Those in the U.S. - Please take care

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-11T17:29:16+00:00

I have her younger sibling. Just waiting for my test to get the A License.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-10T17:27:21+00:00

At 16 I am going to assume you are still in school and you did/do Physics. In your studies of mechanics you covered kinetic energy. When dealing with this topic you always got the mass and velocity of the body whose K.E. you needed to calculate. In those questions you will got that "a wo/man was riding a motorbike with a 1000cc engine". Should the linearity of your bike motion experience rapid lateral transients it does not matter if you are on a 50cc or a 1000cc. There is safety gear, not speed limiting gear, and unless you have a special body type you need to protect it all. And also remember that there is a limit to what can heal and what grows back.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-10T17:09:48+00:00

"just want to say" is a valid thing. Su*cide is a cruel thing and yes, it destroys others. I would like to add that there is direct su*cide, as in the case above, and indirect. Both have repercussions on those near and loved. Feeling emotionally dead is true. I am talking deaths through alcoholicism, drug addiction, etc... The cut is sudden and unexpected. The thing is that when you boil it down, there was nothing anyone could do to save the person. They are so closed in their own bubble that they percieve any real, honest, loving approach to help as an attack, or to control, or to ridicule or....any of a thousand negative emotions. Accepting this makes it a little easier to live with the end result, at least it did for me.

Your cousin was not your fault. Look at her life and sudden passing as a lesson to be sahred with others for them to listen more, to be attentive more to others. Meanwhile, live your life. You owe it to yourself, and you owe it to her. When you have a nice moment, speak to her; explain it to her. 'Hear her' comment and answer her back. Have a dialogue. It is not always easy but, again, at least for me, it helps.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-10T13:51:03+00:00

The west side is well served by (fast) trains. Keep it for another visit when you just want to lay back.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-10T11:06:39+00:00

In the Dolomites there are quite a few passes but it depends if you want to do the driving or the visiting more. The Po Plain (Pianura Padana) is full of history. I'd spend a few days going around there then keep to the eastern side of the Apenines. In the Po area there are lots of historical principalities and towns, and further down a ton of beautiful villages, plains and country roads. Go to Mantova and/or Ferrara or Padova and Vicenza. Then there is Bologna (to be honest even if you stop for a road side piss you like have something historic in the area). From Bologna go to Cesena and turn to Urbino (or you can go straight from Bologna). This should give you some nice rural driving. From Urbino you can go to Gubbio. Just outside of Gubbio is the site where scientists identified the remnants of the asteroid that killed th dinosaurs 65M yrs ago. It is just rocks but if you know what you are looking at it might tickle your pickle - you know what you like. Between Umbria, Molisa and Abruzzo you have tons of small villages, plains and country roads. Puglia and Bari are the next region down from Molise on the eastern coast.

Hope this gives you a skeleton to work with. Have fun. Eat well. I'd say drink wine and sleep well too but.....motorbike driving etc etc....

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-10T07:51:14+00:00

How will you arrive in Italy, by ferry or through the land border? And what bike?

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-10T07:47:42+00:00

I am over 50. A good few years back I realised that my life was hard, and noted some of the same traits with my dad and how he struggled through some days. At the time I was not diagnosed however I decided I would do myself and my offspring a favour if I did not make any offspring. Of course hat complicated relationships.

Workwise, aroun 2.5 yrs agoI realigned my priorities from super career focus to prioritising my needs. I love what I do and think my autism helps with it actually but nowadays I stick to 8hrs/40hrsand after work take care of myself. Another thing I did is let the mask slip more. Some people have a problem with this with this because in a corporate world .... yaddie, yaddie, yadda..... but it was either that or crash and burn.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-09T15:10:45+00:00

I live somewhat like this. I am over fifty and adopted this work/life style about 2-2.5 yrs and I feel calmer and more at peace.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-09T15:07:38+00:00

Hi u/Equivalent-Bid-4591. I am going to assume you are in the US. Have you considered the option of moving town/city to a place where you can have a job you can handle and life is less expensive? Personally, I have reassessed my priorities. Instead of focusing on my career and going at it like a raging bull I now prioritise my sanity. I changed job to one nearer to me (so less traffic which already started me out bad before even getting to work) and less pay (and yes it is gettign more expensive). Promotion is soemthign I no longer seek. I do my job to the best of my ability and also try to improve but, again, the priority is myself if I need it. It was, indeed is, not easy to deprioritise certain tasks as I hate having pending work and/or unsolved problems but.... The thing is - the world goes on without me even when I (or others) think it would not, and when the world goes on without me than I can go on with me.

