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    A long walk.
    

    A tommy tank with my "pork sword".
    
    A rather sad and predictable reply,i`m afraid.
                     

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andreas.

    <-- Fresh meat alert...

    
    Steaming hot bubble baths with a good book, a glass of wine,
    and an ashtray.  :*)
    
    
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    All mixed in together?
    
    
    Hmmmm.

    
    
    No....I sit in the tub, reading a book, drinking a glass of wine, and
    smoking a ciggerett.  I usually come out looking like a prune, as I
    stay in there for over an hour sometimes...I just keep adding hot
    water. :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
    	cigarette dear....cigarette.....:)
    
    

    
    Standing just far enough away from a dog so that I'm beyond
    the reach of its chain, and calling out "here boy".
    

    
    Writing a check for a single loaf of bread in a crowded
    grocery store.
    

    
    Leaving my turn signal on all the way down route 9.
    

    
    Asking someone if I can use their phone to make a long distance
    phone call to my parents who are on holiday in the fatherland.
    

    
    Asking someone to "pull my finger."
    

    
    Eating the middle out of all the oreos, and leaving the rest.
    

    Carmina Burana, the 48 songs that were notated such that they could be
    rsconstructed.  This 13th-century music is really great - reflection of
    a simpler time.

    
    Quaffing a cold beer in the warm sunshine.
    

    
    
    Watching my oldest son play the piano on stage.
    
    
    Watching my kids play.
    
    
    Going to school science fairs and seeing all the neat 
    ideas the kids come up with for projects.
    
    
    Terrie
    

Seeing the moderators combine this with topic 11.

    
    
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    A sniffer of Cognac.
    
    

    or how about a snifter?  A sip would be better than a snort IMO. :-)

    
    Damn! I bet I'll enjoy it more now.

 On Sunday mornings, before I go to pick up kids for church, we have a brief
 gathering for coffee and donuts in the church kitchen..always a very special
 time.




 Jim

It's always heartwarming to see coffee and donuts socializing together.

 

 We are gracious hosts

 A Saturday morning when I don't have to be anywhere, and can sit and relax
 with a cup of coffee and read the paper.




Jim

	Jim, I like that on Sunday-Fridays too! :-)

    play cricket
    
    ric

    Finding the only line in the grocery store that is empty is the 10
    items or less line, and I have 10 items.
    
    It doesn't take much to make me happy :)
    
    ...Tom

    
    Decent groupings at 25 yards with my .22 target pistol...
    

    
    
    
    		sleep
    

    
    <--------
    
    That's cause you danced too much last night!!!!
    
    :)
    

    
    
    	drank too much too......  (who you been talkin' to?  =)  )
    

    
    <-----
    
    

    
    
    	Yeah, and I know the name of that little birdie....and he
    	told me he got home later than I did!  =)
    

 Hearing the excitment in my pastor's voice as he talk about his youngest son
 (and our softball team's second baseman) coming home from his 6 month active
 duty tonight.




Jim

    After going thru the hell of renting out a unit.... Being able to say
    to the johnny-come-lately's...."sorry, its rented!":) 
    
    

    
    The relief of quitting a job you hate, although usually 
    offset by the dread of starting a new job.
    

    Sleeping in on Sat. morning...

    
    playing billiards with a gorgeous woman

    
    Hanging out at a trendy pool hall and watching gorgeous women play
    billiards.   
    
    ;^)
    

Isn't there a TV show called Gorgeous Ladies of Billiards?

    
    Time for my serious reply... (previous replies in this chain
    were definitely not serious.)
    
    I like hanging with my kiddies and doing something, anything
    they feel like doing. Doesn't get much better than that...
    
    -b

 Playing in softball game with my son also playing.





 Jim

    
    Leaving work on a Friday afternoon.
    

    
    an ice cold beer after mowing the lawn. Hell, a cold beer after just
    about anything.
    
    Mark

    
    buying new pants

    
    Wearing no pants
    

    Pulling one's pants down in a court of law.

 Hitting pop fly ball to kids..



 Jim

    breakfast in bed

    
    re .54
    
    
    Pulling someone elses pants down in a court of law.
    
    

    
    
    Hearing my children say I love you while huggin my neck.
    
    Mike
    
    

    
    .56
    
    Having, or being?
    
