Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[Lestat]

Ren, personally I don't think its practical to include it, or not. Its one of those things thats unsolvable IMO. SOME auties/aspies would be a danger on the roads, some wouldn't. But actually assessing it in any way beyond the driving test with instructors and practice sessions, would just make it massively more difficult, and probably more expensive for those on the spectrum to drive than it would be for NTs. There is no ideal solution, there is only the practical one 'no it shouldn't', well, yes it should but it can't be made to without fucking things up altogether so we are going to have to ignore it'

Not exactly elegant, but it'll have to work. And just be hammered into shape  if it gets  a few dents here  and there.

[renaeden]

I said maybe it would have to be decided on a case-by-case basis. But how expensive and also possibly annoying to the autistic, would that be?

[Lestat]

Thats why I said its probably unfixable. It'd end up costing autie/aspies more, pissing them off big time for two, take up their time for three, and what next?  the autistic version of L plates? something like 'R-plates'? with a big red 'R' for 'retard'?

Fuck that shit. As far as I'm concerned, its just going to have to be up to the individual and the instructor. Because otherwise its just going to end up being discriminatory, and  besides, some people  will need the  driving license for ID  and there could be a lot of forseeable reasons why people would not wish to reveal their being autistic until say, they've gotten the job.     

[mdagli1]

I told the DVLA that I was being drugged for my arseburgers and they let me drive... It's not like I'm going to go round bonneting preggies for a free ride.
And btw, I got my benifits back. So I now have 3 incomes. Threating to kill myself seems to work wonders when it matters the most, so there you go.

[Lestat]

What you need to do, is follow through with it.

[mdagli1]

Make me.

[Charlotte Quin]

My ISP is prompting me to sign up for an NBN plan by sending me a free router.

Freebies 

[renaeden]

Hope you get fibre to the premises, Charlotte.

Good thing today was I made the effort to get up early and meet with a local mental health group for a walk around the foreshore.

They do this on Wednesdays and Fridays so I'll try to join them, it's good exercise for me.

[odeon]

Had a good talk with my manager.

[Queen Victoria]

See the bitch thread.

[Jack]

Received a promotion today.

And another one today.

[Gopher Gary]

Does this mean I can buy Stanley Cup Tickets? 

[Genesis]

Finally dried up my room from the rain fall 3 to 4 days ago! *Breathe Sigh of Relief Here*

[Pyraxis]

Congrats Jack!

[Charlotte Quin]

Hope you get fibre to the premises, Charlotte.

Nope FTTN sadly, but I can do a 100m sprint from my front door to where the node is though (providing the copper cable from the node runs past my place first, which I think it does). I'm hesitant to sign up so far in case there's too much home phone and internet downtime while the switch over is in progress. I gotta switch over before march next year when they cut ADSL2 off for good.