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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 07:52 PM
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What inane task do you find oddly satisfying?
Me, I just picked the lint out of several little hairdryer vents with some tweezers. Don't tell me life ain't grand!
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 07:54 PM
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1. Washing dishes....
As the oldest of 5 children one of the ways I helped my mom was to clean up the kitchen while she put the kids to bed. Now, well into my adulthood, I probably wash 95% of the dishes we use.

I think washing dishes and mowing the lawn are my two real zen moments.
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Gung_Fu Donating Member (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 07:57 PM
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2. Weird me too. It helps me think.
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haele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:03 PM
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7. Washing dishes, also...
Something about the hot, running water allows me to think. And not only do I have a tangable result in clean dishes, I've allowed all my tensions to seep away.

Haele
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:07 PM
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11. Want to wash mine?
:)
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:11 PM
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13. Lawn Work... Definitely.
-- Allen
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petersjo Donating Member (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 07:58 PM
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3. Scooping manure
I love to clean out our horses' stalls and clean up the paddock area. It always needs to be done over again 10 minutes later, but it has always just been so satisfying to me.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 07:59 PM
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4. Laundry
I love clean sheets and clean towels.

MzPip
:dem:
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:00 PM
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5. Lying to the public so they'll support my invading a sovereign nation.
I do it all the time, but it never fails to get the ol' blood pumpin'! :thumbsup:
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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:04 PM
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9. See Post #3 above.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:01 PM
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6. Sewing
I get both stress and satisfaction.
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marigold20 Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:16 PM
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21. "Un-sewing"
It is very satisfying in a strange way to pick out long seams, carefully getting all the little threads out.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:28 PM
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24. That's cool too!
I have a seam ripper as well. Ahhh, destructive Heaven!
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oregonjen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:04 PM
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8. grocery shopping without the kids
The background music (don't flame me!) is entertaining and I space out. When I come home, I'm refreshed.
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:11 PM
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14. Early AM grocery shopping...
Me too, about 4 years ago when I moved here to be with my wife, I did the shopping on my own first thing in the morning. It's relaxing and I honestly enjoy bargain shopping.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:06 PM
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10. Going out to do some ad hoc grocery shopping
Because that's usually followed by JCCyC's trademark pasta and some sodas/beer.

Now, the big, monthly grocery shopping is about as fun as a kick in the nuts.
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:08 PM
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12. Posting on threads like this
with replies like this...

;)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:12 PM
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15. I like sweeping
and I'm darn good at it, too!
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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:13 PM
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16. Mowing the lawn...
What do you know, I do that for a living! :crazy:
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DAGDA56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:42 PM
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17. Shaving...I had a full beard for years until about a year ago..
...I guess the novelty hasn't worn off yet.
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Teddy_Salad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:55 PM
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30. You enjoy shaving?
Are you nuts?

I have a beard because if I have to shave everyday I'd go :crazy:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:43 PM
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18. weeding in my garden
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:37 AM
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36. Yes!
Weeding is relaxing


So is weed :)
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 08:44 PM
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19. Washing the dishes and mowing the lawn....
There's a kind of zen to it.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:14 PM
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20. See response #1
You and I are definitely on the same page...
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:34 AM
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34. Great minds think alike, I guess...eom
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thestatusquo Donating Member (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:27 PM
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22. clipping my toenails
:crazy:
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:27 PM
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23. Mowing ...
When I ran a glider port in 1973/74 - a grass strip 3500-ft X 150-ft - I loved to mow the runway on Mondays and Tuesdays (our closed days). 'Course I had a Ford tractor and a bush-hog mower.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:42 PM
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28. Yes. Mowing...
As much as I put the task off, there's little more satisfying than a well-kept yard. Tomorrow, I'm actually getting the hedge-trimmers out.

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Quahog Donating Member (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:45 AM
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39. Mmmm, mowing....
I have neighbors in my subdivision of carbon-copy colonials who are really anal about their lawn mowing (grid patterns, diagonal stripes, etc). I just start at one side and follow the contours of the yard as my imagination leads me. Lots of cool spirals and swirls and so forth. It's a meditative thing, except when the grass is really long and I have to bag it rather than mulching (emptying the bag every three minutes kinda ruins the Zen quality of the whole enterprise).
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:28 PM
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25. Scrubbing the floor on my hands & knees like a Stepford Wife.
But damn! The floor's never been cleaner . . .
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:30 PM
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26. I love to pick my nails...
all 20, with my swiss army knife scissors, or just with my fingers (you have to pick the nails use use to pick last). THis is a 10minute ordeal, best after a shower.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:39 PM
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27. ironing
.
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stanwyck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 10:28 PM
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31. Another ironing freak
I put a DVD in and start ironing. I can't believe I enjoy it. But I find it oddly satisfying. Plus, I'm all set for the week.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 11:28 PM
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33. i love the smell of steam & starch in the morning. it smells like IRONING!
even starched shirts i get back from the dry cleaners have to be re-ironed around the collars.

taking something all wrinkled and making it flat, starched, and crisp......that's therapy.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 09:43 PM
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29. Feeding the catfish in my pond.
When they come to eat they look like they are smiling at me.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-10-04 10:44 PM
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32. Greasing bicycle hubs.
My bikes are SO fast when I finish...Wish I was!
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:35 AM
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35. Love washing dishes. Hate washing clothes.
Can't explain why. Maybe it's because all that folding is a real pain in the ass.

-MR
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 10:37 AM
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37. Laundry
Underwear!!! *drools*
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