Facts about yourself!

[Midi]

I enjoy playing Bad Eggs Online (a stupid game) from time to time

[deathstorm]

just came back from. Godzilla. It was. Awsome

[Carmilla1]

The first CD I bought was S Club - 7 The shame. I was only about 5 or 6 though so it's not that bad. granted the next thing I liked was Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Album... But then I had to find a song to sing from the sixties in music class, as we had to do one for each decade each week. So I looked through my Dad's CDs and picked The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black. And from then on I didn't bother with the music charts or pop anymore. Had I had he same music knowledge as I do now, I would have picked a better song to sing to represent the 70s though. Possibly Joan Baez - Diamonds and Rust with Judas Priest's acoustic take on the song.I'd love to sing a Judas Priest song actually or Deep Purple - but I don't think I can realistically manage that Wish I could though. I've always liked to sing.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Fact about me: I love watching Masterchef Through that program I recently learned that over half the cases of food poisoning in restaurants are caused by the improper reheating of rice and that tomato flowers are poisonous.

[deathstorm]

Facts. About me. I love the New York Jets.

[Iceni]

Fact about me: I love watching Masterchef

Somehow, not surprising at all.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Hey some of the people on that show are seriously impressive cooks. Mind you I've only seen the Australian version of that show and it's common knowledge Aussies do everything better.

[Iceni]

Hey some of the people on that show are seriously impressive cooks. Mind you I've only seen the Australian version of that show and it's common knowledge Aussies do everything better.

Except anything car-related, then they tend to ape the greats. Otherwise, you'll not meet much of an argument from me with regards to Australian importance; if this US policy 'pivot to Asia' means anything you lot might be seeing more of our diplomatic staff around your neck of the woods. Granted, they might pop by South Korea and Taiwan first, but Australia will definitely be on the list.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Last I checked Australians don't manufacture cars with live rear axles...just saying

[deathstorm]

Facts about me I like dirt track racing

[Ghouly]

Here is a strange one, curious if anyone else experiences something similar: When people talk to me, verbally, I "hear" them, but I don't really *hear* them, I actually visualize the words they say in realtime in my mind, much like closed captioning. Because of this I am utterly incapable of reading something while someone is taking to me because I cannot read two things at once. If I'm reading the words I see in my mind while someone speaks, and I take my eyes of that mental image for a second, my brain will not register what people say *at all*. Since I multitask a lot, and often switch between reading on a screen and listening to speech, I end up saying "what?" All the time, because I miss what was said. I think it might be related to my synaesthesia but I'm not sure. Anyone else get this?

[FatherAlabaster]

Here is a strange one' date=' curious if anyone else experiences something similar: When people talk to me, verbally, I "hear" them, but I don't really *hear* them, I actually visualize the words they say in realtime in my mind, much like closed captioning. Because of this I am utterly incapable of reading something while someone is taking to me because I cannot read two things at once. If I'm reading the words I see in my mind while someone speaks, and I take my eyes of that mental image for a second, my brain will not register what people say *at all*. Since I multitask a lot, and often switch between reading on a screen and listening to speech, I end up saying "what?" All the time, because I miss what was said. I think it might be related to my synaesthesia but I'm not sure. Anyone else get this?[/quote'] Hmm. I think I'm the opposite. I hear words when I read them. I learned how to read when I was very young, but I've always had a little bit of a hard time parsing speech, which is why I never understood or cared about lyrics when I was younger (and used to avoid reading them, because once I realized how stupid they were, the songs were usually ruined for me). I used to come up with the dumbest pronunciations for words I hadn't encountered in speech. I prefer reading to listening, so I like text messages and chat apps better than phone conversations, and I avoid audiobooks. But like you, I can't handle two verbal streams at once. If I'm reading or writing, I basically don't hear what anyone around me says, and I wind up asking people to repeat themselves a lot. I bet you're right, that your experience is related to your synaesthesia. It sounds like a really interesting experience, especially the number form thing you told me about.

[H34VYM3T4LD4V3]

I can't handle two verbal streams at once. If I'm reading or writing' date=' I basically don't hear what anyone around me says, and I wind up asking people to repeat themselves a lot. [/quote'] I'm like this too.

[FatherAlabaster]

I'm like this too.

Sorry, what was that?

[deathstorm]

Hey alabaster Brie and Dave. Have you get stop by someone who doesn't know a area. Ask you do you know where something is. I hate. That. At times. I live in the area people do that. All the time people. Get a cell phone. Geez

[FatherAlabaster]

Hey alabaster Brie and Dave. Have you get stop by someone who doesn't know a area. Ask you do you know where something is. I hate. That. At times. I live in the area people do that. All the time people. Get a cell phone. Geez

Happens a lot more when I'm with my kid. I don't really mind - I don't like when people interrupt whatever I'm doing, but I also think it's better to have real human interaction than to be glued to a device. I don't like turn-by-turn navigation, either. I'd rather look at a map and memorize my route.

[deathstorm]

Alabaster. I agree. With. That real human interaction That's. True gps. Are a real pain. You know alabaster. If the people. Do it a nice excuse sir. I'm looking for this street you know where it is. I'm sorry. I don't where it is. Like that real nice I usually say. I'm. A visiter I don't know area f

[Feidz]

I fart and listening to deathcore at the same time..

[Frostaudn]

I fart and listening to deathcore at the same time..

That can't be coincidence

[Iceni]

That can't be coincidence

Possibly because as far as musical merit goes they're indistinguishable.

[Ghouly]

Hey alabaster Brie and Dave. Have you get stop by someone who doesn't know a area. Ask you do you know where something is. I hate. That. At times. I live in the area people do that. All the time people. Get a cell phone. Geez

I'm pretty welcoming to tourists and strangers about that kind of thing, but I think partly because I'm an extrovert and partly because it's culturally very common in California to engage in unprompted conversation with strangers, we are a chatty, welcoming type of folk. Also, not everyone has a smartphone at hand, like old people or sometimes your phone runs out of juice, shit happens. I think if I were introverted or culturally closed to socializing with strangers like a brit or a swede, it might be bothersome. The only thing I do not like being interrupted for is a cat call. Fuck people who do that.

[FatherAlabaster]

The only thing I do not like being interrupted for is a cat call. Fuck people who do that.

Heya mami, hey chica, nice avatar! *wolf whistles*

[forge]

Fact about myself: When I was a kid, one of my little chores was to help Dad clean his vinyl records. I loved that brush kit.

[deathstorm]

Well guys. I'm off to the races at see ya guys. World of outlaws. Sprint cars woohoo new egypt. Here I come

[FatherAlabaster]

Have fun, deathstorm!