BS: Personal satisfactions

Subject: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 02:24 PM

I found this on the What To Dow When You Are Old; thread & reproduce it here, with acknowledgments to Mikel2

"I used to get in in the ear because I used to have a habit when we frequented a "posh" restaurant that supplied After Eight mints with the coffee. I used to take out the mint and put the wrapper on the end of my nose and sit there drinking my coffee.
Mikel2"

because it reminded me of a great satisfaction which I have never found anyone else to have discovered until I pointed it out, & several people have been grateful to me.

When you have eaten the After Eight, open the top of its little envelope and sniff it deeply.

I find it affords the most delectable, but non-druggy & non-addictive, buzz. I really do regard it as a "fix" of sorts.

Has anyone else any such personal harmless but satisfying "fixes" to recommend?

~Michael~

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 02:31 PM

People in the UK lead exciting lives. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,crowsister
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 02:58 PM

Book sniffer...

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:02 PM

Wowzer, do we ever, Ebbie! Why, yesterday a lorry drove by and the whole house shook!!!

But enough of this bourgeois love talk ~~ any more fixes. [CS, you appear to be similarly olfactorily orientated. Clean sheets & fresh linen R good too!]

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:11 PM

Personal satisfaction, arguably with a life of personal failure none

But when you have felt on rare times that your playing has this time round put life into the music and when something like my taking over greenhouse this year and ways led to a bumper crop. Yes, I suppose you can feel personally satisfied...

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:21 PM

You know as a bloke, how you sometimes dream of lying on the bed starkers with 3 ladies looking after your every need! Well that has to be personal satisfaction :-)

Unless you have what happened to me when I had to go for a flexible cystoscopy two months ago.

You've got it

The urologist was a woman (the first time ever) and 2 lovely nurses were assisting her and I was in the nuddy (not a pretty sight).

I joked with them about "If the wife knew" LOL :-)

Now if that isn't like losing your dignity, I don't know what is.

I'll get me pants.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Jeri
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:27 PM

I sniff books, too. I thought everybody did. Personally, I like the ones with glossy paper, but I've sniffed some good quality matte paper that was had a sort of birch top notes with a deep walnutty bottom. There used to be a certain type of ballpoint ink that smelled a little beery. I also love the smell of Plasticine. I only liked the green, and I don't know why. I haven't smelled the stuff since I was 5 years old.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:30 PM

LOL Jeri, you will be saying you sniff knickers next :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:33 PM

Arthur ~ who are you to scoff? Seems you get your satisfactions from embarrassment...

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: akenaton
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:34 PM

The sea at low water.
Fresh cut corn ready for "stooking"{haven't smelt that for 50 yrs)The heather in bloom.

I can think of dozens of evocative smells...all to do with this little patch of earth.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:34 PM

LOL Your right. That's what nerves do for you :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Ed T
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:38 PM

I lived away from the ocean for a few years. I was very happy to move back. I especially remember the joy when I returned and took a big inhale and got a whiff of the scent of the ocean.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: akenaton
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:42 PM

I know a lady who gets "turned on" by the smell of petrol.....I always keep a rag handy:0)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Arthur_itus
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:50 PM

lol

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 03:54 PM

Very interested that it seems thus far to be all smells. How about some of the other senses? Touch? Hearing? ...

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,crowsister
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:04 PM

Night driving through cities and towns. Or along tracks of motorway - especially those with illuminated industrial landscapes. Very atmospheric.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,crowister
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:11 PM

I rather like touching gravestones - old ones covered in lichen.

Nothing erotic about it though Arthur, try not to get too excited..

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Slag
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:22 PM

Whatever they are, cherish them. It's the stuff of life. Don't be discouraged that they are rare, the rarer the more memorable, the more valuable. Little moments, precious memories.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: olddude
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:25 PM

Whats a lorry?

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: gnu
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:30 PM

A truck.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: akenaton
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:43 PM

No its not....a truck's a lorry!

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:44 PM

I love the smell of new books too. Reminds me of my 3rd grade spelling book and of the smell of my grandparents print shop.

A thing I did when I was very young and breaking thumb sucking habit was to fold the edge of top sheet to make a quite sharp point and rub that point on my face. Apparently I did it in my sleep after the birth of each child as nurses asked me about it. I started doing it again after daughter Andie passed away. Must have 100% cotton sheets for this.

It is bizarre I know. Always wondered if anyone else ever did this.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: olddude
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:52 PM

Being in the middle of a lot of nothing so far out in the Bush it is just me and God and then looking at the stars ...

Holding my grandson is the only thing that comes close

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:53 PM

I'm going a bit cross-eyed with naughty chuckles at the way the 'Personal Satisfactions' and the 'Sweaty Windows' threads keep jumping on top of each other in the list..

;0)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: akenaton
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 04:59 PM

Surprised nobody's mentioned the spin-drier? :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 05:24 PM

NO! Do NOT mention spin driers!!   