    
    
    hee hee 8^o
    

    
    Hey, did I ever tell you all about this mug I have. ;')

    
    .59
    
    first: "having" ......

    manicure
    

      Hiking early in the morning with my dog in the woods when its
      a little cold.  Enjoying the scenery, but being a little chilled.
    
      Finding myself in an opening and coming upon the sun beaming 
      right on me.  Just holding my face toward the sun with eyes 
      closed and feeling that wonderful warmth.   And just staying 
      there for a couple minutes.
    
      A very simple and wonderful pleasure for me.

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      be a few hundred furloughs...
    
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	what Judy said...

    
    Rediscovering all the neat stuff you lost either behind your
    sofa cushions or the back seat of your car...
    

    
    Walking across a downed log to cross a stream, and not falling
    in. In fact, falling in's not bad either, as long as you don't
    mind getting wet.
    

    
    
    Finding an old nightly numbers lottery ticket under the
    couch cussion, bringing it to the convenience store, having
    the clerk run it through the machine, and finding out that
    it's a $93.00 winning ticket!  :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

    
>    Rediscovering all the neat stuff you lost either behind your
>    sofa cushions or the back seat of your car...
 

 Yes!  Just yesterday my son found one of my watches which for which I have
 been looking for several months, and it was behind a sofa cushion!





Jim   

 

 >Yes!  Just yesterday my son found one of my watches which for which I have
 >been looking for several months, and it was behind a sofa cushion!

    
    This sentence made my parse-o-meter spin like crazy 8^).
    

    mine too and I'm great for sparsing parsley!

 Sorry folks, my parsechecker was disabled.






 Jim

| <<< Note 409.67 by MPGS::MARKEY "The bottom end of Liquid Sanctuary" >>>


| Rediscovering all the neat stuff you lost either behind your
| sofa cushions or the back seat of your car...

	How many wallets did you find in both those places??? :-)

    > How many wallets did you find in both those places??? :-)
    
    In the sofa, it's usually long lost remote controls for various
    stereo and video gear... some of which I don't even own anymore.
    
    In the car, it's mostly toys obtained from Happy Meals. One of
    these days, I'm gonna give those things up... :-) :-)
    
    -b
    
 

	The toys, or the happy meals???? 

    	We bought a second-hand couch from an estate liquidation at an
    	auction.  Years later the fabric underneath the couch that hides
    	the springs ripped.  In trying to patch it, I found some things
    	that had worked themselves not just under the cushions, but into 
    	the very guts of the couch itself.  Pens.  Buttons.  A little
    	rubber ball.  Most notable was a scrimshaw pocketknife/moneyclip
    	that had $45 in it.  Considering that I paid $25 for the couch,
    	I was rather pleased.

    good rebate ;>

    
    Attending the 121st running of the Kentucky Derby, watching the horse
    come in for $50, sitting in the 80 degree weather with mint-juliebs.
    
    :>)
    
    Mary
    

> with mint-juliebs.
    
Are these anything like the Mint Juleps we drank in Cow Hampshire in
honor of the event?

    
    RE.  80
    
    If they had bourbon in them and mint twigs, yup.
    

Oh, you betcha. Lotsa bourbon.

I posted the recipe in here someplace a week or so ago.

	i wonder if Kato was drinking any.  he's like that, you know.
	no shame.  ;>

I forgot to mention that while the juleps were good at the Derby Day
party on Saturday, they ran out of fixin's before the race started.
I have to remember to bring an extra quart of simple syrup and a
couple liters of bourbon next year, just to keep in reserve for
such an eventuality.

    Wow, guess you aren't lucky anymore after all. I'm very sorry.

    
    re.  83   Maybe, which could have been the reason he stepped in
    	      horse manure.  Poetic justic it seems.  :>)
    
    Mary
    

	.86  gee, too bad he wasn't trampled, eh?  that could really
	     have made your day, from the sounds of it.

    
    
    speaking of kato,i hear he is the opening 'act' for louie anderson's
    upcoming tour in vegas...
    
    my simple pleasure:  hugs from the right people
    
    

>                            -< <graduation snarf> >-

argh!  That opens the door for practically every useable number to
be snarfed!

Chris.

    
    
    	grabbing a loaf of Shaw's onion and dill Italian bread and
    	finding that it was FRESH out of the oven.  Still nice and
    	hot.  Couldn't wait till I got home to have it with dinner,
    	I tore off a piece and ate it in the truck.  =)
    

    
    
    WOW!  I did the same thing last night!  It makes the 
    best foccocio bread in the world! :*)
    
    
    
    Terrie
    

Bogie extraction.

