User:AtholM

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Contents 1 G'day 2 Wikiprojects 3 Where am I? 4 Who am I? 5 Image Gallery

[edit] G'day

Welcome my user page. You probably got here by accident. :)

AtholM is a contraction of my real name, Athol Mullen.

[edit] Wikiprojects

This user is a member of WikiProject Engineering.

This user is a member of the WikiProject Highways.

This user is a member of WikiProject Australia.

This user is a member of WikiProject Automobiles.

Please note that, while I have a range of interests and am affiliated with several wikiprojects, my contributions are fairly random as I simply don't have time to deal with all the things that interest me.

[edit] Where am I?

en This user is a native speaker of English.

AU This user speaks Australian English.

This user comes from Australia.

UTC+11 This user's time zone is UTC+11.

I live in Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia. The timezone here varies. The normal timezone is UTC+10 but it changes to UTC+11 during daylight saving times, which applies from late October to early March.

[edit] Who am I?

This user is an Engineer.

BE This user has a Bachelor of Engineering degree.

This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.

LPG This user uses vehicles that run on low polluting autogas

This user is skeptical of anthropogenic global warming.

This user supports exporting coal from Newcastle.

This user is interested in maps.

This user believes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is as likely as creationism.

This user has a dual monitor configuration.

C-2 This user is an intermediate C user.

for-3 This user is an advanced Fortran programmer.

This user does not smoke.

I'm:

• 38 years old
• a degree qualified mechanical engineer specialising in certifying the modification of road registered motor vehicles

• a member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia
• a Chartered Professional Engineer
• a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Australasia
• a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, International
• a member of the Institute of Automotive Mechanical Engineers
• a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• married with a 4yo son
• a long term linux user, having used Slackware since about version 2.0
• a qualified motor mechanic
• experienced in autogas (the use of LPG as a fuel in vehicles)
• the owner of a Volvo 264 with a 350ci Chevrolet V8 in it
• (very slowly) converting an old Bedford bus into a motorhome powered by an International V8 engine running on autogas
• very interested in getting roads built or upgraded to improve traffic conditions
• interested in improvements to railway services to reduce traffic on the roads
• a political moderate who is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia
• a male belly dancer

[edit] Image Gallery

My image gallery is on Wikimedia Commons.