A surprising fact about me is...

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  • quincepurple75
    quincepurple75 Scope Member Posts: 5 Listener

    According to my mum I taught myself to read about 2 and so don't remember a time I couldn't do it. I'm autistic so suspect it's part of that as it's always just been there and I was a teenager before I realised other people didn't do it at the same speed.

    It can be super useful to take in info at speed but I love reading and frustrate myself by how quickly I finish a book I enjoy. Not good value for money when you read them in half the time lol

  • PixelMist
    PixelMist Online Community Member Posts: 56 Connected

    @quincepurple75 that’s so interesting

    I can read quite quickly myself but I my mind wanders and I seem to get to the end of page and realise I didn’t retain anything!!

  • PixelMist
    PixelMist Online Community Member Posts: 56 Connected

    In the early noughties I had a summer job as the voice of a sat-nav prototype

  • quincepurple75
    quincepurple75 Scope Member Posts: 5 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1098604#Comment_1098604

    When I read at extremely fast speeds I find that background noise helps with retention, music I would be likely to sing along to really helps for example. I think it's because the bit of my brain that wanders is then busy humming along and I can concentrate

  • bonnielassie
    bonnielassie Online Community Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    Hi - a surprising fact about me is that I used to ride a Moto Guzzi California 1100cc motorbike. It's the same one that the California Highway Patrol police (CHiPs) used. I've been abroad on it several times, and travelled round Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Germany etc. My first bike was a Suzuki 500cc, which I went to the Czech Republic on, just after passing my test. Had a few scary moments, but I survived!!

  • kreacher
    kreacher Online Community Member Posts: 341 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1097838#Comment_1097838

    if you do put up pics of 8 legged beasts, post a warning as i'm arachnaphobic, you are braver than me, i would never of gone in, even if you told me you were going to give me a million pounds

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,936 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    That sounds like so much fun @bonnielassie, which was your favourite country to ride through?

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 7,936 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1098605#Comment_1098605

    Wow that's very cool! How did it work? Were you in a studio recording the phrases?

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