I need to be less hard on those not mechanically inclined/knowledgeable.

[stopintime]

huhhuh

huhhuh

huhhuhhuhhuh

You said "hard on".  (In your thread title.)

Love your style 

[TiNi]

i have zero interest in taking apart motors, etc...
i like to watch, fetch tools and beverages though

and besides... it keeps you guys busy 

[Big Troubled Bear]

The thing about all this discussing going on is that not all of us are the same, unfortunately there are some people that like to make fun of mechanically disadvantaged people, but they have their place in the world, imagine a world with no boobies

[Popeye the Sailor]

(And I don't have any trouble working on a derailleur.  )

When my bike caught on fire.....



I put the fire out. 

[Rameses]

When my bike caught on fire.....



I put the fire out. 

When my bike caught on fire.....



I put the fire out too.   

(And then I turned it into a Hyper, which I call Fenice.  )

[mstevens]

I suppose now you know what most of an average workday is like for most physicians.

You wouldn't believe how few people know their frenulum from their vomer, or how to perform basic spleen maintenance.

Seriously, though: I'm not stupid. It's just that I've spent the majority of my life intensively studying other things. Those haven't included much of anything automotive. I don't look down on someone because they don't know the relative binding affinities at the 5HT3A receptor of a half-dozen different SSRI's off the top of their head, but that sort of information is a routine part of my work day. It's not just that I know how to stitch a scalp or delivery a baby in my sleep, I've actually done it in my sleep. Why look down on me if I don't know the best way to prop my tank or am nervous about removing a clutch lever?

Each of us is born with different basic skills, then each of us has different experiences and opportunities. Each of us has different knowledge bases. Certain things that have always been intuitively obvious to some people will never make the slightest sense to others. Around here, I'll always be one of the morons.

[ducpainter]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express...

[Grampa]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express...

and our home





which kinda flattens out any IQ gains from stay'n at a Holiday Inn Express   

[MendoDave]

I suppose now you know what most of an average workday is like for most physicians.

You wouldn't believe how few people know their frenulum from their vomer, or how to perform basic spleen maintenance.

Seriously, though: I'm not stupid. It's just that I've spent the majority of my life intensively studying other things. Those haven't included much of anything automotive. I don't look down on someone because they don't know the relative binding affinities at the 5HT3A receptor of a half-dozen different SSRI's off the top of their head, but that sort of information is a routine part of my work day. It's not just that I know how to stitch a scalp or delivery a baby in my sleep, I've actually done it in my sleep. Why look down on me if I don't know the best way to prop my tank or am nervous about removing a clutch lever?

Each of us is born with different basic skills, then each of us has different experiences and opportunities. Each of us has different knowledge bases. Certain things that have always been intuitively obvious to some people will never make the slightest sense to others. Around here, I'll always be one of the morons.

+1

I worked as a C130 Flight engineer. I know what all those gauges & switches in the flight station do. I do all of the work on my own bike, But I'm not very artistic and therefore not all that good at fabricating things. I have a hard time with Math, but reading is no problem for me.  I feel sorry for those that cant read very well. I used to assume that everybody can swim because I could. I later found out its not true.
I wish I could play some kind of musical instrument.
I started riding motorcycles back in 1981 and have become a good competent rider, but after all this time I still cant ride a wheelie. I look at some of these stunt guys and they do things I never even thought of.  We are all wired a little different.

Went over to a friends house the other day. He lives next to his land lady. the guy rents some space in her Garage. Her rule is, the Garage must be closed after 5 PM. We had the garage open around 4 ish and started up his old Bevel twin. it sounded So... sweet! she came out in under a minute and said to turn that off. She just doesn't get it, and she probably never will.

[Bigbore4]

I suppose now you know what most of an average workday is like for most physicians.

You wouldn't believe how few people know their frenulum from their vomer, or how to perform basic spleen maintenance.

Seriously, though: I'm not stupid. It's just that I've spent the majority of my life intensively studying other things. Those haven't included much of anything automotive. I don't look down on someone because they don't know the relative binding affinities at the 5HT3A receptor of a half-dozen different SSRI's off the top of their head, but that sort of information is a routine part of my work day. It's not just that I know how to stitch a scalp or delivery a baby in my sleep, I've actually done it in my sleep. Why look down on me if I don't know the best way to prop my tank or am nervous about removing a clutch lever?

Each of us is born with different basic skills, then each of us has different experiences and opportunities. Each of us has different knowledge bases. Certain things that have always been intuitively obvious to some people will never make the slightest sense to others. Around here, I'll always be one of the morons.

Come on now admit it, when you read about the dood on the inter-web that self doctored his scrotum with the staple gun to close a wound, you questioned his intelligence now didn't ya?

Sorry had to.

I myself earned my living as a wrench for 12 years, HD truck and Diesel.  I can repair nearly any mechanical or electro-mechanical device.  DC electrical, no sweat.  Rigging up a simple LED to run off my radar detector audio output?  Seeking assistance from the DMF and a sparky colleague!

No-one knows it all, we all need help on something from time to time.  That's why we're here!

[Le Pirate]

I just adjusted my chain for the first time.


It's still making noise like it's too loose though 

[hooligan machinist]

No-one knows it all

Speak for yourself.



I'm regularly expected to "know it all".

[JEDI PIMP]

 i like to wrench on those things in the air...

they fall out of the air if its not right... not good.

[mstevens]

Come on now admit it, when you read about the dood on the inter-web that self doctored his scrotum with the staple gun to close a wound, you questioned his intelligence now didn't ya?

Actually, the first thing I did was admire his balls (though, due to his self-surgery, they weren't actually on view any more...)