I’m an over 40 Caucasian autistic man on a gun forum, where do I begin?

Shoes have to be lined up left/right when taken off. My desk may look disorganized but it is not.

When I was involved in hockey, I played goalie through college (club level) and officiated from age 18 up through the upper minor pro leagues. Later on, I spent 33 years in law enforcement.

As a result, I probably have more of these traits than everyone in this forum combined.

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My desk may look disorganized but it is not.

My house usually looks like a mess, but I know where everything is. Well, most of the time anyway. I talk to myself a lot. I make grocery lists and then forget to take them with me when I go shopping.

Oh, and on the cats and toilet paper thing? My ex-roommate had a cat. Yeah, she unrolled the TP once. After that I turned the roll around so it came off the back instead of the front. So what did the cat do then? She sat on the toilet seat and started ripping big chunks of TP out of the roll and throwing them everywhere. Made a much bigger mess than just unrolling it did.

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
Toilet paper rolls down from the front of the roll.

In other words, the correct way. Ann Landers settled that years ago.

I face the cash in my wallet and organize high to low.

I’m right handed but use my left hand for my fine motor skills.

Shoot right hand but I’m left eye dominant.

I could go on but I will stop.

Left sock goes on first as does left shoe. Always

I like being really early to work, making a cup of coffee and some toast or whatever and enjoying the quiet before the phone starts ringing as I check out what is going on and plan my day. Irks the crap out of me when someone else decides to show up early and insists on talking to me. Go the hell away.

I have left and right socks, my wife says I’m weird.

I like to post videos that relate to a previous post.

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Originally posted by rtquig:
Left sock goes on first as does left shoe. Always

I wash my hands before and after using the bath room.

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Originally posted by Expert308:

Oh, and on the cats and toilet paper thing? My ex-roommate had a cat. Yeah, she unrolled the TP once. After that I turned the roll around so it came off the back instead of the front. So what did the cat do then? She sat on the toilet seat and started ripping big chunks of TP out of the roll and throwing them everywhere. Made a much bigger mess than just unrolling it did.

BTDT. My cats had eccentricities, idiosyncrasies and quirks, too!

When people use a word or phrase incorrectly sometimes I can’t figure what they’re trying to say. My wife is my English to English translator.

Bright lights make me sneeze. It's genetic.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Bright lights make me sneeze. It's genetic.

You’re a sun sneezer!

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Originally posted by PR64:

I face the cash in my wallet and organize high to low.

Within denomination, sorted by serial number.

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Originally posted by mark123:

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Bright lights make me sneeze. It's genetic.

You’re a sun sneezer!

Yep. Folks think I'm weird. They're right.

Talking to myself, i.e., voicing whatever I am thinking at the moment. Not all my thoughts are happy ones.

Misplacing items and having borderline anxiety/panic attacks when I can't find them. (My eldest brother shares this quirk.)

I scrub the dishes before putting them in dishwasher. Wife thinks I’m insane about it. She’d just as soon load dishes full of food remnants into the dishwasher… not on my watch

My computer rests at about 30 degrees sideways, and if I'm on the computer at work, I turn it the same way. My chair sits so my left elbow is desked and the right elbow is in my ribcage. Don't make me explain why, because I've no idea why.