[jwhat]

Hi Irinikus,

love this one ... "I love cars, but hate driving!!!" .

If it is any consolation, a few years back I had similar problem with Merc CLK500 (5.5 litre V8) where I kept getting temperature warning and the official Mercedes dealer said is was all ok until next service, only to have the engine over heat and I had to park car and get it towed back to the dealer....

Being "offical" dealers does not seem to translate to quality of service.

Cheers from Oz.

jwhat/John.

[Irinikus]

Here are some pics of my latest vehicle, currently in pieces, as it had been standing for long enough for fuel to go bad in the fuel tank, destroying the fuel pump. It's a 2009 model that was sold in 2010 and only has 2500KM on the clock, so it really hasn't driven that much during its lifetime, +- 227KM per year, if you take the average!









I'm having these two fairings reconditioned, as I want the bike to be perfect:



Here's the busted, corroded fuel pump, which sits in the fuel tank:



I've bought it simply as a collectors item, so it will stand as a display item in my home! (I'm having a special lining sprayed into the fuel tank to prevent corrosion and it will stand completely de-fueled.)

Here's a Ducati 999, showing you the difference in build philosophy:

[Raion]

CROTCH ROCKET

[jan-jaap]

I've bought it simply as a collectors item, so it will stand as a display item in my home!

Something tells me you're not sharing this home with a woman 

[Irinikus]

I've bought it simply as a collectors item, so it will stand as a display item in my home!

Something tells me you're not sharing this home with a woman 

You're on the numbers! In actual fact there are very few people that I allow into my home!

I would not be able to share my personal space with another person, as I like to have things exactly the way I want them. (absolutely everything has a place!) I'm also very selfish with my time, and generally loath having others take up my time! (I do things when and how I want to, and I don't compromise!) Friends know that they have to give me at least a day's heads if they want to meet. (Don't rock up uninvited!)

Luckily for me I earn more than enough to survive on my own. (As most people need to get married just to survive, as they need a dual income just to afford a place to live!)

I'm not pro marriage or pro children at all! (Virtually all of the friends that I grew up with have already been divorced, that says something about marriage doesn't it!) I prefer to learn form example rather than experience if I can. (Especially when it involves my finances, as divorce has dire financial implications, especially if there are children involved.)

I wouldn't marry a woman that earns less than I do anyway! (I'm not willing to let another person negatively affect my standard of living in any way, as marriage is meant to be synergistic in my opinion!)

I know that I must sound like an awful person, but I can assure you that I'm not! I'm just being completely honest!

I didn't agree to be born into this world, so I thus unfortunately find myself in a position where I hate this world and everything in it, but at the same time fear the pain and suffering associated with death! (So I'm essentially suck between a rock and a hard place!)

I just do what I do and collect the things that I do to pass the time, and hopefully learn a few things along the way. (The general population has absolutely nothing to offer me!)

When I fly and look down upon civilisation, songs such as: "Little Boxes", "Passengers", by Elton John and "Piggies", by the Beetles come to mind! (Human beings are awful things, so why would I want one in my home?) The only people that I value are those who create things and/or those who contribute to the world in a positive way! (So, very few people!)

What really amazes me about people, is that they all seem to think that things will work out differently for them, when statistics state otherwise. (Just an observation!)

If it works for you, then great!

[GeekLucanis]

I have a strong feeling that Irinikus is either extraterrestrial or an advanced Android from the future

[Irinikus]

I have a strong feeling that Irinikus is either extraterrestrial or an advanced Android from the future

Well I have been called "The Visitor" by colleagues in the past!

I'm sorry to have been so serious, but I do live rather differently to most people, and I like it that way. (I escape the world when I'm at home!)

I'm happy to meet friends at restaurants, but I don't like having people over at my home, bar a few very good friends that I've had for life. (And some colleagues from work who are audiophiles as an exception, as we have something in common!)

[weblacky]

I've bought it simply as a collectors item, so it will stand as a display item in my home!

Something tells me you're not sharing this home with a woman 

You're on the numbers! In actual fact there are very few people that I allow into my home!

I would not be able to share my personal space with another person, as I like to have things exactly the way I want them. (absolutely everything has a place!)  I'm also very selfish with my time, and generally loath having others take up my time! (I do things when and how I want to, and I don't compromise!) Friends know that they have to give me at least a day's heads if they want to meet. (Don't rock up uninvited!)

Luckily for me I earn more than enough to survive on my own. (As most people need to get married just to survive, as they need a dual income just to afford a place to live!)

I'm not pro marriage or pro children at all! (Virtually all of the friends that I grew up with have already been divorced, that says something about marriage doesn't it!) I prefer to learn form example rather than experience if I can. (Especially when it involves my finances, as divorce has dire financial implications, especially if there are children involved.)

