my sons do the hand things that Hubby does. Sometimes they rock, usually while sitting on the sides of their beds with at towel around them after their morning showers, trying to get worm, until they finally decide to put their clothes on. Louis I like to leave the tags on the clothing for several reasons: (1) It helps me to put on the clothing with proper orientation, e.g. right side out, not an arm through a sleeve hole, etc.. (2) I have had a label fetish since early grade school. They are made with nice pretty designs and interesting textures. (3) I often memorize the style of tag for a particular garment. This helps sort my stuff from others in the household. I also have some interesting stims as follows (as in my post on AS- Proud group) : One of my favorites is to hug and/or stroke a fuzzy inside-out sweatshirt. It may look funny but it is alot better than the alternative - being an edgy father heading toward overload. I also like to handle shirts with alot of buttons, pleats, buttonholes and stiff collars & cuffs. They DO relieve stress that tends to build up. While away from home, a couple of my stims are a walkman stereo and a watchman tv. I don't always have to use them, but they are available if I need to use them. A good stim is a cell phone with a built- in electronic game. The following are a few portable stims: (1) Rubbing hands together as in washing them (dry w/o water), (2) stroking the surface of a garment or its hem, (3) running my hand up & down the front of my shirt. Are the above stims common or outlandish? Thanks, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 Oooooh! I do that! I eat the chocolate off of one side (I try to take it off in one piece) and then work around until I’ve eaten the sides, and then I eat the rest of the candy bar. Three Musketeers bars are really good for pulling the chocolate sides off. Reese sticks are good for eating from the top down in layers, I like the sugar wafers inside. Louis From: Hudson At 03:16 AM 8/21/03, you wrote: >3) Eat soup with a fork. I'm serious. See, I'm rather fond of ramen, and >know that the Japanese put it in small cups, eat the noodles with >chopsticks and drink the soup. Since I can't bring a spoon to my mouth >without getting soup all over me, I " Westernized " that method a bit, >putting my soup in a capuccino cup. I then eat the noodles with a fork and >drink the soup. > >I adapted this method to other, non-Asian soups as well. With any >vegetable or noodle soup, I eat the vegetables and noodles with a fork >first, then...you guessed it. Again, I use a capuccino cup. I like eating Snickers and other candy bards in layers. http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhduson765/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 I love the fabric store at the mall, and I loathe malls. I especially love the fleece section; everything is nice and soft and they have great colors. Louis From: mukudori_aoi Hi , That's exactly what I do. And here I thought I was the only one! I'm not sure if that's an aspie thing though. (If eating foods in a certain order is aspie, then yes.) Touching every soft, shiny, of you're favorite color, piece of clothing (or anything that fits that description)I'm sure is an aspie thing.I just love soft, shiny things. I bet you're the same way. And that's a good thing! -Tasha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 I sort my colored candies in colors and in rows then I eat two from each row (one on either side of my mouth). If they have peanuts in them my kids bite them in half to see if they can leave the peanut in the half left out of their mouth, then they eat the rest of it. Is anyone compiling this info? Louis From: Kassiane Yelbis if I have colored candy I have to eat all of one color before I move to the next kassiane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 My neighbor won't eat in front of anybody, which I thought was odd. I went over to next door one day and found her sitting at her kitchen table with a tortilla chip piled with salsa and cheese, and she was stuffing it into her mouth with both hands. She looked at me rather sheepishly, and I told her, " You're right. You shouldn't eat in front of other people. " She started laughing and I thought she was going to choke. I don't like to get food on my face either, so I eat with my lips peeled back away from my teeth. I also brush my teeth with my lips together. Louis From: le Strom I can eat things like ribs or bbq chicken in public now, but usually only choose to indulge if I am comfortable with the people I am with- I get a lot of anxiety about other people seeeing stuff on my face... even for a few seconds... dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 My entire house is carpeted, even the bathrooms and the kitchen. The kitchen carpeting is a dark burgundy, which is a color I like, but every breadcrumb that falls to the floor makes it look dirty. The vacuum cleaner stays plugged in in the kitchen so I can clean the carpet every half hour or so. I'm out of vacuum cleaner bags, and the one