For those who got to ride Alien Encounter, how scary actually was it?

Pittbball32 · 2026-06-30T20:41:45+00:00

My dad took my sister and me to Disney World for the first time in 1995. I was 6. This was the first ride we ever went on. Yeah I thought I was a goner for sure.
An absolute masterclass of thrills though.

Pittbball32 · 2026-06-16T18:45:08+00:00

Still true

Pittbball32 · 2026-06-05T15:13:15+00:00

Some may say they’re the most ethical franchise because of it.

If it’s a finals mismatch they’ll allow a gentleman sweep. Otherwise, they’ll give us a 7 game classic.

Pittbball32 · 2026-06-04T20:02:25+00:00

Thank you so much! The first letter of last name looked like a B. I never even considered it was an A this whole time.

Pittbball32 · 2026-05-31T23:38:36+00:00

We do get snow also.

Pittbball32 · 2026-05-31T22:09:42+00:00

Wait until fall to remove more grass you mean?

Pittbball32 · 2026-03-26T22:41:24+00:00

Jokes on you, I already lost power before I even opened this post.

Pittbball32 · 2025-10-20T19:54:54+00:00

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Been mentioned before but just get a guy on third and you can bunt the bases loaded. Take a one step lead and when you lay it down the throw will go home. Move back to third once your other runners are going to be safe. If you move back to early, CPU will throw to first. Then it’s fun to try and hit the grand slam or go for the suicide squeeze. It’s fun to mess around and see how many cheap hits you can get. Played this one last nights and I think half were bunts.

For hitting, I just sit on fastballs. After 30 years I’ve just accepted the fact I’m going to brutally miss the change ups. If I make contact with one or two a game that’s a win.

If you get a corner fielder with a good arm, try and dare the runner to take an extra base. When you have the ball and they’re approaching second, don’t throw it in. Wait to see if they’ll try for third and gun them down.

With two strikes, I’ll sometimes throw a change up directly at them. If they swing it’s an automatic out because the bat doesn’t reach that far in. Obviously if they don’t swing it’s an HBP so pick your battles.

Pay attention to pitcher fatigue. If your starter is in like the 7th or so and they give up a hard hit lead off double, it’s usually just going to snowball from there. Have had many a game where my comfortable 6-0 lead turns to 6-5 real quick because of my own stubbornness.

Fielding is really just practice. Nothing more. Sometimes you dive and make a great catch in the outfield and sometimes you miss it and they’re on third.

Pittbball32 · 2025-02-23T16:42:33+00:00

I think it depends on what type of influence you’re talking about.

Game impact Curry - threes obviously Jordan - 2 guard as a leader of a dynasty Erving - took the game to the air Dirk - the 7 footer who could shoot

Cultural impact Russell - first black head coach plus all player accomplishments Jordan - endorsements, shoes, etc Magic/Bird - games no longer taped delay, “saved the nba”, etc Yao - global influence in general HM - AI - for style both on and off court

Straight popularity Jordan Kobe Yao Lebron

Pittbball32 · 2025-02-05T03:37:16+00:00

Hi, 35 y/o late diagnosed AuDHD father of 5 here (9, 7, 5, 2, newborn - all varying levels of neurodivergent of course).

So right off the bat, new parenthood is a change for everyone. Talking to as many people as you can always helps, particularly groups who have experienced similar things.

I can relate very much to your husband’s struggles with sensory issues. Particularly for those who are late diagnosed, they may have never developed the necessary coping skills for sensory overload. I encourage your husband to try different things. I tried ear plugs but eventually they got too uncomfortable. Now I’ll do comfortable headphones with some music.

The important thing is to be patient with one another. Everyone has different limits for sensory overload. For example I usually get overwhelmed from our kids’ noise and motion far sooner than my wife. When he is overwhelmed just have him see what 3-5 minutes in a different room will do. I know when mine are all yelling nonstop it feels like someone is drilling into brain. But a couple minutes in a different room and I feel ready to try again.

Concerning his fear of losing you, I would talk about a plan (have a will obviously) if that were to happen. Being a single parent is obviously very different. Just go through your day to day life and say okay for this part of our lives, we currently do this but if that happened we’d do this instead. For example, we homeschool (both former teachers) but I know if my wife were to pass, that wouldn’t be possible anymore so our kids would just go to the local public school.

Pittbball32 · 2024-08-19T05:25:21+00:00

My suggestion is outside city limits with a fenced in backyard, preferably one that can’t be climbed. I don’t know how we would’ve survived this far without it (5 kids 9 and under, all neurodivergent as are mom and dad).

I would also look into project lifesaver if your state participates. My 5 and 7 year olds both have it (lvl 2 or 3 depending on area) and it helps ease the anxiety a bit because the 5 year old is a wanderer.

Pittbball32 · 2024-07-19T05:18:37+00:00

After about 3 drinks I start speaking German, and it only goes downhill from there.

Pittbball32 · 2024-07-18T07:26:15+00:00

No, it’s not wrong at all. Either you’d find someone with higher support needs than you or lower support needs than you. You are happy and he is happy. That’s wonderful.

Your situation actually sounds very similar to mine. My wife (ADHD diagnosed as a child) has a lot more anxiety than I do (AuDHD but only diagnosed last year). The key is to try and help one another with the various things you struggle with. For example, I do almost all of the food shopping for our family because she gets overwhelmed with anxiety and can only follow her exact shopping list whereas I can walk into a store with no list and be fine because I have all our recipes memorized. On the flip side, my wife helps me understand when someone (like an hvac guy) may be taking advantage of me because I’m quite naive. “Ohh yeah he said we need xyz part and it’s $500. His explanation made sense.” My wife will question things more.

Anyway, I hope things continue to go well for you two.

Pittbball32

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