I wouldn't marry a woman that earns less than I do anyway! (I'm not willing to let another person negatively affect my standard of living in any way, as marriage is meant to be synergistic in my opinion!)

I know that I must sound like an awful person, but I can assure you that I'm not! I'm just being completely honest!

I didn't agree to be born into this world, so I thus unfortunately find myself in a position where I hate this world and everything in it, but at the same time fear the pain and suffering associated with death! (So I'm essentially suck between a rock and a hard place!)

I just do what I do and collect the things that I do to pass the time, and hopefully learn a few things along the way. (The general population has absolutely nothing to offer me!)

When I fly and look down upon civilisation, songs such as: "Little Boxes", "Passengers", by Elton John and "Piggies", by the Beetles come to mind! (Human beings are awful things, so why would I want one in my home?) The only people that I value are those who create things and/or those who contribute to the world in a positive way! (So, very few people!)

What really amazes me about people, is that they all seem to think that things will work out differently for them, when statistics state otherwise. (Just an observation!)

If it works for you, then great!

Overall, agreed, same here - she'd have to be an extraordinary woman that impresses me to share my life with (able to fully survive on her own, so your spouse doesn't "need you", they "want you").  Have her own hobbies, interests, and drive/passions (not codependent). I’d hurt me deeply to find out that if something happened to me, she wouldn’t have the means and ability to carry on in life.

I'm not slamming anyone's religion (by all means, whatever makes you happy and a better person) but the whole death (I didn't ask to be born view), I have a much different view.

I'd love to be proven wrong, but I live like you get one go around, nothing after this.  Would I love to be wrong...but I have to play it safe here.  Holding onto to hate and anger only rots you from the inside.  A person who's constantly angry cannot know happiness.  Why do that to yourself?  You don't have to forgive people, just don't give them the power to upset you anymore, they aren't people in your eyes anymore. Soon, you'll not think about them at all...and once out of mind...they never existed.  Honesty is the best policy, I've always found that to be paramount, be sincere in your conversations and stop pretending to be someone else, disclose only what you want.

Mentally, I found that by 11-12 years old you either come to grips with your own mortality or you go insane.  I know when whatever happens in the end, my body will release chemicals that force me to accept the end. I won't be conscious to know or feel anything after death.  It's scary to think about nothingness because...you've only known "being", not "not being".  But that linchpin in your brain will occur, you will accept it, chemically, "not being", is just that.  We hope a piece of ourselves is around to prove that all that effort was for something. Again, I hope that's true...but outside of history (and the affect you had on others and humanity as a whole), I doubt it.  I do hope I'm in time of "black mirror-style" cookies.  I can get behind a copy of me continuing on, even if it's not me (Star Trek transporter argument).  Just to know my temperament and knowledge can continue to do good and what it thinks is right would be enough of an ending for me (gives meaning to my learning). I don't go to mental places like, "I never asked to be born", because neither did my parents.  You were either planned or unplanned, you were either loved or unloved...but if you were lucky enough to be born healthy, fully intact, and have the capacity needed to try this thing called life...you've already won out over those that didn't make it even that far in the game (so you’ve no much right to complain, versus those that lived for only seconds, or must live a lifetime of health issues or deformities…they’d gladly trade places with you). 

Enjoy the time you have, don't regret not trying what you wanted to do.  Don't chain yourself down, be honest, if you really know you're going to just be hyper-focused on your car collection, maybe don't promise your attention to someone else, and spend more time enjoying that car collection?

People will let you down, yes.  I only hold people to the standards I hold myself too and that isn't much other than honesty and having a conscious.  Yet the more I learn, they more I feel people don't even meet that standard.  I'm anti-drugs, anti-drinking, anti-smoking...so anti-fun, if you listen to others.  But I've seen enough people ruin their lives with their choices. Live honestly, don't lie, just be polite in your truth telling.  Be considerate and compassionate of those that got a truly shafted hand without making any wrong choices.  Treat all situations like a business deal.

Don't live a life with tons of regret and hate in your heart (it just eats you up inside), people get you upset if you give them the power to make you upset.  I enjoy doing things like trying to fix things (like my SGIs and car).  I enjoy learning, I'm as happy as I can be at this point in time without additional resources, if something upsets me...I stop doing it (or stop associating with people that make me upset, even family).  If you're unhappy, make a change?  Don't want to put in the effort, then don't act like you're going to (be real).

