Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 21st at 10:39pm 2007
Found out today that my grandson was misdiagnosed with ADD.
Yes, my grandson is on the road to drug addiction because his mom doesn't want to deal with him.
I wish that f**king Satchmo would get his sorry ass to Arkansas and see just how f**king easy it is here to have a child put on drugs just because.
This on top of a Judge ordering her to NOT do so. She just went back to another doctor until one would write the prescription.
I dunno which I am more pissed off at. My ex daughter-in-law, or Satchmo and his f**king know-it-all bulls**t.
You have no idea how helpless a grand parent feels when you have zero influence.
Chemical baby sitting. The plight of the new ages. 
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by French Toast on Sun Apr 22nd at 10:22pm 2007
Where's all this anti-Satch coming from dude?
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Mon Apr 23rd at 11:16pm 2007
? quoting French Toast
Where's all this anti-Satch coming from dude?
It happened while you slept in class I guess. 
In fact, its such a touchy subject, I'd advise you to avoid it or take a chance on getting burned. Cause, anyone who sides with him on ADHD will face my wrath.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Naklajat on Tue Apr 24th at 12:01am 2007
Didn't he basically say it's a real condition that's grossly misdiagnosed?
I can vouch for the grossly misdiagnosed part, since two different shrinks (read: drug dealers with PhDs) gave me an ADD diagnosis about a year apart, and both were ready to write a prescription, my folks didn't bite. One potentially harmful aspect of an errant ADD diagnosis is that it can delay or prevent the real problem from being identified, where the real problem could be something more serious like schizophrenia; a potentially dangerous effect is that some drugs used to treat ADD can trigger episodes of an existing condition. Brain chemistry is not something you want to f**k with.
I think the majority of 'ADD' kids could be cured if the parents turned off the idiot box and spent some time with them, reading to them, drawing with them, going to the park etc. "Parent Maturity Defecit Disorder" is more like it, IMHO.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 24th at 12:09am 2007
Actually it was I who says its misdiagnosed.
His view was, not realistic to say the least. In fact, he said it was a mid-western problem. They don't misdiagnose in California.
I have no problem discussing this, especially if it makes him look like an asshole but I'd rather not do it in a recently thread.
The main reason I posted it here was that I had found out about 3 minutes before I posted and I was royally pissed off.
I am still mad, but not enough to ruin this thread.
Take it to a fresh thread, assuming you wanna run it through the mud again.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Gwil on Tue Apr 24th at 12:23am 2007
Do take it to a fresh thread because for once (take a photo!) I'm with Orpheus - his attitude toward ADHD and discussing topics reasonably is high level assholish.
Satchmo only comes to this site to espouse either how great he is/how bad we are or to promote his wares.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Naklajat on Tue Apr 24th at 12:56am 2007
Recently found: Gwil agreed with Orph and the sky isn't falling.
Also: There are quite a few ways to hold a pencil, and the basic grip most people use for writing is not suited at all for drawing.
Slightly more recently than that: The site I learned that from is a 'furry' drawing site. :x
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 24th at 2:09am 2007
? quoting Gwil
Do take it to a fresh thread because for once (take a photo!) I'm with Orpheus - .
We disagree a lot, but its hardly note worthy. ![<img src=]()
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In fact, considering our backgrounds, our ages and our countries of origin its surprising that we agree as often as we do.
IMO though, in spite of the differences, we still managed to be friends. THATS noteworthy.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Crono on Tue Apr 24th at 9:08am 2007
I've learned, over time, that Satchmo's words need to be taken with a grain of salt, not because he's wrong (or right) or anything like that. It's just, he's an adamant person. He talks very matter of fact-ly and has some very odd habits of what he sees as "post-worthy". If you ever get in a "heated" discussion with him, keep in mind that the heat is probably all on your side of the conversation. Also keep in mind that his primary language was Chinese, a very "to the point" "one way to say it" language, which could be another reason for the way he speaks.
I agree that he can seem to be a dick about certain things, but I don't think he does it on purpose. And it would most certainly be inappropriate to say s**t out of nowhere, even if it were a previous transgression.
I don't even know what he said about ADHD. But something I've noticed about his view on medicine, especially children and medicine, is very matter of fact and one way or no way. I think it's just because of where he practices. I mean, most things are not even remotely similar to the rest of the world in California. I don't see why Medical practices would either.
Also, don't jump on my sack because I'm putting up for him.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 24th at 10:32am 2007
I recently found one of these.
My previous players had an average battery life of 7-11 hours for 2AA. This player has been using the same batteries (2AA) for 26 hours and still seems fully charged. Even if this isn't the case, the marked increase in battery usage is phenomenal.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Stadric on Sat Apr 28th at 1:05am 2007
What kind of batteries are you using, Orph? I give my full endorsement to Energizer Titanium batteries, I've had four AAAs in my graphing calculator for quite a while now. They last longer than any other batteries I put in there.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 28th at 1:09am 2007
Regular stock panasonic batteries.
The reason for my comment was the fact that the batteries went from 7 hours to many times more. The batteries finally conked out at 43 or so hours.
Thats one hell of an increase with the same exact batteries. Note: these batteries are just about two years old, and have been recharged..... many,many,many (add lots more many's) times.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Orpheus on Sat Apr 28th at 10:57am 2007
Recently found that Ejoop is down. My maps may be lost, forever if I cannot locate them on one of my many disks. 
[EDIT] Found my maps backed up. Download links moved to pits.
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Re: Recently Found
Posted by Riven on Sun May 6th at 3:12pm 2007
That was wild; I can't believe that they were able to pull all that off so efficiently, unless the friends were in on it to begin with... A bit fake in my eyes, but still pretty interesting.
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