This place is already a den of irrelevant and personal er........erm.....you know what..but once folks start confessing to spin drying their **dry** clothes **ALL** will be lost in an instant!

LOL


And NO-ONE mention that moment on the bus...when the bus driver does something kinda weird with the gears, causing the bus to er...think it's a spin drier, just for a moment....and you look round at everyone on the bus, all sitting there as cool as red hot cucumbers, trying to pretend there's not a twinkle in their eye, nor a vibration on their seat..

Teehee!

MICHAEL!! Go stand in the corner IMMEDIATELY for starting this thread in the first place!!

Joe, the Naughty Chair, NOW!

Oh no, second thoughts, that's taken on a whole new meaning in this thread! I'm never going to be able to use that term again now...without all sorts of visions coming in....

Oh the trials and tribulations of always thinking in pictures! It plays havoc with yer reputation!   :0)

At this point everyone in Mudcat decides to abandon their cars and start going *everywhere* by bus! ;0)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 06:37 PM

Well, there IS "the neck of a goose".

nawwww.. I haven't.


What I suddenly remember is when I was 6 and we were moving, and we were staying in a temporary rental while looking for a house. It was cold, and my mother sat me in a rocking chair, tucked a blanket around me and made me a cup of hot cocoa. I was sublimely happy.

These days, real satisfaction comes when I do a woodturning which comes out 'just right'...often meaning a fitted lid with exactly the right friction to be easy to remove, yet can be lifted by the lid safely. The tolerances are SO very close. Maybe one in 4-5 works like that.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 06:52 PM

If (as posted before in the past by me) you want a smell one. It was walking through Bodysgallen woods and the smell of wild garlic. There was a patch at the top where it thrived. My own sense of smell (perhaps as a smoker) can be poor but that was a lovely smell to take in,

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: akenaton
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 06:57 PM

Bill...tracing the masons marks on three hundred year old corner stones with your finger tips.
Stepping over the top of a ladder on to the ledge 50ft up.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:03 PM

I've been thinking about 'categories' of satisfaction.

Since I spend...(or have spent).. way too much time here at Mudcat for 15 years, there is a real satisfaction in coming across one of my old posts in some turgid discussion and, upon re-reading it, finding that I had said almost exactly what I wished. (which has nothing to do with whether anyone agreed with me or cared.)
I find that attempting to make cogent remarks in the many, many topics here has helped ME to refine and express my own thoughts and the processes thereof.


Then, having someone whose opinion matters to me, agree with me...now THAT is satisfaction!

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:07 PM

"It was cold, and my mother sat me in a rocking chair, tucked a blanket around me and made me a cup of hot cocoa. I was sublimely happy."

Lovely, Bill. :0)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Janie
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:15 PM

Satisfaction or comfort?

Thanks for the topic, Michael. Makes me realize I am not taking even nanoseconds to savor either these days, and sorely need to change that.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 07:51 PM

As to lovely moments: being in love outdoors gardening, seeing him coming to the doorway of his house, wondering what time of day it was and realizing that it didn't matter what time it was: I was exactly where I wanted to be...

Pity that kind of thing for me doesn't last, never has.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 09:56 PM

Slipping into lovely cool sheets on a warm night.

The incredible smoothness of really well-worn sheets is a sensation I absolutely adore. (Unfortunately, if they are that well-worn, it's usually not long before they rip or wear through...)

The wonderful warmth of my husband's body as he (oh-so-selflessly!) warms up my oh-so-cold feet, legs & bum when we're both in bed.

Hugs, snuggles & cuddles.

When "containerizing" leftovers, managing to find a container that's precisely the right size.

When singing a funny song, hearing people laugh in all the right places (especially if it's one I wrote).

Finding just the right right word/rhyme when writing a song.

When singing a serious song -- if I do it well enough -- the few seconds of quiet just after it's ended that tell me people are having to "come back" from wherever they were...

When singing with lots of people, finding a wonderful harmony note that no-one else is singing and that makes the chord feel complete somehow.

Also, the lovely feeling you get in your throat when the harmony is right.

Fussing a cat and getting it to purr.

Holding a baby. Kissing a baby's head -- especially the top or back of it.

When doing the layout of a newsletter, editing/tweaking the copy so it fits perfectly in the space available.

These are just the first ones that occur to me...

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Bobert
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 10:15 PM

********The Satisfied Hillbilly*********

*A jigger of very cold moonshine...

*A plate of fried mergal (morell) mushrooms that you just found back in the woods...

*A performance where nuthin' breaks and no forgotten words...

*A Playboy with Sarah Plain as the centerfold...

and...

