random thread, for all that you can't find an appropriate thread for.

['andersom']

^

Jammer.

[lutra]

^ Ben d'r helemaal ondersteboven van.. wat ja, het extreem lastig maakt dit te schrijven nu.

Heb je dat wel eens geprobeerd? Ondersteboven, op je fontanelletje, in some sort of yoga-pose, trachten iets uit te typen.

Nah, I'm fine.. really. Kinda hit me by surprise yestereve and.... Nothing lost, nothing gained. 

['andersom']

^ Ben d'r helemaal ondersteboven van.. wat ja, het extreem lastig maakt dit te schrijven nu.

Heb je dat wel eens geprobeerd? Ondersteboven, op je fontanelletje, in some sort of yoga-pose, trachten iets uit te typen.

Nah, I'm fine.. really. Kinda hit me by surprise yestereve and.... Nothing lost, nothing gained.

I never tried.

Als onze lieve heer had gewild dat we op ons hoofd zouden staan, had ie daar wel voetjes gemaakt.   

[lutra]

^ Heehee.

[MissKitty]

Moments like this make me love my country.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/different-kind-drummer-mountie-beats-skins-band-camp-220029699.html

[Parts]

[Queen Victoria]

Autistic man survives 3-week ordeal in Utah desert

DENVER (AP) - An autistic man lived on frogs and roots as he wandered for weeks in the remote Escalante Desert of southern Utah until being rescued, emaciated but alive.

William Martin LaFever, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo., told rescuers that in addition to the bits of food he scavenged, including a few frogs he caught, he drank water from the Escalante River while attempting to walk from Boulder, Utah, to Page, Ariz., a distance of approximately 90 miles or more by the route he appeared to be taking.

The Garfield County Sheriff's Department estimated he had traveled about 40 miles over at least three weeks before he was found Thursday.

"It is some of the most rugged, unforgiving terrain you will find anywhere on Earth, jagged cliffs, stone ledges, sandstone, sagebrush, juniper," sheriff's spokeswoman Becki Bronson said in a telephone interview. "Where William was hiking, there just isn't anyone out there," she said. "There are no people. There are no towns." The sheriff's department said it was remarkable that searchers aboard a helicopter were able to find LaFever at all, much less alive.

Deputy Ray Gardner, who had recently completed training in search and rescue operations for people with autism and was aboard the helicopter, said LaFever would not have survived another 24 hours.

The helicopter took LaFever to Garfield Memorial Hospital in Panguitch. The hospital said it could not release any information on his condition.

LaFever was trying to get to Page because his father, John LaFever of Colorado Springs, told him he would wire money to him in there, the sheriff's department said in a written release. William LaFever had called his father on June 6 or 7 to say he was hiking in the Boulder area with his dog, and that someone had stolen some of his hiking gear and he had run out of money.

John LaFever told his son to catch a ride to Page to collect the money.

Unbeknownst to his father, William LaFever apparently decided to hike down the Escalante River and then hitch a boat ride along Lake Powell to Page, rather than try to catch a ride, the sheriff's department said.

LaFever set out along the river but ran out of food. His dog left him, and LaFever began abandoning his gear until all he had was the clothing and shoes he was wearing when he was found, the sheriff's department said. The dog hasn't been seen since. Authorities do not know why the dog ran off, Bronson said. The early June phone call was the last time the family heard from LaFever, and his sister reported him missing on Monday, the sheriff's department said.

A telephone message left at the LaFevers' home in Colorado Springs wasn't immediately returned. Gardner's training in searching for people with autism taught him they are naturally drawn to water, so the helicopter search focused on the Escalante River, the department said.

The helicopter team spotted LaFever Thursday afternoon, sitting in the Escalante River about five miles from Lake Powell, weakly waving at the aircraft.

Gardner was dumbfounded when LaFever identified himself because of the long odds of finding anyone in that country, the sheriff's department said. "In all my career I have never seen someone so emaciated," Gardner was quoted as saying in the sheriff's department release. "I could not believe that he was alive, and feel certain that in another 24 hours he would not have been alive."

Gardner didn't immediately return a phone message late Thursday.

