Firing on all cylinders?

[Mock Turtle]

Probably needs no explanation to many, but basically means that an engine is working as it should, rather than one or more cylinders having problems.

So, if we use this analogy for our being, how do you think you are doing in general. I am sure that, like many, I will have been firing on rather less than the full functionality of my V12 engine (of course , that being the Ferrari I desire but will never own). I would also liken this to the flight envelope, a term that is used in aerospace and aeronautics, to basically mean the performance characteristics of a particular vehicle. How do we even measure what we might never have even experienced? That is, if one has never 'pushed the envelope' to see if our capabilities can be improved, how would we ever know?

As mentioned elsewhere, and in my journal, I am pretty sure that apart from the obvious depression and possible social anxiety/phobia that I seemed to suffer from for many years, I do regard myself as having had a personality disorder too. None of which really helped me to attain what I might have been capable of, although I seemed to have managed an awful lot despite this.

Can any relate to this?

 

[Revoltingest]

I wouldn't know....I'm only firing on 4 of 8 cylinders.

 

[Shaul]

What about people that have Wankel engines? Then there are those strange people that have electric motors. They are definitely not running on any cylinders.

 

[Polymath257]

I have asthma. The problem isn't in the engine. It is in the air intake.

 

[Revoltingest]

What about people that have Wankel engines?

The high surface area to volume ratio of their combustion chambers puts them at a disadvantage already.

 

[Mock Turtle]

What about people that have Wankel engines? Then there are those strange people that have electric motors. They are definitely not running on any cylinders.

Shucks, there goes my thread.

 

[Brickjectivity]

You have an interesting journal. I agree with some of your pet peeves especially #11 web pages auto updating.

 

[Mock Turtle]

You have an interesting journal. I agree with some of your pet peeves especially #11 web pages auto updating.

You should see the unexpurgated list.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

You should see the unexpurgated list.

Shades of Monty Python, the Book Shop sketch...

 

[Mock Turtle]

Shades of Monty Python, the Book Shop sketch...

As per ...

 

[sun rise]

I seemed to have managed an awful lot despite this.

That's worth celebrating.

 

[Mock Turtle]

That's worth celebrating.

True, but many of my adventures could have been more enjoyable I suspect had I been more in tune with my friends at the time. But physical exertion often does this I have found. I can remember feeling a lot closer to some of my mates when I was pushed to the limit on a few occasions - the Skye Ridge being one and some rowing against a tide to get back to our yacht being another.

Edit: I know that endorphins are released in such activities but it seems that oxytocin too was the main thing making me feel much closer to others and I don't know why that would have been so.