'Any of my fellow ISTP's dated anyone or been friends with someone with a schizoid personality before? I'm curious as how the dynamic works as im currently talking to someone who might be a future...|||Dont know what country your in, but since you already have an engineering background.... Doing ground level work on the railways is very enjoyable for me. Outdoors, no bosses around looking over your...|||Yeh pretty much describes every relationship iv ever had.|||Im am apprentice for the UK rail industry, a nice mixture of mechanical and electronics,  maintainance faulting and renewal works. I get to work outside in all weathers and at all times of day then...|||Why am I sick? I don't get sick, grr.|||Beer and sleep, then I'm good.|||Alcohol.|||Nope I was wrong he bores me to tears. Yes it took me.... almost 5 months to realize.|||I have searched around for threads about istp-isfj interaction and found relatively little.   Ill attempt to keep this brief, ill describe the current circumstances here and my query in the mext...|||Been dating an ISFJ for about 3 weeks now, and I have to say my tiny black heart might be twitching just a little.|||http://i.imgur.com/y9HL1qD.jpg|||Drunk parties im always dead social for a while when I'm pissed, then i have as semi sobre moment of clarity of, what the fuck am I doing here.|||Just when I think maybe Im getting romantic and in need of a serious relationship.... Oh no I was just horny, go away now your breathing my air, tatty byes.|||I dont think iv been capable of crying for about 10 years.|||I really must drink more. It gives me a superficial personality.|||It seems every time i start a relationship, I get bored after a few weeks, and the other person always seems to get too attached too quickly which weirds me out then I walk away.|||We are an island.|||Peanut butter porridge is heavenly. That is all.|||So I just a 5k in 25:17, having done no running whatsoever in well over 12 months, and no exercise other than cycling half a mile to work each day at a sedate pace. Body I love you. Cant wait to get...|||Im currently cleaning the house a bit because my housemate is out and im in a good mood. If she so much as mentions it though it wont happen again for several weeks, she has no idea this is how I...|||With my housemate its You need to...   No I really dont. Ask me politely or nothing happens. And leaving the mop and bucket suggestivly in the kitchen is a guaranteed way for me not to mop it.|||http://weknowmemes.com/generator/uploads/generated/g1370467419365946910.jpg|||Dont read too much into the descriptions. Afterall the mtbi types dont really exist, you just happen to have a number of traits that fit vaguely into this catagory that somone made up as a way to...|||Constantly, I mostly think by speaking and debating to myself in my own mind. Even ask myself questions then answer them as if it were a two way conversation. (Im not saying i hear other voices...|||Holy god I love extra mature chedder, especially grated|||Nothing quite like a closed poll thread to stop voices disagreeing with you is there, neatness indeed pfft.|||I have voted. However could we have a 'keep things exactly as they are' option? There's nothing in the stickies I particularly dont want passing traffic to see.|||What I think our collective ISTP silence is trying to communicate telepathically is, please dont touch our stickies.   You know when somone else cleans up your house and you cant find a damn thing...|||OK that date thing. Well movie is now off the table probably due to the distance we live apart, but we have been talking an aweful lot over text and I do like the guy. On Sunday will hear his voice...|||So texting with this fellow was going well, but he's just started signing off with 5 kisses, 5. That looks like this; xxxxx.  In my mind that just looks like far too many. I shall be firmly...|||Well shit that was fast, got a date. Only a movie but still.|||Ahh shit I'm using a dating website, well here goes. Shoot me.|||Well it feels official that I am a robot, I thought rollercoasters were meant to excite adrenoline, bleh.|||I just permanently changed classes to a class where there are a couple of people whom, by worrying about every test actually revise together, which makes me revise too. Which I think has improved my...|||Many excellent things have happened today. Tonight I eat drink and be merry. Today is a good day to die.|||They actually find your nervous worrying adorable and a little sexy, to the point of wanting to give you a calming hug.   We don't do that for many people.|||My 37 year old housemate says dude. Its like a mother trying to sound cool, makes me cringe.|||Getting a book for a friend as a housewarming gift, only paperback available, in Manchester. No problem I though I'll get a train. Replacement busses. 2 hours to get about 25 miles. Then 2 hours...|||Two hours into today's shift nothing to do but rub elbows with my coworkers... I have nothing humerus to say.|||Fucked with work, today I cannot be. Get tired of Yoda speak never will I.|||This one for example. http://www.andersonbradshaw.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1200x1200/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/w/3/w3htb/w3-tudor-wardrobe-30.jpg  I love a multifunctional...|||Actually thinking about it, I don't believe I have enough shoes. I could use at least two more pairs of vans. And if I had the cash I would literally go out and gleefully buy a new wardrobe. Good...|||Shit forgot my clippy cycling shoes, make it 13. Welcome to the ISTP shoe list thread. Coming up soon a full inventory of our sock draws.|||A pair of brown suede shoes, pointy black dress shoes, 2 pairs of running shoes, 3 pairs of walking boots, and 2 pairs of vans. Then the three work boots.  Suffice to say the pointy black dress shoes...|||I have in total 12 pairs of shoes. 6 of which are walking or work boots.     I make a weird queer.|||My 'goal' if you can call it that, is to take life easy and be content with myself.  For example my job has the potential to earn a significant amount of money from overtime, however from observing...|||NB:Must also learn to sew.|||Sitting around at work and procrastinating I got thinking about my hiking and camping, and how awesome it would be to have a small one person bothy bag that could also double as a one person tarp. ...|||Electrical impedance, urg. Curse you Arthur E. Kennelly.|||Agree with Ik3 and @Loaf  Its just another day. I'll make no effort for your birthday and I expect you to make no effort for mine. Same goes for Christmas.'