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silverbullet wrote:It's all in the details. We love the details! it's a right brain thing, all engineers are marginally autistic obsessive compulsives

Clive?

Top bloke! We got on like a house on fire at syncrop talked a lot about engines

"all engineers are marginally autistic obsessive compulsives"

A lot of IT folk are as well...

And probably all Syncro owners

I have a special licence to make those sort of quips - we have a broad range of behaviours present at home!
Well, it proves that they are definitely my kids anyway

Clive?

Thanks Jake, sounds like confusing that Clive with Harry Mann, maybe even Rain Mann

Actually, don't think it's either being on the autistic spectrum (everyone is) and definitely not OCD (Beckham-itis), sometimes it's particular attention to detail, something altogether different.
The best engineers I've know are none of these though... usually Mr. British Vanilla, using the right level of detail, working to the right order of magnitude (a slide-rule where only the approx number and order of magnitude is important)...

I suppose this fella would be one of them...

Stand by your beds! "The finest lorries in Europe" according to Ettore
Ah, no! that was W.O.B.
Clive knows what I'm on about. Classical education, you know

From a friend of ours, via the National Autistic Society:
"Obsessive is what disorganized people call the highly focussed"

For those that are confused - and/or dont recognise a great engineer when they see one - if you click on the picture it will take you to Wikipedia and all will be clear.

C'mon John! Play the game! You're spoiling the fun...