LaFever was so weak that he couldn't stand, but he was so eager for human contact that at first he would not stop talking long enough to eat or drink anything, the sheriff's department said. He eventually took a drink and ate a granola bar.

[lutra]

Read the same article earlier today and this line I found a bit.. dunno..

Gardner's training in searching for people with autism taught him they are naturally drawn to water

Well, I know I am drawn to water but is it something autistic, I wondered. Just seem the logical thing to do in that type of terrain.

[TheoK]

I am drawn to water too, but that might as well be that I have lived in a coastal province all my life, just a few hundred meters from the water.

[MissKitty]

Read the same article earlier today and this line I found a bit.. dunno..

Gardner's training in searching for people with autism taught him they are naturally drawn to water

Well, I know I am drawn to water but is it something autistic, I wondered. Just seem the logical thing to do in that type of terrain.

I'm drawn to water as well.

Several years ago I went to the International Autism Symposium that they hold in Toronto every other year. Everyone who is anyone in the field of autism attends. It's massive and incredibly informative. I like to sneak into the doctors forums and listen in on the research. There was a doctor who had performed autopsy's on children with autism who had passed, and their parents had donated their brains to research. Every single child had died by drowning.

[Queen Victoria]

If you go to Amazon, you can download the Kindle software for free to your computer.  I now have Kindle and a free book on growing tomatoes in containers to boot.

[El]

Read the same article earlier today and this line I found a bit.. dunno..

Gardner's training in searching for people with autism taught him they are naturally drawn to water

Well, I know I am drawn to water but is it something autistic, I wondered. Just seem the logical thing to do in that type of terrain.

Yeah that seemed off to me too.  Kinda makes autistic people sound like moths.

[El]

I hadn't heard this lie before for skirting around anti-prostitution laws.

http://www.metro.us/newyork/life/article/1147396--the-snuggery-new-website-offers-hour-of-cuddle-time-for-60

Never underestimate the power of the human touch.

At least, that's the business model that Penfield, N.Y. woman Jackie Samuel is banking on. About a month ago,  she launched a business offering a solid hour of cuddle time in exchange for a cool $60.

"I really just wanted to cuddle," Samuel told Metro.

On her site, The Snuggery, Samuel showcases herself as an advocate for the healing power of touch. With photos that show her in cozy, curled up poses dressed in pajamas, Samuel states that Americans are deprived of non-sexual touch and that's why she is here to help.

Samuel said she has looked into getting certified for her snuggle sessions, but found that the only certification available was for people looking to host group snuggling parties. Samuel just wanted to do individual cuddling. When she placed an ad for her snuggle services in the back of her local newspaper, business started to flow.

"There are different kinds of cuddling positions, but I typically always start out spooning and I am pretty small, so usually I'm the little spoon," Samuel said.

She also offers a 45-minute session for $50, and 90 minutes of cuddling for $90. While she has gotten some inquiries from snuggle-seekers looking for a little extra affection, Samuel said the majority of her clients (all men, though she is willing to cuddle with women, too) respect her boundaries and are just looking to get cozy.

"I think a lot of people don’t have someone in their life that they can receive comforting touch from on a regular basis," Samuel explained.

She covers any potentially awkward moments in the frequently asked questions section of her site:

    Q. Do we meet before we snuggle?
    A. Yes, we do meet briefly prior to snuggling in order to make sure that we're both comfortable and that our expectations are compatible.

    Q. What if I become sexually aroused during my session?
    A. Don't worry, it happens! Although sexual activity is not permitted, arousal is perfectly normal and should not make anyone feel uncomfortable.

    Q. Do clothes/pajamas always stay on for the duration of our session?
    A. Absolutely! Nudity is not permitted.

Though Samuel is alone in a room at her home with her clients during snuggle time, there are always other people present in the house for security reasons. She has studied the "Cuddle Sutra" and said she would be open to the more than 100 positions detailed in the book, though most snuggle positions just come naturally when she's on the clock.

"It tends to be pretty improvisational," she said.

[TheoK]

I can't help getting on sidetracks when trying to learn Latin. I take a sneak peek on Greek too.

This is how they think Plato spoke

['andersom']

I can't help getting on sidetracks when trying to learn Latin. I take a sneak peek on Greek too.

This is how they think Plato spoke

He had a Scandinavian accent?