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by falconry-fan
Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:50 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Duvet covers
Replies: 11
Views: 7967

I hate fighting with my duvet cover. The best way I've found is to turn it inside out , put your hands inside at each corner, then while still holding the corners grab the corners of the quilt, and give a good flick, the duvet cover should move some way up the quilt and you can pull the rest on from...
by falconry-fan
Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:08 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Claims to fame!
Replies: 33
Views: 16486

I don't have many but I met Richard Keel who played Jaws in the James Bond films. My late uncle was friends with Ford Kiernan from Chewing the Fat,when he was at school, he often came to my nana's house for dinner and used to annoy my mother. I was on Fully Booked when I was 11 or 12 as an audience ...
by falconry-fan
Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:57 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: You know you're dyspraxic when
Replies: 403
Views: 681124

When you can't make breakfast without burning yourself. I did this on Thursday, I made the tea and toast for my colleagues, then put my porridge and milk in the microwave in a bowl for exactly the length of time the instructions on the packet suggested. 2 1/2 minutes later, it was ready , I left it ...
by falconry-fan
Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:49 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Eating Spaghetti
Replies: 28
Views: 15625

The whole spoon and fork thing doesn't make much sense to me it seems so complicated. I stick with a fork, it can be messy, often is but my technique has gotten better,I twirl some up with my fork then press the fork with the spaghetti on it against my plate and move the fork down a little, this see...
by falconry-fan
Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:42 pm
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: argh, directions!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2308

I've absolutely no sense of direction whatsoever, even if I've been to a place numerous times, I can still manage to get lost. I dread it when people call my work and ask for directions, I don't drive and I'd have great difficulty in directing them from the gate to my front door let alone from anoth...
by falconry-fan
Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:49 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Tension Headaches
Replies: 20
Views: 12452

I almost always get tension headaches, I'm usually fine when I'm in the house,but as soon as I leave I develop a tension headaches, it gets worse when I'm on the bus or when I arrive at work.
by falconry-fan
Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:45 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Dyspraxia? am I paranoid?
Replies: 17
Views: 9450

I don't think you can be considered an impostor,anymore than I can or the many others on this board who as of yet have no official diagnosis I can relate so much of what you say,and like you I've only really discovered that I have this within the past week,though my mother has made a few references ...
by falconry-fan
Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:31 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Filling the mug with when making a hot drink..
Replies: 23
Views: 12926

It always annoys me when other people fill cups & glasses right up to the top with perhaps a millimetre or two of space.
I always end up spilling some of my drink and then I'm the one that looks bad, despite the fact that they overfilled it. ](*,)
by falconry-fan
Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:37 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Newbie from Scotland
Replies: 9
Views: 5165

Newbie from Scotland

Hello, I'm 23,female and from Scotland and very grateful that I've found this forum. I haven't had an official diagnosis yet, my teachers often made comments about my lack of coordination and my very short attention span,but nothing was done, since I was a child my mother thought I had dyspraxia,I'v...