I kept reusing has a big tear in the side, so I'm going to need to buy new ones. My vacuum cleaner cost more than my minivan, so I'm going to have to go looking for the manufacturers store. I hate that, but I love the vacuum cleaner. I have a steam cleaner, too, and I " mop " my kitchen floor with it at least once a week (my kids are so sloppy). I eat my hamburgers with the wrapper peeled back, it keeps the incidental food stuffing and the " juicy stuff " from getting on my hands. If you take it out, it runs down your fingers and down your hand and large chunks fall out into your lap. EW! Louis From: Camille why not leave the wrapper on the hamburger? I hope you know the description of your carpet gave me chills. My dog is a pug and sheds like a maniac, as they are wont to do. I vacuum all the time anyway, but I get lots of dog hair in the vacuum, which gives me a kind of fascination/pleasure... I think trying to keep food off of your face is probably an AS thing. I don't like hand lotion for a similar reason. I wash my hands as soon as I walk in the door at home after being out because my hands feel sticky from touching stuff. Camille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 I used to do a thing with my hands when I was a kid, alot. I bounce my fingertips against each other with just the right force that they feel like they are rubber balls or something. I can do it with my palms too. It's a very different sensation than say, clapping. I rub my hands on my pants legs (front of thighs) play with parts of my clothing, massage my hands, grasp my wrists, tap things, rub my palms together with fingers tips pointed toward opposite elbow (sort of backwards of regular palm rubbing, elbows go in and out) I do things with my teeth and tongue, patterns of clenching my teeth and swallowing. According to me, this is perfectly normal, anyone who doesn't do it has a disorder. :-) Camille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 wrote: >OK, my curiosity has the better of me--how on earth do you brush your >teeth with your mouth closed? It seems to me you would have to have your >mouth open for that... You have to open your mouth to put the toothbrush in, and open it again to take the toothbrush out. But inbetween, as Clay implied, keeping one's mouth open is about as icky as keeping it open after opening it to put food in. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Hey, I leave my vacuum plugged in frequently, too. I had one that was adequate but it finally died after about 5 years. I got one from Walmart that is really nice, one of those that lets you see the dirt spin around. I love it. It was cheap, comparatively. But I understand the vacuum fetish. I also had a floor steamer and loved it! But someone, hmmm, maybe me, left it plugged in and it broke. Now I'm back to wiping stuff up with a rag. I don't like mops very well. I'm going to get another steamer as soon as I can get some more money coming in (waiting for school loan, etc). I also need another carpet cleaner. I like having a little carpet " steamer " in the house. Camille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 In a message dated 8/22/03 10:41:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse writes: > Oooooh! I do that! I eat the chocolate off of one side (I try to > take it off in one piece) and then work around until I’ve eaten > the sides, and then I eat the rest of the candy bar. Three > Musketeers bars are really good for pulling the chocolate sides > off. Reese sticks are good for eating from the top down in > layers, I like the sugar wafers inside. > Louis I see a lot of us play with our food, or certain types of food. Just thought of another thing I do. Imagine a nice slice of cake, Betty Crocker style. I can eat the cake first, and leave the frosting for last. The " game " is to remove bites of cake with the fork, and see if you can extract all of the cake without having the " walls " of frosting fall over. Not so easy with the layer of frosting between the layers of cake. I continue the game by seeing how much of the frosting I can eat before the remainder falls over. I like caramel Twix a lot better than Reese sticks. Being " cheap " , however, I usually just buy the really big Hershey bar. 7 ounces. I eat M & Ms and peanut butter M & Ms by the handful, (not discriminating by color). I don't start chewing right away, but wait until the shells are thin and the inside chocolate is melted, then crunch down on them. Mouth is instantly full of liquidy chocolate ... sweet! More " bang " for the buck. Oh yeah, and when I was a kid, I used to eat Kool-Aid right out of the packet. Straight Kool-Aid, no sugar, and only the red kinds. Small amounts at a time, and it's very tart. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 At 03:16 AM 8/21/03, you wrote: >3) Eat soup with a fork. I'm serious. See, I'm rather fond of ramen, and >know that the Japanese put it in small cups, eat the noodles with >chopsticks and drink the soup. Since I can't bring a spoon to my mouth >without getting soup all over me, I " Westernized " that method a bit, >putting my soup in a capuccino cup. I then eat the noodles with a fork and >drink the soup. > >I adapted this method to other, non-Asian soups as well. With any >vegetable or noodle soup, I eat the vegetables and noodles with a fork >first, then...you guessed it. Again, I use a capuccino cup. I like eating Snickers and other candy bards in layers. http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhduson765/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 > Bet you'de love our lovely red PEI clay!! > -jypsy Sounds heavenly! Take care, Gail :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 > Both of my sons do the hand things that Hubby does. Sometimes > they rock, usually while sitting on the sides of their beds with > at towel around them after their morning showers, trying to get > worm, until they finally decide to put their clothes on. > > Louis I like to " drip dry " after a shower. My husband gets a kick out of it. I will come out of the shower, wrap a towel around myself and proceed to walk around or sit in my chair until I am dry. One time he asked me why I don't use the towel to dry myself off, and I told him that I like to drip dry. He gave me one of those looks like " Ok, it's a Gail thing " . ;-) Take care, Gail :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Clay wrote: >Oh yeah, and when I was a kid, I used to eat Kool-Aid right out of >the packet. Straight Kool-Aid, no sugar, and only the red kinds. >Small amounts at a time, and it's very tart. No kook-ade in my house, but I ate Jello right out of the box. Plus, whenever I could get them, Fizzies. You were supposed to drop the tablet in water, where it would fizz and turn the water red. But I just popped the tablet in my mouth and let it fizz there. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Louis wrote: >My entire house is carpeted, even the bathrooms and the kitchen. >The kitchen carpeting is a dark burgundy, which is a color I >like, but every breadcrumb that falls to the floor makes it look >dirty. If my kitchen were carpeted, I'd move. Either that or rip out the carpet. Carpeted kitchen: UGH! I guess you like it Louis, but it would be unbearable for me. One of my secret dreams is that I want one of those vacuums made for people with allergies. The kind that don't spew dust out the back. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Louis wrote: >I love the fabric store at the mall, and I loathe malls. I >especially love the fleece section; everything is nice and soft >and they have great colors. There's a store in Seattle ( took me) where there is nothing but polar tech fleece. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 --On Saturday, August 23, 2003 9:32 -0400 Gail Pennington wrote: > I like to " drip dry " after a shower. My husband gets a kick out of it. I > will come out of the shower, wrap a towel around myself and proceed to > walk around or sit in my chair until I am dry. One time he asked me why I > don't use the towel to dry myself off, and I told him that I like to drip > dry. He gave me one of those looks like " Ok, it's a Gail thing " . ;-) I go for spin-dry :^) I use towels, but it takes more than that to get my hair dry (I've got a lot of it). So I'll hang up-side-down from my inversion bar and swing back and forth to get it dry. Ride the Music AndyTiedye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Camile wrote: >I interrupt my daily doings at any point to vacuum my carpet. >Whenever I think the limit has been reached for the amount of lint, >bits of stuff, that I can stand to see on the carpet has been >reached, I vacuum right then. This usually works out to once a day, >but sometimes more. I detest vacuuming. But I hate dirty floors. I have hardwood floors due to allergies ( and I hate carpet, it's an allergen sponge). I want the floors to be so clean that I can feel the wood grain with my feet as I walk. But I hate vacuuming so much that it's not always that clean. If I had the money, and knew someone I could trust, I 'd hire a maid. >I avoid people alot,i.e. see people I know, and basically like, in a >grocery store and dodge down an aisle to avoid talking to them. So do I. My useless co-workers, when I was working, saw to it that I had points taken off my review because I wasn't a " team player " Those spineless jerks didn't have the guts to say what I did wrong to make me not a team player. I helped them out whenever they needed me. I suspect part of it was that I wouldn't say " Hi " to them every five minutes, or passing in the hall I'd look away, or down. Why should I say hi to people who didn't like me and spread gossip about me? I don't like saying hi to people I like even. Or they don't give me enough time to do so. It takes me a little while to recognize someone, break my train of thought, then say hi. I usually just smile sometimes. Isn't that enough? My one good boss always used to help me out by waving at me. She and I were both kinesthetic learners. For some reason, when she waved at me, I could wave back. She