I have that battle at the gas pump trying to get it to stop at a certain price. :D

LOL! Me, too! :har:

A Delta smart faucet can fix that, just tell it you want 450ml of water and that is what it dispenses. :D

Autism and OCD are often found together: having to touch a desk twice with your fingers before you can leave it (I used to do this at school); having to repeat a task from the beginning because one small part of it goes wrong halfway through (the task might be as simple as going up the stairs to bed); becoming anxious or even desperate when a routine is interrupted or changed. It's a tyranny

I'm not autistic but I have someone close by who is... as some of you will know... but I am a bit OCD: if i pass a cyclist while driving... even if he's on the other side of the road & coming towards me... I'm never happy unless I've checked my mirror and can see he's still there. It drives Moira nuts sometimes

^ Same here I have daily ritual I have to do. I feel awful if I don't do it. Things has to be done in right order. Otherwise I have to do it over again.

Markus

Once again it goes show men are not only better drivers than women but more conscientious drivers too :D

^:haha::haha::haha:

I admit i'm also one of those who try to reach a certain price while filling up the car's tank :haha:
Also had some strange habit when i was young; when i touched something with the right hand, i had to touch it with the left once more, for balance. This could get as far that i touched it two times again, but reversed. I guess i was/am out of my trolley, but then you all know that..

^ It's an anxiety thing: you all must have heard about the fighter pilots who HAD to put their boots on with the same foot first each time... or wear a 'lucky' scarf... because if they didn't then they feared that fate would deliver them up to the Almighty

If you don't repeat that touch with the other hand before leaving the room then there's an awful feeling that something dire will occur... it's a strong feeling that seems impossible to break, but nowadays there is counselling using cognitive behavioural therapy, where people are shown how to reason away these negative thoughts and know that all will still be well if they "break the rules"

I grew out of my habits (as my mum called them) but I know I'm still a bit OCD, hence the cyclist thing. My problem nowadays is that I have to avoid any situation where I might do accidental harm to others... so working as a pastry chef would definitely be out. But all the jobs available around here seem concerned with food, which has been a real problem for me since my painting career crashed in flames

My foible comes into play if anyone walks passed me in the opposite direction. I always look round to see if they have performed a 180 and are following me.

The wife used to go nuts when out in public with me until I told her that was the modus operandi used by my first stabber.

I don't know if it has to do with my Asperger's, Autism or OCD I lack feeling.

I felt absolutely nothing, was neutral in my mood, when my father died, my uncles my aunts and my elderly sister, even when my cats died I felt nothing.

Reading lastest comment by Skybird in his German Politics thread about the massive rainfall and all the dead and missing-I know what to write as an answer, beside that I have no feeling for the dead or the missing.

I'm not totally cold hearted I get sad, when I read about child and animal abuse.

Markus

Of course, not having quite the same level of empathy as most folks is another feature of Asperger's... you're still a good man, Markus... just a little different in this regard

But it's great that you know how to exercise care and tact in putting these thoughts across, and it surely helps that you'll be assured some understanding and empathy from your friends at Subsim

Grief is not measurable. Nor is it the same for any two people. What one may find to be devastating, another may find to be banal. That is not a judgement of value and should not have any bearing on a person's supposed "goodness".

After 25+ years on the fire department, I have plenty of my own demons to deal with. Strange what I found can trigger a reaction in me. Like you Jim, I have my own bits of paranoid behaviors.

You could have fooled me the way you walked through the Airport in Houston!
:o

What doesn't surprise me is the fact that a fair few ex-colleagues have not too dissimilar foibles.

I was 'Mr Wolfram' on that day if you recall and I actually walked past you at first in the arrivals area :)

Then proceeded to hijack a Limo as I recall.
:hmmm:
:har:

Not funny at the tome but a real hoot when he brought me back to the airport to pick up the correct Mr Wolfram :)

That is a CLASSIC that will never be forgotten!
:har:
A British Copper taking a wild ride in a Limo!
:har:
And me and Nancy Lady grabbing Grant wondering where you were!

Happy days indeed my friend :yeah: