Still Just Me wrote:
On Fri, 08 May 2009 20:47:06 -0700, jim beam wrote:

I don't have the hands on experience with diesel jim.
what /do/ you have?
An "arrogant putz" meter. You spike it in almost every post you make.
it spikes? is there some kind of crossed connection with your "avoid
fessing up to your lack of experience" meter perchance?

I have plenty of experience jim. For example, I have experience with
diagnosing and treating narcissism, a personality trait that moves
from "trait" to "affliction" when found in the severity to which you
suffer from it.

The sad part about narcism is that like most personality
characteristics, it becomes a disease when found at high levels. Since
the narcissist (that's you) by definition believes that they can do no
wrong and have no faults, they will never seek treatment, despite
obvious signs to everyone else that they need help. Of course, it can
be cured in the clinic but since the narcissist can generally function
in normal life (with some issues, see below), treatment never occurs
unless the narcissist suffers from other psychological conditions
which force treatment.

So, you continue to believe that you do no wrong. You believe that
your experience constitutes the world as it is. You believe that your
opinion cannot be challenged because it's by (your) definition, always
right.

When you are found to be wrong (as happens here frequently) you use a
variety of defensive techniques that allow you to continue to believe
in your superiority while avoiding having to admit that you were ever
wrong. Many of these techniques have been outlined in posts here but
they include changing the target of the argument, changing the
conditions of the argument, or in cases where that does not work,
attacking the other party.

But, while you continue through life believing in your greatness,
those around you suffer. They have to deal with your arrogant
attitude, your short temper, your frequent outbursts, and your general
inflexibility. So, you think the world looks up at you; the world
looks at you, using a clinical term, as an asshole.


i think i'm going to cry. oh, wait, no i'm not.

but moving on to things relevant to r.b.tech, what experience do you
have of diesels? or any machine's design and materials come to that?