didn't need to make eye contact or smile, just wave. Since I liked her, and felt comfortable with her, it worked for me. My friends think I'm nuts. When I used to go to meetings, I wouldn't wave across the room, smile, make eye contact to let them know I saw them, run over and say hi. I figured I see them after the meeting. I don't like making eye contact. I feel like they are looking through me, and need something from me. Or I take too long to break my train of thought, stop, say hi to them, so they look away by the time I'm ready to say Hi and I realized I screwed up. Why are these NT's hung up on this " hi " thing? I feels so fake most of the time- I hate fake stuff so much. I'm tired of appeasing people's insecurities, when they won't even give me the time of day. Why can't my friends realize that I'm THERE, I call, e-mail, etc which means I'm OK with them? Because NTs deceive eachother and everyone else with actions and body language with every waking breath, as a part of life, so often, to the point where they can't just trust that I like them. I need to have this stupid body language and shit to " prove " that I care. God, this is mind numbingly moronic. Ted Bundy had perfect body language. Until he got his victims in the car! Body language can be manipulated my NTs to say whatever they want. They do this daily, yet are arrogant enough to think that THEY can spot lies vs. honesty. Actually, they can't, so they should give up this stupid charade. Jeanette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 no I think my manners are okay, but I am aware I am sloppy and that since my 20's most other adults at the table have a glass withOUT smudgey fingerprints all over it, a napkin that looks barely used and no debris around their plate etc... while I have to really watch to avoid my place setting looking like a finve year old just ate there... thus the non messy food choices... I think maybe the sloppiness is because I have some fine motor issues, same as what makes cursive handwriting impossible for me... I can print, I can do lots with my hands - am infact the handyman of the family- but I can't seem to keep food from spilling etc... dani Louise Gainor wrote: > My neighbor won't eat in front of anybody, which I thought was > odd. I went over to next door one day and found her sitting at > her kitchen table with a tortilla chip piled with salsa and > cheese, and she was stuffing it into her mouth with both hands. > She looked at me rather sheepishly, and I told her, " You're > right. You shouldn't eat in front of other people. " She started > laughing and I thought she was going to choke. > > I don't like to get food on my face either, so I eat with my lips > peeled back away from my teeth. I also brush my teeth with my > lips together. > > Louis > From: le Strom > > I can eat things like ribs or bbq chicken in public now, but > usually > only choose to indulge if I am comfortable with the people I am > with- I > get a lot of anxiety about other people seeeing stuff on my > face... even > for a few seconds... > > dani > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 coffee crisp? I can't believe no one has mentioned the flakiest bar to eat in layers, with the creamiest pay off inside! coffee crisp!! that's my vote adamsCLAYADAMS@... wrote: > In a message dated 8/22/03 10:41:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse writes: > > > Oooooh! I do that! I eat the chocolate off of one side (I try to > > take it off in one piece) and then work around until I’ve eaten > > the sides, and then I eat the rest of the candy bar. Three > > Musketeers bars are really good for pulling the chocolate sides > > off. Reese sticks are good for eating from the top down in > > layers, I like the sugar wafers inside. > > > Louis > > I see a lot of us play with our food, or certain types of food. > Just thought of another thing I do. Imagine a nice slice of > cake, Betty Crocker style. I can eat the cake first, and leave > the frosting for last. The " game " is to remove bites of cake > with the fork, and see if you can extract all of the cake without > having the " walls " of frosting fall over. Not so easy with the > layer of frosting between the layers of cake. I continue the > game by seeing how much of the frosting I can eat before the > remainder falls over. > > I like caramel Twix a lot better than Reese sticks. Being " cheap " , > however, I usually just buy the really big Hershey bar. 7 ounces. > I eat M & Ms and peanut butter M & Ms by the handful, (not discriminating > by color). I don't start chewing right away, but wait until the > shells are > thin and the inside chocolate is melted, then crunch down on them. > Mouth is instantly full of liquidy chocolate ... sweet! More " bang " for > the buck. > > Oh yeah, and when I was a kid, I used to eat Kool-Aid right out of > the packet. Straight Kool-Aid, no sugar, and only the red kinds. > Small amounts at a time, and it's very tart. > > Clay > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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