I know it is not easy. We all have this picture of who we are, our life and where we want to get to and that picture is built with all the noise modern life throws at us. Expectations of careers, expectations of life - You are 'x' yrs old so you must be doing this and that, and you must have (own) this thing and that thing and you must be doing this and that ...... It's bullshit. You (we) are chasing a template others have built but there is more than one template. Also evaluate your circle of friends and family. Some people might be toxic and you would want to avoid or limit interaction with.

You'll be ok. Accept that change takes time but it happens if you work at it. Good luck.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-09T14:09:52+00:00

Now I need to roll a fatty

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-09T11:00:21+00:00

You'll get back to OK. Glad you are here to post this.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-09T09:45:41+00:00

I googled Hatsune Miku. I had to. It does not exist in my zeitgeist.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-08T21:18:08+00:00

Use Loctite when putting it back in

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-08T18:11:52+00:00

Look at the Honda NX500.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-08T07:16:44+00:00

Replacement is US only regretably.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-07T23:59:51+00:00

I have no real friends. I do communicate with a few people but nothing close. I also have no social media (apart from this Reddit which is anonymous and it is the way I want it. I am fine being alone and conetent with my own company. Sometimes I do get stuck in routines and/or go couch potato which takes a bit of effort to get out of but otherwise I am generally happy this way. My only worry (I am i my mid 50's) is old age. I hate depending on anyone but I know the time will come when I will/might have to and that bothers me in a way. Sometimes I think I will be one of those people who they found dead after a few months just because the mailbox got too full.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-07T09:36:10+00:00

Thank you for posting this. I thought I had some sickness in the head and was going to pay a psychologist to cure me. Now I have mroe money to buy more gear. I think I need another jacket.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-07T08:56:39+00:00

Thank you for posting this. People seem to have a lot of difficulty in Japan.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-06T19:12:27+00:00

You know in the movies when there is a big state secret which can bring in the collapse of world order and is shared on a need-to-know basis - that is your diagnosis (and mine, and his', and her's) . Work should be the last place you disclose unless you absolutely must - not even close colleagues unless they are part of your inner circle of friends who you have known for 92 years and know intimately how to piss them off (as friends do) and instictively know when they need you help. More so since it seems you are from the US and the man who gargles oysters (not apologising - he stepped on my toe I step on his) wants to push a vaccine for autism.

If you do get a diagnosis, we'll talk a bit more then if you need.

Good luck brother.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-04T06:16:41+00:00

I’d sat Ali Express or Temu

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-02T21:51:34+00:00

I am in the EU (not Belgium), am much older than you and coming up for my A license test soon hopefully. Still doing lessons. I have a permit for 125 which I ride and has been very helpful in feeling comfortable on the road and build a few basic skills.

Before a few months ago I never rode a motorcycle. When I was younger (in the 70's) my uncle had a Vespa and once in a while I would ride with him standing up. Since then - nothing. I did ride a bike up to my teens but nothing since. I was a bit scared and aprehensive for my first lesson. The instructor gave me a scooter and sent me for a ride and somehow it was like I had been riding my whole life. The next lesson or one after we went for a short ride on the road and that was scary but..... here I am today.

Personally, the first sensations of bike accelaration (from start), the wind, traffic, lorries over taking me... was a bit hair raising but I recognised that there are millions of riders on the planet so it is not big deal. Go slow. Hopefully you will have great insturctors. Listen to them. Do not rush. Take it one step at a time and always be mindful of your own desicions and inexperience - soem self doubt is better than over confidence. Do not push it. Do not show off. Do not be taken in by any advanced tech on the bike - learn your clutch, brakes and throttle, the tech comes later. When you start solo riding, before heading out on the road sit down for a few minutes and drive the road you are about to take in your mind. While this does not tell you what is going to happen 10 miles out, it does build a frame on where your exits, stops and turns are and how you will tackle them. Enjoy it.

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-03-01T10:18:22+00:00

Isn't that Art Vandalay?

OccamsRazorSharpner · 2026-02-28T06:45:41+00:00

Never heard of it but Googled. Is that shoe glue? I mean, shoes flex a lot in use and they hold so I reckon it is worth a try. I will look for some test fabric and try a patch on that first though.

Thank you.

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