just_ducky_in_NH

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Good morning, what're your plans for the day? in c/[email protected]
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 4 points 9 hours ago

Annual town meeting today. It starts at 8:30 am and ends when the warrant articles have all been discussed and voted on. Hopefully it will go smoothly - last year it didn’t end until 6:00 pm, and a resident yelled at the school board chair so much that she quit on the spot!

Does anyone else? in c/autism
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 4 points 1 week ago

That’s me! Glad to know I’m not alone.

What's your most non-mundane possession? in c/asklemmy
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 3 points 1 week ago

They were picking up rocks.

...I will defend to the death your right to say it. in c/comicstrips
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 6 points 1 week ago

As a US citizen, I wish I could upvote you more.

Water into Wine in c/comicstrips
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You are saying that you would have to eat four times your body weight of wine powder to turn your blood into wine. That doesn’t make sense.

What's the best psychology trick you know? in c/[email protected]
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 1 points 1 month ago

You sound like my husband, I call him a “capybara in disguise”.

What's a word you wish you could unlearn? in c/[email protected]
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 2 points 1 month ago

A very useful word, though.

What's a word you wish you could unlearn? in c/[email protected]
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 2 points 1 month ago

I had to look it up. Ew

Are there any words that you pronounce in a way that seems weird to most people? in c/asklemmy
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you from upstate New York?

Biden Has Officially Appointed More Judges Than Trump in c/[email protected]
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But not to the Supremes.

Just because you paid for insurance doesn't mean you should get it in c/microblogmemes
What are the rules of using the toilet in school in different countries? in c/[email protected]
[–] just_ducky_in_NH 8 points 1 month ago

USA. It’s a big issue.

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USPS' long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers (apnews.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19744213

The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest. They’re tall and ungainly. The windshields are vast. Their hoods resemble a duck bill. Their bumpers are enormous.

“You can tell that (the designers) didn’t have appearance in mind,” postal worker Avis Stonum said.

Odd appearance aside, the first handful of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles that rolled onto postal routes in August in Athens, Georgia, are getting rave reviews from letter carriers accustomed to cantankerous older vehicles that lack modern safety features and are prone to breaking down — and even catching fire.

Within a few years, the fleet will have expanded to 60,000, most of them electric models, serving as the Postal Service’s primary delivery truck from Maine to Hawaii.

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Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? (old.lemmy.world)
 

Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.

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Littleton NH Town Manager Resigns After Homophobic Harassment (www.nbcnews.com)
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10 Questions About the New Hampshire Primary, Including ‘Can Anyone Beat Trump?’ (www.npr.org)
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Where can a Boomer catch up on current computer/software technology? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by just_ducky_in_NH to c/asklemmy
67 comments fedilink
 

I have an eight-year-old laptop that needs replacing and I’m paralyzed. What are the most reliable ones now? Do I need a desktop for CAD? Pros and cons of operating systems (and where do I find them?) Browsers ditto? Where do I find answers that aren’t just product marketing?

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Hampton Beach NH flooded today as waves broke over the sea walls (m.youtube.com)
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Has anyone read “Always Coming Home” by Ursula K. LeGuin? (self.sciencefiction)
 

I’m on my second reading, and would love to have someone to discuss it with.

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Lewiston mass shooting suspect found dead in Maine (www.nbcnews.com)
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Got nothin’ rule (self.196)
 

Sorry to be so boring. Bye!

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In your experience, do autistic people “flock”? (self.autism)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by just_ducky_in_NH to c/autism
35 comments fedilink
 

I have been recently diagnosed as autistic, and now I seem to see autism everywhere in my social circle. My brother, a daughter, at least two friends. . . Either there are a lot of undiagnosed autistic people out there OR I tend to become friends (more comfortable) with fellow autists, OR I am just being silly and am attributing autism to NT people with strong interests. Fellow neurodivergent folks of all types, what is your experience? (Edit: changed ND to NT. oops!)

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Metal roof issue (self.homeimprovement)
 

Our old house in New England has a steep pitched metal roof and no gutters. Our front door is right under a roof valley, so it is unusable on rainy days and all of winter. The water running down the valley has rotted out our building sill, and we have to get it replaced. I don’t want the same thing to happen to the new sill! Installing gutters is not currently an option because the winter snow avalanches would just rip them away. I have read about snow guards, but have never seen any in real life. How well do they work, are they hard to install, will they work when 18” of snow falls on the roof? Will the snow guards slow down the avalanches enough to keep gutters in place? Alternatively, should we just build a porch to divert precipitation further from the foundation? Any advice is welcome!

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