Well since we are bringing this back I might as well chime in. Autistic among other things.

More about what I got here:
https://www.lighting-gallery.net/index.php?topic=18186.0

More about how I feel about it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/1q64s2s/i_feel_like_i_am_better_than_everyone_but_i_know/

Of course all the eye contact and social situation shenanigans common to many people on the spectrum. But more interestingly I now know that autistic individuals are apparently a lot more likely to have a bunch of other neurodiversities like I got, among sexuality differences as well, which in particular I find very fascinating. Could be another minor hyperfixation, idk. I sort of want to research more into the biological aspects of autism, but lighting is more interesting to me right now lol.

As to the rapid change of interests/hyperfixations, I can totally relate to that. It can be fun, but more often than not it is just annoying. I have an electronics project that has been going on for over a year now, and it is taking so long because a lot of the time I am just not interested in it. Totally unpredictable.

Twenty one pilots! They are my favourite band! Their best song is (in my opinion) Centre Mass

Yup, I’m autistic. OCD, ultra sensitive hearing, Anxiety, depression and occasional panic attacks. It’s not all bad though: as soon as I here a song with drums, I can almost immediately copy it on to my drum kit, I’m always quite resilient (apparently), insane attention to detail and I have very powerful visual thinking! One good thing I don’t have is being very smart. I’m as dumb as a rock! But, I remain quite quiet about it, for I do not like talking about it in casual conversation.

I need to pick up shopping from Carrefour tomorrow morning, I’ma take my BMW Dominoes Is actually delicious though! I love their Margaritas! I am a very picky eater, I only really like Margarita pizzas. A go to place in Europe is definitely Belgium (and I’m not just saying that cause I lived there for 5 years and am currently there with my family, again) if you like food, Belgium has you covered! If you like cars, Yep, Belgium. If you like street lights, Belgium again! Anyway I just had a sleepy bed time snack, A weird small Nutella covered Waffle thing! I also found some Marshmallows!

Made me hungry as well, @SussexEuroSOX, and @Maxim. I've never traveled outside of the U.S. before, unfortunately, but I really hope to change
that at some point, and one of my first stops would most certainly be the UK. I want to try foods like Belgian Frites, and cheese and ham Panini,
and of course, that lavender ice cream. The closest to Belgian made foods that I ever got was "Taste of Belgium," which was located at The Greene in
Beavercreek Ohio... which PERMENANTLY CLOSED... before I ever got the chance to go there with friends.
I was actually planning on reviving this thread myself as well today, as I just finished eating Dominos... Cheesy bread, cheese and bacon tots and
8 piece bone-in chicken. So, so good when fresh. Usually 8 out of 10 in terms of deliciousness, but today it was more like 7 out of 10. Still good
enough to go back for seconds.
I may take the sportcar to Walmart a little later, to grab some Sweet Potato Pie. When fresh, Sweet Potato Pie with whipped cream is one of the only
foods to ever hit very close to 9 out of 10... very close. Hit's the spot almost every single time.

Right now, I'm sitting in a room lit by a 4100K LED module (rated) which is (in fact) more like 4300K. No problem with that. It's simply cool white to my eyes.

@SussexEuroSOX — wow, sounds scrumptious!! Made me hungry!

I’m here to revive this thread: I just had a delicious cheese and ham Panini with a side of Belgian Frites (fries). And for dessert I just had a delicious lavender ice cream sundae… yum

Yeah I figured it had no negative impact on the life expectancy of the lamps.

Like was said before, a slight delay with ignition is good, as the tubes spend less time with the discharge on cold filaments, so less sputtering. Rapid start circuits balance on quite tight tolerance between no ignition at all and cold starts.