...spending times with my Mud friends... Yeah, even the ones I don't agree with...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Nov 10 - 10:20 PM

Poster: Jon
I think   the states od satisfaction and comfort are quite different Janie. Purely for me physical and mental comfort can come easily but the mental knowing that my best attempts will (historically and documented) will only lead to things beyond my control as sated in another getting hacked, avoiding putting web site together again, then heaving an inspirational blazing father then having and amp blow up in my face are things as yet beyond me. But the world would delight ib the label chronic alcoholic and not see the way things went tha I could not control.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Janie
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 12:18 AM

Ah. To the extent I take time for them, the satisfaction of a garden bed well tucked in for winter, or the evidence of same in spring when greens and lettuces reach harvest size....my bedroom put to order with the wood floors gleaming, the corners square on the bed, my grandmother's quilt, the one she made just for me, folded just right at the foot of the bed to show off the design, and the light just right to illuminate the photographs of my former garden or my art on the walls to perfect advantage, (the same light will not show off both.)

A vignette of violet shades and contrasting texture of foliage in the garden, again when the light is just right, and the result of happy accident more than planning - lying on my stomach in the cool grass to photograph that one moment of perfect light and growth habit, and knowing that I "got it," even before checking the image.

A perfectly browned pie as I lift it from the oven.

The last therapy session with a client with whom I am terminating because they got to where they wanted to go, (tinged with sadness at "goodbye" and colored with full awareness they got themselves there, I just held out a flashlight to light the way, and/or walked in company beside them in their journey.)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 02:38 AM

I had an English professor who could generate the spin dryer effect just by reading Leda and the Swan out loud... Ever tried to walk out to the parking lot wit your legs crossed?

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 02:45 AM

Thank you for your appreciation, Janie; and for your beautiful and cogent contributions.

LIZZIE!!! You naughty girl. You are the one who should stand in the corner, **with your hands on your head for a whole hour**, for perverting my lovely sweet innocent thread like that!!!!

Luvya just·a·same, mind!

~Michael~xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 02:48 AM

>I know a lady who gets "turned on" by the smell of petrol.....I always keep a rag handy:0)<

I feel the same about petrol I used to love it when my dad pulled into a petrol station and I would catch the smell as it was going into the tank, lovely and I feel the same way about oil.

The most personal satisfaction for me is sniffing a baby (one I know of course)that has just been bathed, the smell of vanilla and baby smells for me is yummy.

The smell of burnt toffee does it for me too.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 04:09 AM

Michael...

;0)

:0)

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 07:15 AM

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens..............

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 12:36 PM

I once, and only once, managed to clean absolutely ALL the house and everything in it, so I finally wiped clean the BAR OF SOAP by the bath, and a marvellous feeling of achievement and satisfaction welled up inside. Since that day, I've got a life.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 12:50 PM

I used to have a problem with petrol... I was born in a flat above a garage which served fuel.. The problem might have started there. Anyway, At one point in my younger... earlier driving days, I used to have the urge to get down to sniff at the petrol tank of my car when I had just fuelled it. Over the years that urge has gone but I still adore the smell of the petrol when I refuel my car.
PS it doesn't turn me on!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Ebbie
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 02:13 PM

I understand that urge, GSilver. I grew up with horses and horse barns. In Juneau, Alaska, which is pretty much horse-free, I once went to a garage sale at the only "farm" we have (nine whole acres, named Swampy Acres, which is a clue to its terrain) and the proprietor told me to check out an appliance inside a box stall, which had an electiral outlet in it.

Aaaah. It was ambrosia to me.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Amos
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 02:25 PM

I hauled down about fifteen large redwood lattice frames from the suncover over the patio. It invbolved crawling around on the roof, up and down ladders, figuring out where the holding screws were put when I put it up eight years ago. THe yard was a mess, littered with these redwood frames all splintering and worn from years of UV and some termite damage. When it was all done, the yard was clean, the patio washed down, and there were about ten garbage bags stuffed with redwood smithereens. Now the big job is replacing them.

I have had eight years of first rate satisfaction from that patio cover, which I built from scratch. Well, I didn't grow the trees or mill the lumber, but I built it from Home Depot ingredients.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Alan Day
Date: 15 Nov 10 - 02:55 PM

My English Setter gets personal satisfaction from slowly walking through the branches of our fir tree letting the firs rub along his back.His eyes are glazed and goes into a trance.
Must go my new mouse is melting again.
I have much to learn !!
Al

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 16 Nov 10 - 06:34 AM

Jammie Dodgers dunked in tea so that the central jammy bit is all runny and gooey. A rare pleasure for me.

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 16 Nov 10 - 07:42 AM

My four year old granddaugher decided that she liked hot drinks in the winter time.
Then she discovered that someone had invented hot chocolate!

Subject: RE: BS: Personal satisfactions
From: MikeL2
Date: 16 Nov 10 - 09:31 AM

hi

Thanks Michael for making my silliness the inspiration for this lovely thread.

I also get a huge boost when I open a new packet of real ground coffee. Though I don't stick it on the end of my nose.....but I would if it would stay there.

Reagards

Mikel2