Chris.

    
    had the ice rink in Marlborough all to myself for 35 minutes. 
    what a chance to work on the defensive moves, pivots, backwards
    skating, working the circles, digging the edges in...
    
    they even played "My Sharona" for me.

Izzit getting close to the day when they shut the refrigeration off for
the summer, RAH?

    
    not this rink (new england sports center). the public ones in 
    marborough and lowell are closed but will reopen for the summer 
    leagues in july.
    
    

    Playing a lot of sports!!!!!!
    

    
    
    vegging on the couch with a nice cool breeze blowing in while reading a
    new book and listening to music...
    
    

 Sitting on my deck tonight, with a cup of coffee and a couple newspapers (yes-
 terday's..haven't got to today's yet).




 Jim

What? No evening skeeters over there, Jim?

    
    Waking up just before light to an owl hooting nearby.  Much more 
    pleasant than awaking slowly as the weight of the next days occupations
    forces conciousness upon you.
    
    ken

        Freedom from  humidity as of yesterday - rectangular hole in my
        living room wall occupied by a 15k btu A/C.
        
        
        

>What? No evening skeeters over there, Jim?


  I think I was out there before they showed up.  Didn't see a one.




 Jim

    Being alone with my wife after a week of nonstop wedding guests (family
    menbers) mooching off us (at our suggestion).

	Dick, what is a menber?

     a new mountain bike...

    a new jazz mag.
    
    Escort or Fiesta preferably.
    
    Which makes me wonder why Ford  disapointingly don`t call a new model
    "Big n`Bouncy" or "Readers Wife`s Special".
    
    
    

    yes stu, whatever.

    Well,I thought my note was funny.
    
    Hilarious,even.
    

    I did fall off my chair, if that's any consolation ?

    But that's only because you fell asleep.

SP:
    Haircut and a trim.

    About one of the most relaxing things I can think of, other than
    sleeping.

    Sitting outside the Copper Inn drinking a pint (a hotel in Pangbourne,
    Berkshire) on a glorious summer day and watching the cars going round 
    and round and round.
    
    Boy,the dirty looks you get though. As if sitting around relaxing and
    doing nothing is a crime,and rushing around in a car is somehow 
    holier than thou.
      
    

    -1 ya, but a pint at 6:00am?  :-)

    RE: haircuts....
    
    One of lifes little pleasures.  Having my stylist wash my head and then
    snip away errant locks.  I like being pampered, yes, I think I do.....

    
    re: haircuts and barbershops...
    
    
     Years ago, one of my simple pleasures was to get an honest-to-goodness
    barbershop shave...
    
      No one does it anymore... liability and all...
    
    
     Oh to find someone who does though!!!
    

>     Oh to find someone who does though!!!
    
Paging Mr. Binder...

    re; snipping away errant locks... tonight for me!

 I'd love to get a barbershop shave...never had one.





 Jim

    .118
    
    I do me.  I ain't fool enough to do other folks, less'n they's daid
    first.

    
    >I do me.  I ain't fool enough to do other folks, less'n they's daid
    >first.
    
    um...you ARE talking about beards, aren't you?  Not masturbation and
    necrophilia?

    Read .117 and .118, and even .120.  Then answer your own question.  And
    you do trivia??

| <<< Note 409.121 by SMURF::BINDER "Father, Son, and Holy Spigot" >>>


| I do me.  

	Guess ya don't leave the house much.... I mean, why would you have to?
heh heh

    
    
    bri, you gots a beard now?????  %^<
    
    
    i love going to the hairdresser's...not only is she a super lady, but i
    love having my hair washed by someone else...it can be so relaxing and
    has gotten rid of headaches...
    
    

    No face as smooth as a bebbe's hind side and damn near as cute too.  

Your face is as cute as a baby's tush?  Is that with or without diaper rash?

    Sans rash merci.  

    
    
    	I'll have to ditto the loving to have someone else wash
    	my hair.  This one salon I used to go to would have these
    	specially scented oils that they'd use for scalp massage
    	before a shampoo.  talk about relaxing!
    
    	JJ
    

Talking of beards, why is it that when I have a shave my face is smooth
as a baby's bum, but within a couple of hours I've turned into ZZ-Top's
bass player?

Chris.