I'm very matter of fact, yes there are some no-win scenarios...try to avoid stepping into those in the first place.  I'll happy teach you something if I see you tried to learn it yourself and study first. But yeah, I judge people similarly...I'm not popular.  But it's easier not to get involved with vices and people's social issues then to extricate yourself from them.  Just avoid it to start with.  Some people claim you haven't lived if you've not made rash decisions and had to make hard choices, I would argue against that thinking, you don't need to learn through the school of hard knocks, you can always take the advice of your peers and avoid common pitfalls, instead of being headstrong and "having to learn lessons yourself".

People's business is their own, I know I'm doing it right because I never wonder about anyone else when I'm not talking to them.  I don't care what they do in their life, what they eat, who they chose to spend time with away from work.  It never occurs to me to get involved and think about others' private affairs.  I'm openly honest about things but do not bring up things I don't wish to discuss...and if I don't want to discuss it...why would I bring it up and ask other people?

People often fail to meet their own bars when pressured by others or manipulated.  Sounds like you've done well to have a close (small) circle of trusted friends that have met that bar for you. 

You don't need a social media account, you don't need to keep in touch with family that doesn't respect you, you don't need to do anything you really don't want to...there are often choices. It's great you've been able to get to do the things you want, I hope to do the same one day.  Yes, there are choices that others would call sacrifices, putting yourself first in your life isn't wrong. It is wrong if you've pledged not to be selfish by marriage or social contract.  But if you're just you...you be you and find your joy.  Most people get sucked into life traps through vices - unending, unquenchable, unrelenting.

Also, one of my favorite sayings, "you cannot miss what you've never tried".

If you want to take on family roles, then all I demand of people is doing it honestly and with conviction, not a false promise.  If people claim they didn't realize it would be this hard...then they weren't really paying attention and saw what they wanted to and never asked the hard questions and pushed to really understand.  It can happen to anyone, avoiding uncomfortable conversations does not change their outcome.  So many people are in love in the idea of being in love, not the real person behind it.  There are genuine people out there, they are serious and dedicated.

[Irinikus]

I will try to best explain my perspective on things a bit.

I am an Asperger, and as a result I view the world from a completely different perspective to most people. (And this cannot be changed!)

I'm a very logical person, who's almost completely devoid of human emotion and who operates according to a very rigid framework, which is well thought out! (In other words, I don't do what I don't plan to do).

One of the key differences between Asperger's such as myself and most other people is our life's journeys are different, in that mine is inward and theirs is outward. Hence my ability to happily get on with things on my own, and feel trapped when forced to be in the presence of others for prolonged periods of time. (Hence, marriage is completely out of the question.)

The way in which I generally go about establishing a common ground with other people, is to openly state who and what I am and learn to agree on things that we agree upon and learn to disagree on things that we disagree upon.

One of my friends from work (One of the few people from work who I've invited around) once said to me, "Nick, you terrify me!" And when I responded by asking him why, he said "When you say something, I know that it's exactly what you're thinking!"

Most people buffer their thoughts through inhibitions, but in my case, my thoughts are unbuffered, so what you see is what you get! (I don't tend to hide anything, finding it very difficult to lie.) People generally tend to lie to themselves more than they do to anyone else as a coping mechanism, I don't have that luxury, and have to face things head on.

I've managed to compartmentalise myself into various layers, so at my core I'm completely at odds with this world, as it's disorderly and hopeless, according to my perspective on things. However, on the surface I don't present myself to others as being a particularly unhappy person. (Quite honestly, I'm not at all unhappy, as I keep myself busy.)

I almost suffer no stress at all, and have little to no regrets, though what does bother me is the fact that I haven't always got my own way, especially when it comes to my career.

If conflict has ever arisen between me and other's it's usually been due to my own rigidity and unwillingness to compromise, and I've generally been able to work things out in this regard, by forcing the argument to logic rather than emotion. My colleagues have come to understand me.

Another interesting symptom that I have, is a detachment from the human race, and constant feeling that this body that I inhabit doesn't quite fit. It's almost as though there was a misallocation of soul to body. I'm not talking gender, as I know that this would be the first thing that comes to peoples minds, but actual form. So being an Asperger myself, my own diagnosis for the syndrome is that some of us have been born into bodies that we were't actually meant to be born into. Hence the conflict, but that is only my experience of things and my opinion, for what it's worth.

[Irinikus]

My bike's finally ready and paid for, but just needs to be delivered. If I can't get it into my apartment here in Pretoria, I'll have to send it down to Cape Town and possibly use it as my mode of transport down there, as both of my cars are currently up here in Pretoria.









I can drive cars, fly both rotor-wing and fixed-wing aircraft, but bikes do scare me, as it's the other people on the road who you have to worry about! (Especially when at speed!)

As well, just because this thing can do 312KM per hour doesn't mean that it has to!!!!