 .130  prolly 'cuz you're such a mynly myn.

    Not only that but I bet he's pretty macho too!

>    Not only that but I bet he's pretty macho too!

only if you measure manliness by size.  Of beergut, that is.  :)

Chris.

    
    This is an awfully childish thing, but...
    
    Every night, the janitor puts down a big piece of sticky plastic at
    the entrance to the media room, to keep people from tracking in 
    dirt and dust on their shoes.  I always get an absurd little bit of
    pleasure from seeing my big ol' size 13 bootprints as the first tracks
    of the day going in and out of the room.
    
    I guess it's kind of like walking across the backyard just to see your
    footprints as the first tracks in the new-fallen snow, or writing 
    your name in the soft cement of a new sidewalk.  There's some 
    simple pleasure in having made your mark upon the world, no matter
    how ephemeral the mark may be.
    
    
    
    
    Rob
    
                                                     

    
    
    Isn't there a thing about small things amusing small minds?

    ... ribbed kind, to increase your pleasure.
    
    
    (By this I mean, of course, to ask him to substitute bubble-wrap for
    the sticky plastic.  Nuttin' like tromping on bubble-wrap with dirty
    size 13's!!)
    
    <innocent look><shading to aggrieved> .. (well wot did you THINK I meant???)
    
    |-{:-)
          

    .136
    Simple mind, simple pleasures.

    
    
    <--- simple minds...
    
    wasn't that a group from the '80s???
    
    

 Each evening when I get home my cat greets me at the door and follows me
 around until I sit down someplace.  Then she hops in my lap and purrs and
 tries to nibble on my moustache.





 Jim

    .139
    Yes, with
    
    "Don't you (forget about me)"
    
    from The Breakfast Club soundtrack.

    
    always thought they sounded like billy idol in that song...
    
    
    
    

    >    <--- simple minds...
    
    >    wasn't that a group from the '80s???
    
     Yep- another bad band...

    
    Sitting in my porch rocker, on the back deck... watching and listening
    to the cardinal not 10 feet from me...

    
      Bernard Law visits you ?
    
      bb

    
>  Each evening when I get home my cat greets me at the door and follows me
>  around until I sit down someplace.  Then she hops in my lap and purrs and
>  tries to nibble on my mustache.

    Jim,she's probably looking for the remains of your lunch....

    >> Sitting in my porch rocker, on the back deck... watching and listening
    >> to the cardinal not 10 feet from me...
    > 
    > Bernard Law visits you ?

    Now there's a scary concept, Bernard Law visiting you to sing or talk
    for that matter....

    ....bbbrrrrr....

    :-)
    Dan

    Climbing the tallest hemlock on my property and looking towards the
    mountains...

The tallest hemlock on my property is about 5' tall.

    
    
    mz_deb??
    
    What was that about gauchos???
    

    >The tallest hemlock on my property is about 5' tall.
    
     The one I climbed yesterday is at least 5' in diameter.

    Not only that it was 5' wide too!

    You've come up lame lil' buddy.

    
    Thank you, Andy.
    
    Oh, Mr_Topaz, how gauche.
    
    

    
    re .137, Dr. Dan:
    
    Oooohh, bubble-wrap.  I love bubble-wrap.
    
    Ask any kid.  The best toys in the world are things like bubble-wrap
    and big empty cardboard boxes.  Many a parent has found this out
    on Christmas mornings after the shiny new toys are unwrapped and 
    sitting neglected in the corner while the kids play with the packing
    material.  :-)
    
    
    
    
    Rob
    

    
    > ...while the kids play with the packing material.  :-)
    
    Spoken like a man with children.... :-)
    

    sp:  installing a modem into my system today, under the watchful eye of
    the cutest field service guy on site.  

    thank you

    
    .157
    
    Oh, Dave was there?
    
    

    
    
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    What a well defined spit trajectory!
    
    

    
    
    just one of my talents.... :>
    
    

    
    Just one of your MANY talents I'm sure.... :-)
    
    
    
    
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    He was a lousy president.

    
    But they named a nice DAM after him, as DanK knows all too well...
    

    
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    A windy, wintery autumn day.  The smell of wet leaves.
    

    
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    Wipe the sleep from your eyes, Shawn.
    

    Watching Reading F.C on a wind swept terrace in Winter.
    
    Sorry. I thought I was writing in the "Utter Bollocks" note.